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Ministry warns of online Tet scams

Many people have fallen victim to increasingly sophisticated scams, which often target gullible, greedy or technologically illiterate people.

Vietnamese lose VND20 million on online scams

Vietnamese have suffered an average loss of VND17.7 million from scams, reports say.

Vietnam Airlines warns clients of online fraud

Vietnam Airlines has warned passengers of online fraud where scammers pretend to be partners of Vietnam Airlines and deceive customers by offering gifts or commissions in exchange for tasks.

Voice brand names used to prevent impersonation scams

All phone numbers of units under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) calling people will display the voice brand-name of “BO TTTT” from October 27.

Measures to keep online scams in check

Vietnam is one of the countries where users upload the largest amount of their personal data to social media platforms, which have been exploited by cybercriminals for various malicious ends.

Online scams on the rise, threaten safety of digital space

Experts have voiced concern about the rise in the number of online scams and their more sophistication level. They are affecting individuals and institutions, but also damaging the trust and safety of the online atmosphere.

Fraud travel combos swindle people out of billions

The scammer often uses fake Facebook accounts with names and photos of other people, pretending to be employees or collaborators of travel companies.

Banks stop scams on phones

Many scam cases that have been discovered recently involve people who claim to be policemen and ask for money to serve investigations.

Scams targeting credit-card users in Vietnam detected

According to Viettel Cyber Security (VCS), swindling to appropriate information and assets of credit-card holders is a new type of scam that occurred frequently in Vietnam’s cyberspace in the first half of the year.

Cyberspace scams escalate post-pandemic

The police reported that the number of traditional crime cases have been on the decrease, but cyberspace crime has increased sharply, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Many still trapped by online scams despite authority’s warnings

Many people are still trapped by online scams despite warnings from authorised agencies.

Spam callers threatening to share personal information

Receiving spam calls is common among mobile phone users in Vietnam but many have been threatened recently after telling the invasive callers to stop annoying them.

Public Security Ministry warns of online scams

The Ministry of Public Security has warned of three common fraud groups in cyberspace in Vietnam - brand counterfeiting frauds, account hijacking and other forms of combined traps.

Facebook, TikTok account IDs can help prevent scams

The use of identification of digital accounts, including social network accounts, will eliminate content that is bad, false, illegal, and harmful to society.

Criminals use deepfake AI video technology to scam people out of money

Cybercriminals have begun deepfake video technology to make fraudulent calls and appropriate money.

Official websites of state organizations taken advantage for scamming

The Authority of Information Security (under the Information & Communications Ministry) has just informed that 90 websites with the suffix ‘.gov.vn’ were hacked to link to gambling advertisements.

Citizens warned of increasingly cunning tricks of cyber scams

Seeing that sensitive information leaks have been reported recently, SGGP Newspaper has conducted an interview with Deputy Head Trieu Manh Tung of the Department of Cyber Security and Hi-tech Crime Prevention (under the Public Security Ministry).

VN Securities Commission warns of false information about investment funds

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has issued a warning to investors about false information about fund management companies such as Dragon Capital and VinaCapital.

Videocall frauds swindling many out of money

Many criminals are using a new scheme, taking advantage of videocalls to swindle people.

Chinese black-credit websites cheating Vietnamese out of money

Many websites have been created to trick people into transferring money to them.