After the district chairman was scammed of more than 100 billion VND, Dong Nai issued "hot" instructions

On March 27, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province issued an official dispatch directing the strengthening of propaganda, combating and preventing fraudulent acts and property appropriation in cyberspace.

Accordingly, in recent times, across the country and Dong Nai province, criminals have used cyberspace to commit fraud and property appropriation in a complex manner, causing great damage to people, causing public outrage, affecting security and order and people's lives. Some common fraud methods include: impersonating police, prosecutors, courts, etc., impersonating military officers and soldiers; recruiting collaborators on e-commerce platforms, online lending, etc.; taking over social network accounts to impersonate and borrow money.

The subjects establish businesses, create applications (apps), websites (websites) to operate, manage activities, connect with functional businesses, use "junk" SIMs, virtual accounts to do business, trade, call for capital, give gifts... very sophisticatedly with many departments, many stages.

Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee requested local agencies, departments and branches to disseminate and thoroughly educate all cadres, party members, civil servants, workers and people to raise their vigilance when participating in activities on the internet environment, regularly learn about the methods and tricks of criminals through mass media, local official information pages and the police force.

Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee also requested the State Bank of Vietnam - Dong Nai Branch to direct banks and credit institutions to strictly manage the opening of accounts, especially online accounts, establish a quick response coordination mechanism with the police force, promptly exchange relevant information, freeze accounts in verification, quickly track and investigate money flows, and prevent property damage to people.

HOANG BAC