(Dan Tri) - Believing in Mr Pips's Facebook and TikTok channels (super scammer Pho Duc Nam), a university student was scammed out of 8 billion VND because of his desire to be rich with supercars, branded goods, and luxury houses like Nam.
In the case of Pho Duc Nam (30 years old, also known as Mr Pips) who defrauded thousands of billions of dong, there was a case where the victim was a university student who was defrauded of 8 billion dong.
This victim is BNL, 22 years old, from Quang Ninh, a student at FPT University.
Through reporting and researching on Facebook and TikTok, L. texted Pho Duc Nam via Facebook to make friends and get to know him in order to learn about the exchanges Nam was investing in.
Mr Pips builds a luxurious, rich image on the outside to attract "prey" (Photo: FBNV).
Following Nam's advice, L. made a total of 37 transactions transferring money from his personal account to Pho Duc Nam's stock exchange, and then his account was "burned". The total amount of money L. was defrauded of was 8 billion VND.
The student victim explained that through social media, she learned that Pho Duc Nam was an expert in stock investment, often posting videos and pictures of supercars, watches and expensive houses. Seeing that, L. arose with the desire to be like Nam.
"Super scammer" Mr Pips has many ways to lure "prey" such as committing to risk-free investment, high profits, attractive bonuses...
Nam also organizes seminars, events and online investment courses, promoting his personal image as a successful businessman in the field of international stock investment.
The most attractive "bait" Nam uses is easy money-making investment training courses. With the motto "dig gold from the dump" to appeal to the thirst for quick wealth as well as awaken the personal capacity of many people, especially many young people.
We don't have to wait until the "super scam" Mr Pips case. In reality, there have been many cases of students being scammed when they jumped into the vortex of getting rich quick through get-rich-quick training courses, easy jobs with high salaries, or even from get-rich-quick books...
Not long ago, a series of students at many universities and colleges in Ho Chi Minh City were caught up in a disguised multi-level marketing scheme called "Team Startup 360". This scheme preyed on students' psychology of wanting to get rich quickly and change their lives to lure and entice victims.
Here, students are indoctrinated with aspirations and easy ways to get rich by taking short-term courses. Once students have fallen into this "maze", the scammers ask them to pay money so that "money can make money" and suggest ways to earn capital from loans, pawning, or even creating fake study abroad documents to... cheat money from their parents.
Many people were overwhelmed by the images of Mr Pips' debauchery and wealth (Screenshot).
Jumping into this get-rich-quick cycle, many students send fake study abroad admission notices to their parents to... "raise capital" to start a business.
There was a case of a female student in Quang Ngai who swindled her parents nearly half a billion dong under the pretext of studying abroad in Finland. Her parents ran around borrowing money, even going all the way to Saigon to see her off at the airport, and received daily phone calls from home to inform them that "she's fine here"... Later, the family found out that their daughter had not gone anywhere, but was just in the craze of getting rich and got caught up in a scam ring.
Slow to get rich because of chasing "get rich quick"?
Students falling into the "get rich quick" spiral has been a concern for many universities in recent years. At the beginning of each school year, when welcoming a new class of students, many schools warn students to be alert to temptations or get-rich-quick courses.
This message is also repeated by schools at the end of the year, when students work part-time, reminding students to avoid the trap of "easy work, high salary".
In the recent talk show "For a rich and strong Vietnam" in Ho Chi Minh City, when talking about human resources, many education experts expressed concern about the reality that many young people are rushing into the thirst to get rich quickly, the thirst to chase after branded goods, luxury cars or luxurious "check-ins"...
There are stories about many people with degrees and qualifications who give up making money from their professional work, their abilities and values, and pursue illegal enrichment.
A student in Ho Chi Minh City shares about the process of falling into a "dirty" multi-level marketing spiral because he fell into the spiral of getting rich quick (Photo: Hoai Nam).
In the book "Decoding Economics, Investment, Family", author Peter Pham, an international investment consultant, shares that the desire to get rich of young people is a legitimate aspiration.
However, do not let those dreams become a heavy pressure that slows down your personal development process. Then, the process of getting rich quickly turns out to slow down your own process of getting rich.
The arrest of "super scammer" Mr Pips is the clearest proof that it is impossible to reach wealth when using the ability to follow the path of getting rich quickly and getting rich illegally.
According to expert Peter Pham, each person needs to act every day to improve themselves, and wealth must lie in how their self-worth increases through absorbing knowledge, practicing skills and experiences...
In particular, the author emphasizes that rich people often read a lot of books and learn a lot, but they do not read books about getting rich or take courses about getting rich. They do not expect words of encouragement to make them feel full of energy, but they learn and work to master knowledge and skills...
MSc. Nguyen Van Tien, a lecturer at an economics university in Ho Chi Minh City, said that from his personal perspective, when teaching students, he often reminds them to stay away from get-rich-quick courses, stay away from people who teach others to get rich, and stay away from books that teach how to get rich.
According to him, when chasing after things from the outside, people are not only easily lured and cheated of money, but more importantly, they easily forget to cultivate their own morality and abilities, as well as move away from necessary values and qualities...
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/sinh-vien-bi-lua-8-ty-vu-mr-pips-hay-con-khat-lam-giau-nhanh-cua-ban-tre-20241213162424454.htm
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