Cybercriminals in Ho Chi Minh City are employing increasingly sophisticated tactics, posing as representatives of international scholarship programs to manipulate students and steal massive sums of money - amounting to billions of dong.

A deaf and mute worker pregnant with twins tried to buy maternity insurance on social media but ended up being scammed out of all her money. In despair, she considered taking an extreme action but was fortunately discovered and stopped in time.

Lai Chau police arrested 59 Vietnamese suspects running an online fraud ring from Cambodia, defrauding thousands across Vietnam.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an increasing number of human trafficking victims are young men, with a surprising profile: aged 19-35, well-educated, multilingual, and digitally literate.

A group of scammers with no medical qualifications, including one with only a veterinary technician degree, posed as doctors and directly administered injections and IV fluids to unsuspecting patients.

According to an indictment from the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, a transnational criminal empire in Cambodia led by Chen Zhi deliberately targeted Vietnamese citizens with sophisticated fraud schemes.

Criminals are using technology to manipulate victims, forcing them to cut off all contact with family and effectively turning them into “remote psychological prisoners” to extort money, with financial losses reaching into the billions of VND.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security launches a nationwide campaign against online fraud.

Cybercrime involving cryptocurrency scams and black-market trading is surging in Vietnam.

With over 50 formal complaints filed, police are scrambling to document damages in one of the city’s largest suspected 'hụi' frauds.

Banks advise customers to retain messages, phone numbers, and social media account information of scammers, and to take screenshots of threatening messages to report to the police.

Two education leaders created a bogus organization and online exams to issue fake English certificates.

A transnational tech scam based in Cambodia is shut down, with suspects returned to Vietnam for prosecution.

A fake cryptocurrency project promising high returns lures thousands of victims, leading to a major police crackdown.

Following the recent data breach at the National Credit Information Center (CIC), the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department has issued an urgent warning about new, increasingly sophisticated scams targeting the public.

Investigations showed that 22 individuals had exited Vietnam legally with passports, while 57 had crossed the border illegally.

Police in Lao Cai province have dismantled a nationwide fraud network involving illegal cryptocurrency investment schemes worth tens of trillions of dong. Luxury assets, including Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars, valued at over USD 16 million were seized.

Trapped in a Cambodian scam den, Ro Mah Giu from Gia Lai endured constant abuse and was sold between companies. But after months in what was a living hell, Giu was rescued by authorities.

The Criminal Police Division of Thanh Hoa Provincial Police has successfully broken up a massive online fraud and money laundering syndicate operating across borders, seizing evidence of scams worth thousands of billions of VND.

Authorities have uncovered fake BTS devices used to impersonate major institutions in a high-tech fraud scheme targeting the public.