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Electronic lucky money has become popular during the Lunar New Year. However, besides its convenience, this feature also poses many risks of being exploited by bad guys.
According to the warning of the Information Security Department, Ministry of Information and Communications, during the working days after the Lunar New Year holiday, the situation of online fraud is still quite complicated. Many people have fallen into the trap of increasingly sophisticated tricks of scammers. In addition, the scams are aimed at a group of people who are gullible, greedy and not tech-savvy.
Recently, Meta - the technology corporation that manages the two most popular social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, in Vietnam, has warned users about some popular online scams during Tet, including the form of electronic "lucky money".
Electronic lucky money has become popular during the Lunar New Year. However, in addition to its convenience, this feature also poses many potential risks for bad guys to exploit to trap users and defraud them of their property. Fraudsters have taken advantage of this form of online lucky money to impersonate the victims' acquaintances and send virtual lucky money via social networks or messaging platforms, usually via links. When clicking on the link, users may unwittingly provide personal information and become victims of fraud.
In addition, the subjects used the trick of sending text messages to notify people of receiving New Year's lucky money from the bank, but in fact, these were fake, fraudulent messages. The content of the messages included links to fake websites (with names similar to the official websites of the banks). Many gullible people, wanting to receive "lucky money" gifts, quickly followed the instructions and accessed the link in the message content. At this time, the system will automatically display a fake website with an interface and logo similar to the bank's and ask for information such as phone number and password. When entering the information, the subjects will control people's bank accounts.
Faced with the above situation, the Department of Information Security, Ministry of Information and Communications recommends that users should verify the identity of the sender before receiving electronic red envelopes. Be careful and alert to recognize suspicious signs in messages such as spelling mistakes, brand counterfeiting or too great incentives. Absolutely do not provide personal information, accounts, VNeID passwords, one-time authentication codes (OTP), citizen identification information, bank accounts... to any individual or organization through any form. Do not follow any instructions from strange phone numbers calling. In addition, Meta recommends that users set up 2-factor authentication to protect online accounts, reducing the risk of unauthorized account access.
In addition, on social networking platforms such as Facebook, Tiktok or websites, a series of individuals impersonating monks, fortune tellers... have appeared with advertisements about fortune telling at the beginning of the year. The large number of advertisements has created a "spiritual market" that is continuously displayed on cyberspace. Each group can have up to hundreds of thousands of members participating. Many people have turned themselves into victims of online spiritual scams because they believe in baseless fortune telling, leading to bad consequences for themselves and their families, wasting time and money, and buying anxiety and confusion. When many people blindly believe in luck, it creates many opportunities for those who take advantage of online spiritualism to profit and commit fraud, which has invisibly distorted the value of spirituality.
To prevent this situation, the Department of Information Security, Ministry of Information and Communications recommends that people should not indulge in spiritual forms on social networks. Users need to carefully research and verify the subject before making any transaction on social networks to avoid being scammed.
TH (according to Tin Tuc newspaper)
