People need to be vigilant against the buying and selling of social insurance books.
(Baonghean) - Social insurance book is a form used to record the process of paying social insurance for employees. Although it is not a type of asset to be pledged, mortgaged, transferred... but recently there has been a phenomenon of buying and selling social insurance books.
Impersonation, purchase of social insurance books
Recently, in Binh Duong province, some people have created a fake Facebook page of Binh Duong Social Security Agency to organize the purchase of social security books from workers for profit. Accordingly, the target of these bad guys are ignorant workers who have had their jobs reduced or lost.
When workers are in financial trouble or are afraid to go to the Social Security agency to do the paperwork, they contact the phone number on Facebook accounts to sell. The seller goes to the notary office to make a power of attorney for the buyer to receive the Social Security payment at one time and will receive the money immediately, but the amount will be much lower than the actual amount received from the Social Security agency... After that, these bad guys will pay the Social Security payment at one time to earn high interest, causing damage to the workers.
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| Consulting on voluntary social insurance policy for people in Hung Dung ward - Vinh city. Photo courtesy of My Ha |
At the same time, on April 8, 2020, Vietnam Social Security also promptly sent press information about warnings about the situation of impersonating Facebook accounts under the name of the Social Security agency to collect social security books of employees, in order to profit during the Covid-19 epidemic to many central, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City press agencies.
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| Conference on propaganda and dialogue on social insurance and health insurance policies at Minh Anh Garment Company. Photo courtesy of Thanh Chung |
During the verification process, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention determined that: Kieu and Viet had created a fake Facebook page of Binh Duong Social Insurance to buy social insurance books from workers who lost their jobs due to the epidemic. In addition to the page "Binh Duong Social Insurance", the couple also created a series of other accounts for transactions such as: "Buying social insurance at high prices", "Buying social insurance"... In addition, the police agency collected dozens of social insurance books of workers and many other related documents.
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| Cua Lo Town Social Insurance guides people to participate in social insurance and health insurance. Photo courtesy of Duc Anh |
High vigilance required
In order to promptly prevent the situation of social insurance fraud in the form of collecting and selling social insurance books, on April 12, 2020, the Government Office issued Official Letter No. 2858/VPCP-NC implementing the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh. On April 13, 2020, Vietnam Social Security issued Official Letter No. 1164/BHXH-CSXH on preventing social insurance fraud; issued Official Letter No. 1165/BHXH-ST on the abuse of social insurance policies by employees to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
Accordingly, Vietnam Social Security has directed provincial and municipal Social Security agencies to urgently review and grasp the situation of collecting and selling social insurance books in their management areas; strictly implement the provisions of social insurance policies and laws, professional procedures and instructions of Vietnam Social Security.
When receiving applications for one-time social insurance benefits from employees, provincial and municipal social insurance agencies must check the information in the application, compare data on the system with information on the social insurance book and application, ensure that the beneficiary's information is consistent; check the legality of the authorization letter or authorization contract.
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| Provincial Social Insurance officers conduct propaganda on Social Insurance and Voluntary Insurance for people in Hung Dung Ward, Vinh City. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Social insurance agencies of provinces and cities need to proactively coordinate with local agencies, departments and branches to strengthen the propaganda and dissemination of social insurance policies and laws to raise awareness of workers about their rights to enjoy social security policies of the Party and State; at the same time, warn people and workers not to be enticed into selling social insurance books and promptly detect and denounce violations.
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| Resolving policies for people at Vinh City Social Insurance. Photo courtesy of My Ha |
Vietnam Social Security stated: According to current law, social insurance books are issued and kept by each employee to monitor the payment and enjoyment of social insurance regimes and are the basis for resolving social insurance and unemployment insurance regimes. Buying, selling, transferring or mortgaging social insurance books are acts that violate the law. Employees must not buy and sell social insurance books, sign authorization contracts to resolve one-time social insurance regimes, or receive unemployment benefits for others without a legitimate reason...
In Nghe An, up to now, although there has been no case of buying and selling social insurance books, everyone needs to be vigilant because it is very possible that these methods and tricks will be brought back by criminals to apply locally. During the pandemic, workers who have to stop working will certainly face difficulties. Workers should apply for unemployment insurance. When the situation is stable, workers can continue to work, pay social insurance so that when they reach retirement age, they will have a monthly pension, have health insurance and be paid 95% in case of illness, do not have to depend on their children, and do not create a burden on society.
