Believing in the invitation to become an online collaborator with a simple job and high income, a woman in Hanoi continuously transferred money into the account provided by the scammer and had 1.5 billion VND appropriated.
On January 15, Ba Vi District Police (Hanoi) said they were verifying a report of fraud and property appropriation from a woman in the area.
Accordingly, in November 2024, Ms. C. (41 years old, residing in Ba Vi district) received an invitation to work as an online collaborator at home. Realizing that the job was simple but the income was high, Ms. C. continuously transferred money to the provided account number to carry out "investment tasks" and had 1.5 billion VND appropriated.
Hanoi City Police said that scammers often set up Fanpages with content providing support services for building booths or recruiting collaborators to work online on e-commerce platforms.
When someone asks, the scammers will use fake Facebook accounts to make friends, get to know them, invite them to open a shop, and instruct them to do tasks to appropriate their property.
The "bait" offered by the subjects is very attractive, such as each order will receive a difference of 10-20% commission.
With small orders, collaborators can withdraw money. But when orders reach millions, the subjects will notify the account of an error and not allow withdrawal.
In case the collaborator wants to withdraw money, he/she must deposit more money to the subjects. When the victim is no longer able to transfer money, the subjects will lock the account and take all the money that the victim has transferred.
Hanoi City Police recommends that people who want to become collaborators for companies, businesses, and units supplying goods and services should carefully check information about the goods and the supplier through many different sources to verify accuracy.
Cases of advertising that collaborators receive high commissions and interest rates are likely tricks of scammers.
TH (according to Vietnamnet)