Sell ​​counterfeit money on social networks

(Baonghean) - Trading and consuming counterfeit money is a violation of the law. However, on social networking sites, the sale of counterfeit money is still openly and openly taking place.

Selling counterfeit money openly on social networks.

Counterfeit money "matrix"

Just a click on the Facebook social network will immediately show up many addresses selling counterfeit money. There are closed groups, public groups, pages, and even personal Facebook pages that operate publicly. Not only that, these addresses also compete with each other when creating trustworthy names such as "buying and selling counterfeit money with prestige to create trust", "buying and selling counterfeit money - nationwide delivery - 100% credibility",...

All activities on these sites are very lively with questions, answers and advertisements updated daily and hourly. The counterfeit money sellers do not hesitate to advertise loudly on social networks, even when people come to comment and ask how to buy, they still answer calmly without the slightest fear because what they are doing is violating the law.

On Facebook, Kieu Nguyen (address in Ho Chi Minh City) continuously advertises selling counterfeit money with very "sincere" "status": "I've been selling it secretly for a while, today I saw my colleague selling it online so she told me to sell it to her... 5 million counterfeit money is only worth 1 million real money, the money includes 4 denominations of 50, 100, 200, 500, 98 - 99% like real money...". It is worth mentioning that Kieu Nguyen's Facebook has nearly 5,000 friends and nearly 2,000 followers.

On Facebook, Trang Mai advertised the sale at a more attractive exchange rate of "1 million real money is equal to 15 million fake money" and did not forget to affirm their "business motto" as "reputation and responsibility". In order to reassure customers, these subjects guaranteed that "only a scanner can detect it, the naked eye cannot see it", or if any customer is suspicious, they are ready to negotiate in the form of cash on delivery "customers can open the goods to see, if satisfied then pay, if not satisfied then return it".

These people also enthusiastically "advise" customers that "buy a little at a time, it's best to use it in the countryside, remote areas. Don't carry a lot of counterfeit money at once and don't spend it in supermarkets or shopping malls." Or reassure customers by sharing experiences like "filling up gas, going to the market to buy groceries are all okay, only going to the bank to check the serial number will be discovered."

Faced with such "winged" and convincing sales offers, many money-grubbing people agreed to make the transaction. On counterfeit money trading sites, there are thousands of followers, and below the images of the fake money stacks posted are many comments leaving phone numbers with messages like "if it's real, give me 50 million", "I want to buy 1.5 million", "will try to buy, if it's reputable, will buy again next time".

Fraudulent tricks

According to the reflection of some social network users, in fact, buying and selling fake money on Facebook is not real, it is just a scam to take real money from gullible people. Their trick is to make transactions by asking the buyer to send a phone card code or transfer money first, then the fake money will be sent to the buyer through a delivery person or bus. However, when the buyer sends the money or scratch card, these subjects immediately cut off contact to take all the money.

As for those who are considered victims of this counterfeit trade, they do not dare to report the incident to the authorities. On the page "Buying and selling counterfeit money", Facebook Thinh Nguyen warned: "I have been scammed. But I cannot report to the police that I was scammed when buying counterfeit money". Looking around the pages and groups of counterfeit money trading, you can see many shared stories from victims.

However, this situation still continues, a series of people still fall into the trap of scammers. One of the reasons leading to the above situation is the greed and greed of the victims themselves, putting their trust in advertisements and invitations from strangers on the virtual network.

Transactions of counterfeit money that actually take place will be severely punished according to the law. In May 2016, in Nghe An province, the police arrested a subject circulating counterfeit money in Tuong Duong district. Subject Tho Ba Chia, born in 1981, from Muong Long village, Tri Le commune, Que Phong district, was caught red-handed while storing and circulating 1 million VND of polymer money suspected to be counterfeit, with a face value of 200,000 VND. Expanding the investigation and searching this subject's house, the police seized an additional 14.4 million VND of the same type. This subject was immediately arrested and handled according to the law.

Tho Ba Xa, residing in Tri Le commune (Que Phong), was sentenced to 42 months in prison for circulating counterfeit money.

Although many people have suffered the consequences of buying and selling counterfeit money, these virtual currencies are still being sold openly, buyers keep buying, and the victims keep being deceived, with no signs of slowing down. It is thought that the authorities need to take strong action to prevent this problem thoroughly, creating stability in the currency market, especially at the end of the year.

Phuong Thao