(NLDO) - Hitting the psychology of students who often look for simple, easy jobs with attractive salaries, many bad guys have successfully scammed them.
In the workshop "Identifying fraudulent situations when students look for jobs" held recently at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology, Senior Lieutenant Chau Duc Nhan (Ho Chi Minh City Police) emphasized that there are still many students who are subjective and gullible with "easy jobs, high salaries".
Senior Lieutenant Chau Duc Nhan (Ho Chi Minh City Police) warns students about scams on the internet.
Fraud through 3 important numbers
When applying for a job, students often have to provide personal information to the recruiting unit. Of these, 3 important numbers (phone number, ID card number, bank account number) if left in the hands of a "ghost" recruiter will have many consequences.
For phone number, In recent years, bad guys often impersonate local police to call students, asking them to update their ID cards to level 2 identification.
According to Lieutenant Nhan, the trick of these subjects is to send a link containing malicious code, asking students to download the VneID application through the link. As soon as they click on the link, this subject will have access to the phone and steal all the money in the account.
Recently, to gain trust, people impersonating local police officers will ask students to come to the police station to work. However, when the students arrive, this person will make an excuse of being absent and suggest working over the phone for the convenience of both parties.
Many students are still subjective and have not thoroughly researched online scams.
Another case is impersonating a network operator. The impersonator asks students to upgrade their phone SIM to receive more incentives. Once they have access, this subject accesses e-wallets and banking applications to transfer money without the owner knowing.
"Many young people subjectively think that even though they have access to their phone, they will not be able to transfer money because the banking application requires a password. However, they forget that bad guys can click "forgot password", then get the OTP confirmation code from the phone number, and in a split second, they will place an order to transfer all the money in the account" - Lieutenant Nhan explained.
For bank accounts, bad guys often have two tricks: Installing information-stealing machines at cash withdrawal counters and sending links containing malicious code to request online payments.
Bad guys impersonate foreigners, wanting to buy back bank account numbers to spend during their time in Vietnam. Each purchased account number ranges from 500,000 - 1,000,000 VND. These account numbers will be used as "ghost" accounts, helping scammers disperse money.
"Students need to be very careful with their ID cards. If they get their ID cards, bad guys can set up a ghost company, build a fraudulent "ecosystem", and continue to scam other students without the owner knowing," Lieutenant Nhan emphasized.
Don't believe in "easy work, high salary"
Sharing at the seminar, Senior Lieutenant Nhan said there was a case of a student losing nearly a hundred million dong just because of buying and selling goods online.
At first, the students' job was simply to post advertisements, click "like" and "share" to increase the reputation of the product, with a generous salary of 50,000-100,000 VND for one post.
After a while, the bad guys will move to step 2, which is asking students to buy the product. With a successful purchase, the purchase price will be refunded along with a commission.
Ho Chi Minh City Student Support Center guides students on how to find safe part-time jobs
The more students work, the easier it is for them to spend money on more attractive orders, some orders are nearly 100 million VND. In addition to students, mothers, office workers are also victims of this job.
Lieutenant Nhan said that currently the media also publishes a lot of warning information and scams but many students are still very negligent. The form of scam is not new, only changing a few small details but can steal a large amount of money.
Mr. Le Nguyen Nam - Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Student Support Center - said that students work part-time to earn extra income to cover living expenses. Most students in Ho Chi Minh City come from other provinces/cities to study. Therefore, it is very necessary to increase propaganda and warnings to help students identify fraudulent situations.
"When applying for a job, students need to carefully choose reputable recruitment agencies. Do not believe in the tempting offers of "easy work, high salary". Research the company carefully before providing personal information" - Mr. Nam emphasized.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/diem-mat-chieu-tro-lua-dao-sinh-vien-thuong-sap-bay-196250320153238414.htm
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