Information Security Department warns about impersonating bank employees to trick authentication instructions

Impersonating bank employees to trick authentication instructions to appropriate assets

Taking advantage of the regulation requiring updating biometric data on online banking applications that took effect from July 1, in recent days, some subjects have impersonated bank staff to proactively contact users and commit fraud and property appropriation.

Specifically, when contacting banking service users, the impersonator asks the victim to provide personal data such as home address, photo of both sides of the citizen identification card, bank account information. In many cases, the scammer also lures people to make video calls to collect the victim's voice, facial expressions, and gestures. After successfully stealing data, the subject will easily log in to banking applications, make online payments and make money transfers from the victim's account, appropriating assets.

Lost 1.2 billion VND because of installing fake online public service application

Recently, a resident of Trung Hoa ward, Cau Giay district (Hanoi) was scammed out of 1.2 billion VND by a subject impersonating a police officer, using the trick of instructing the user to install a fake online public service application. The scammer sent the fake application via a link attached in a text message, after contacting and informing the victim that the victim's identification account had an error and that the application had to be installed for remote support. When the victim followed the instructions, the scammer would gain control of the device, thereby stealing money from the victim's bank account.

It is worth mentioning that the trick of installing fake public service software has been continuously warned by the authorities, but up to now, there are still people who have been scammed out of billions of dong. The Information Security Department recommends that people do not access strange links. When receiving notifications related to the use of public service software, people should only download applications from official sources such as AppStore and CH Play. In case of detecting signs of fraud, people need to quickly report to the authorities.

Seizing billions of dong by using the disguised trick of 'easy work, high salary'

A woman living in Chon Thanh town (Binh Phuoc) has just been scammed out of more than 2.3 billion VND by a bad guy, through a disguised scam called 'easy work, high salary'. Specifically, the subject made friends with the victim via Telegram, then introduced the victim to a part-time job at home - 'listening to designated songs, logging in and voting for singers', with a promised salary of 35,000 VND/vote. After agreeing to participate, downloading the fake Zing MP3 application and depositing money to perform the tasks as lured by the subjects, the victim had all the money transferred appropriated.

Impersonating the Anti-Fraud Center to appropriate property

According to the Information Security Department, the Ontario Provincial Police (Canada) recently warned about fraudulent tricks impersonating the Canadian Fraud Prevention Center - CAFC. Specifically, the subject first impersonates bank employees, credit card providers or e-commerce platforms to approach and notify users that their accounts have been hacked and there are signs of suspicious transactions. Then, the subject sends emails with the CAFC logo to increase credibility, asking victims to provide personal data, bank information and conduct transactions, stealing money.

WhatsApp scam warning

WhatsApp is a popular online chat application, widely used by people of all ages around the world. Therefore, this is also a convenient platform for subjects to commit fraud and property appropriation. Through this online chat platform, subjects are using many fraudulent tricks such as impersonating relatives and friends; Notifying participants to receive winning gifts; Trick to upgrade the application; Request to enter a confirmation code...

To avoid scams via WhatsApp, the Information Security Department recommends that people be vigilant when receiving messages from strangers; Do not click on links attached to messages, do not provide personal information, and do not transfer money at the request of strangers. When receiving messages asking for loans, people need to carefully verify the identity of the sender through the information on the personal pages of those accounts.

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