The Ministry of Public Security recommends that people be vigilant against the illegal collection and trading of personal information.
(Baonghean.vn) - "Most people who rent or lend personal information and bank accounts do not know that the information and accounts are being used to commit crimes. However, there are cases where, despite knowing, they still assist and create opportunities for criminals to commit crimes out of greed and have been prosecuted as accomplices" - the Criminal Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) said and continued to advise people to be vigilant.
Recently, the illegal collection and trading of information about citizens' identification cards, citizen identification cards, and bank cards has become complicated in some localities, posing many potential risks of crime.
According to the assessment of the Criminal Police Department, the emerging criminal activities of the subjects are:- Taking advantage of people's negligence in sharing images of citizen identification cards, identity cards, and household registration books on social networks (Zalo, Facebook...) and using them to register for online services (shopping, applying for jobs, borrowing money) to steal people's personal information.
- Taking advantage of people's lack of knowledge, the subject gives many reasons, asking to take portrait photos, take photos of citizen identification cards, identity cards (can pay people from 100,000 - 300,000 VND per photo).mEach citizen identification card, identity card is photographed), or subjects renting, buying people's bank accounts.
After having personal data and bank accounts of people, the subjects sell the information to other subjects (including foreigners) to use for criminal purposes, violating the law such as: Making fake documents to open accounts to fraudulently appropriate assets through loans from banks, credit institutions, and financial companies; transferring and receiving money for gambling, organizing gambling; impersonating, impersonating police officers, courts, prosecutors, customs, tax officers... calling to threaten and demandcTransferring money to serve the investigation or getting acquainted through social networks, promising to send gifts, money to prey on people's greed, then asking them to transfer fees, charges and "grease money" to bank accounts designated by them to appropriate...
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Absolutely do not lend, take photos of, rent, or buy your citizen identification card or identity card to strangers. Photo: Illustration |
Given the complicated developments of the above situation, to prevent crimes and related consequences, on June 8, 2022, the Criminal Police Department continued to recommend:
- Absolutely do not lend, take photos, rent, or buy your citizen identification card (ID card) or bank account to strangers without a legitimate purpose;
- Do not post or share images of citizen identification cards, identity cards, or bank accounts on social networks. Do not provide citizen identification information or identity cards for non-essential services, and do not commit to ensuring the security of personal information on social networking platforms.
- In case of loss of citizen identification card, citizen identity card, people need to immediately report to the authorities to re-issue documents. This is the basis to prove that the owner of the citizen identification card, citizen identity card is not related to civil transactions during the time the citizen identification card, citizen identity card is lost; at the same time, it prevents the case of citizen identification number being exploited to carry out illegal civil transactions.
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The police agency recommends that people should not post or share CCCD images on social networks to avoid the risk of personal information being leaked. Photo: Dangcongsan.vn |
- When being scammed by bad guys, having your citizen identification information or identity card stolen to carry out illegal activities, people need to immediately contact the nearest authorities for support. In case of suspicion/discovery that your citizen identification number/identity card is being used illegally to open a bank account or register for a postpaid subscription, you need to quickly contact the bank or network operator for support in locking the account or subscription.
- In case of detecting the subject of borrowing, photographing, rentingcitizen identificationor identity card; soliciting to rent, borrow, buy, sell bank accounts, people are requested to report and immediately provide documents and evidence to the nearest police agency for handling according to the provisions of law. "If you know that the subject is using the citizen identification card, bank account for illegal purposes, committing crimes but still covering up or still selling, renting, lending, you can be held criminally responsible as an accomplice" - the Criminal Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) emphasized.
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