Be careful of being scammed with online scratch card tricks

Recently, scammers have created many websites impersonating big brands, sending notifications to users that they have 'won' prizes. Once they have gained trust, they ask victims to transfer money for various reasons. Many people have had their assets stolen just because they believed in this trick.

Strange links are sent with notifications to lure users.

Mr. NHV, residing in Hon Dat commune (An Giang province), said that in early October 2025, he received a text message from a strange phone number, informing him that he was a "lucky customer" of Mobile World , with the opportunity to participate in a scratch card program to win an iPhone 17, 2TB capacity.

Hearing that the prize was the newly released iPhone 17, he agreed to participate. The strange phone number asked him to transfer 2 million VND to "activate the spin", saying that it would be refunded if he did not win. Mr. V trusted him so he did as requested. But a few minutes later, he received a notification that the other side had provided the wrong account, to cancel the order, Mr. V had to pay another 2 million VND fee, otherwise he would lose the initial amount.

"I wanted to get my money back, so I transferred another 2 million VND. When the transfer was successful, my contact was blocked. I searched for the website using the link sent, because that phone number was no longer there. Only then did I realize I had been scammed," said Mr. V.

Similar to Mr. V, Ms. PTBT, residing in Kien Hai special zone, was also deceived because she believed the attractive invitations of bad guys on social networks. Ms. T said that at the end of September 2025, while surfing Facebook, she saw the "Lucky Scratch Ticket" program of Dien May Xanh for customers who buy electronic devices in 2025. The prize is a 2-day, 3-night trip to Australia, with a total value of nearly 80 million VND. Seeing the appeal, she decided to participate.

After entering personal information into the link, 10 minutes later, someone called Ms. T, claiming to be a customer service staff of Dien May Xanh, confirming the products she had purchased, along with a request to transfer 1 million VND as a registration fee.

Ms. T trusted her so she quickly transferred the money. Immediately after, the subject called back to report that the system had an error and asked Ms. T to transfer another 500,000 VND to correct the order. Suspicious, Ms. T did not agree to continue participating, so she demanded the 1 million VND she had transferred earlier. Very quickly, the subject and the fake fanpage blocked Ms. T, and the money could not be retrieved.

According to the recommendation of the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention ( Ministry of Public Security ), people should not trust "winning" or "lucky scratch-off" programs that appear on social networks or via text messages.

People should not provide personal information or bank accounts to strangers; should not make any form of money transfer in advance without clear verification.

Although online lottery winning is not new, it is constantly changing. People need to be more vigilant and not let trust and subjectivity become "easy prey" for high-tech criminals.

WALL VI

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/can-trong-bi-lua-dao-voi-chieu-tro-trung-ve-cao-truc-tuyen-a466507.html