Trick of impersonating banks to 'give lucky money' for New Year
The subjects used the trick of sending text messages to receive New Year's lucky money from the bank, with the content of the messages including links to fake websites that look similar to the bank's official websites.
Many gullible people who wanted to receive lucky money gifts followed the instructions and accessed the link in the message. At this time, the system automatically displayed a fake website with an interface and logo similar to the bank's and asked to fill in information such as phone number and password.
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When entering the information, the subjects will control the people's bank accounts. By the above methods and tricks, many people have had a huge amount of money stolen from their accounts. Through the cases that have just been discovered, Hanoi City Police advise people to check the content of the messages received, including branded messages from the Bank, and not to rush to reply or follow the content of the messages.
Note that official websites of organizations and businesses will be registered with competent authorities in Vietnam under domain names (.vn) or (.com.vn). Websites registered with names but with other extensions such as (.vip), (.top)… are allfake.
When receiving suspicious or unclear messages, people can call the bank's customer service hotline directly to check the information. Report fake messages to the authorities for timely handling. Absolutely do not provide accounts, passwords, OTP codes to anyone in any form.
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