A fanpage named 'Military Summer 2025' introduces a military semester program with 100% free tuition, but authorities confirm that it is a fake page to trick parents into giving up their money.
Fake military semester program page, offering many enticements to trick parents - Screenshot
Wanting her mischievous child to experience orderliness and neatness, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim P. (27 years old, residing in Khanh Xuan ward, Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province) plans to let her child participate in a military semester. She searched online and found the page "Military Summer 2025" on Facebook.
"Free military semester"... fooling parents
Browsing this page, Ms. P. saw many posts introducing many positive, training activities... with tens of thousands of interactions and thousands of comments, so she had no doubts.
Trusting, Ms. P. texted the page to register for the summer course and was enthusiastically advised by the "consultant" on the program's operating methods and benefits. This person said that the children would participate at the Dak Lak Provincial Military Command (4 Mai Hac De, Tan Tien, Buon Ma Thuot). In particular, the "young soldiers" would be sponsored 100% of tuition and participation fees, and would be able to participate in experiences at eco-tourism areas.
Next, if the children achieve excellent results, they will receive tuition fees of up to 15 million VND, and each participating child will receive military insurance worth 3 million VND...
When parents are concerned about their children's safety, the "consultant" confirms that there will be someone to take care of and monitor the children 24/7 to ensure safety. In addition, parents will be able to visit their children 3 times a day and there will be cameras to monitor the children's activities throughout the day...
To verify further, the reporter used different nicks to "learn" about the above "Military Summer 2025" program and strangely, there were different advices. In addition to the unchanged "program framework", when parents reported their place of residence, this page said that students would participate in a nearby military unit.
When the reporter used the account of a parent residing in Thanh Cong Ward (Buon Ma Thuot City), he was instructed that his child would participate in a "military semester" at the Military Command of Buon Ma Thuot City. When he used another account with an address in Krong Nang District, the page instructed that he would participate in the program at the Military Command of this district.
It is worth mentioning that when parents agree, the "consultant" will guide them through two ways to register. One is to fill out a handwritten form with information about the child and parents, and the other is to fill out the registration link to complete the procedure.
After registering, parents will be guided to chat groups on Zalo and Telegram and then lured into buying interactive products for sponsors. This purchase money "is only for promoting the sponsor's brand, after which the organizers will return the money to the parents".
There was a parent in Nghe An province who registered their child for a military semester on these fake websites and was scammed out of more than 1 billion VND.
Military semester in Dak Lak only organizes direct registration
Dak Lak Provincial Youth Union officials held a ceremony to send off young soldiers to the 2024 military semester - Photo: MP
Discussing the incidents related to registering for the 2025 military semester program, Lieutenant Colonel Mai Van Khue - Political Commissar of the Military Command of Buon Ma Thuot City - affirmed that he had received many complaints from people about registering for the military semester program online.
Up to now, the unit has never organized or coordinated the organization of the program "Military Summer 2025" or programs with related content.
"People are advised to be vigilant and avoid being scammed," Mr. Khue advised.
Speaking more about this, Ms. Phan Thi Trinh - Deputy Secretary of Dak Lak Provincial Youth Union - affirmed that the websites advertising military semester programs in the locality are all fake, parents should be careful to avoid losing money or encountering other consequences. The Provincial Youth Union, Military Command, and Department of Education and Training of Dak Lak province are the 3 units that cooperate to recruit military semester students in 2025.
Accordingly, the pages advertising the age of students and the location of the program for children are all incorrect. In addition, advertisements about free tuition, participation fees, receiving rewards, participating in purchase links, etc. are all tricks to deceive, parents must be vigilant.
Ms. Trinh added that the annual military semester program will enroll more than 200 students in two age groups from 10-14 and from 14-18 years old, the study location will be agreed with the Dak Lak Provincial Military Command.
"This year, we are preparing to work with the Dak Lak Provincial Military Command to agree on the time and location of the program. After that, the recruitment notice will be posted on the website and fanpage of the Dak Lak Provincial Youth Union, and the recruitment notice will be posted at the Dak Lak Youth Cultural House.
"Parents who want their children to participate in the program should contact the Youth Cultural House, the addresses and agencies organizing the program mentioned above directly to ensure the safety of their children and avoid losing money due to fraudulent websites," Ms. Trinh advised.
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