A young man was scammed by VND 1.4 billion because he was "looking for friends" through an online dating app

Recently, the act of cheating and appropriating online assets is becoming more and more a big problem - causing "pain" in public opinion. Although the media is constantly warning, many people are still "trapped". The amount of damage amounted to billions of dollars.

Recently, the Hanoi City Police said that the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention - Hanoi City Police has just received a report from a young man being scammed when participating in a crime scene. Join an online (online) dating app.

Specifically, this young man said: he installed an application called "Hoanxxx" on a link spread in groups, to get acquainted with friends of the opposite sex.

After registering, the victim is asked to top up to be issued a membership card with the promise of a refund of the deposit. To build trust, the subjects initially refunded the amount the victim had previously deposited.

However, it does not stop here, the application manager takes the reason that the app is faulty, so the money is not refunded; At the same time, he asked the victim to continue to top up to receive the deposit back. It is known that within just 8 days, the victim made 10 money transfers and appropriated a total amount of 1.4 billion VND.

Another incident also happened recently, according to which, on July 25, 2023, Mr. H (SN 1999; residing in Long Bien, Hanoi) received an invitation to be a part-time collaborator for a trading floor. ecommerce. When doing the task of buying orders, Mr. H will receive a commission. At first, Mr. H was entitled to the money of 2 applications.

However, when he was on duty to pay for orders worth more than 1.1 billion VND, Mr. H was required to pay an additional 700 million VND order to be refunded. Discovering that he had been scammed, Mr. H went to the Thach Ban ward police office to report the incident. Currently, these two incidents are still being investigated and clarified by the authorities.

Through this incident, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention - Hanoi City Police suggested that people should be vigilant when participating in online dating applications, as well as participating in online dating applications. Acting as a CTV for e-commerce sites to avoid being taken advantage of and scammed by bad guys.

When encountering such cases, people must immediately report to the nearest police agency for handling measures in accordance with the law.

Authorities and police forces of provinces have warned people: Do not make friends with people you do not know, do not answer the phone when you see a phone number with a strange number, especially those with a foreign number. outside like 0099, 005...if you listen to a stranger's phone, you can't follow the instructions.

Absolutely do not provide personal information such as: identity card number, citizen identification number, bank account number, ... to anyone, without knowing who they are and for what purpose; Do not transfer or deposit money into any bank account of any individual or organization without knowing who they are.

Do not make money transfer requests through messages of social networking sites such as: Fb, personal accounts, Viber...even those of relatives and friends. It is necessary to immediately call to confirm if that person is a relative or friend to avoid the case that relatives and friends have their accounts hacked.

Do not access or log in to links sent by the subject via text messages; Be very vigilant to protect your own property and contribute to the protection of security and order in residential areas.

Methods and tricks by which subjects commit crimes such as: impersonating agencies and organizations such as the Police, Procuracy, and bank employees; creating websites, trading floors, money-making applications, attracting investment in virtual currency business; or through the purchase and sale of goods on online sales websites on social networks and many other tricks to deceive and appropriate property.

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