Warning of fake banks and businesses to scam gold buyers

A series of banks such as MB, BIDV, SHB... and Saigon Jewelry Company Limited (SJC Company) have just issued warnings about the situation of impersonating banks and gold trading enterprises to commit fraud.

This situation appears when people's demand for buying gold to store assets or make profits tends to increase.

Fanpage https://www.facebook.com/vangbacsjc impersonates SJC brand. Photo: SJC

A common form is that scammers impersonate websites, fanpages, and social network accounts with domain names, interfaces, and logos identical to reputable gold trading brands such as SJC, DOJI , Bao Tin Minh Chau, Phu Quy... or licensed credit institutions, making it easy for users to mistake them for the official site.

After building trust, the subjects spread fake news about gold/silver prices, advertised promotions, high discounts, and attractive rewards. Taking advantage of greed and lack of vigilance, the subjects invited online investment, committed to high profits, and paid interest daily/weekly - essentially a form of fraud with signs of pyramid schemes or money appropriation.

When the victim “falls into the trap”, they continue to send messages and emails impersonating the business or company leader to announce the winning prize, requesting personal information and bank account for profit. The scammers even impersonate relatives, employees of the gold company, call or contact via social networks to approach and defraud in many different forms.

Banks warn that people should absolutely not provide personal information, not trade gold/silver through unofficial channels, and should be cautious of any invitations to invest with high profits, because behind them could be financial traps set up to seize assets.

In particular, people should not carry out any requests (access strange links, install strange applications, transfer money, top up cards, withdraw money...) from suspicious subjects.

Do not provide OTP, password, card number, personal information, biometric data... to anyone, including bank employees.

The bank does not require customers to provide personal information through channels such as phone calls, SMS, emails, chat software (Zalo, Viber, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Whatsapp...).

Customers should only buy and sell gold bars directly at official locations licensed by the state; absolutely do not trade through intermediaries of unknown origin.

In case of needing to look up information via the Internet, customers need to ensure that they access the correct official website of reputable businesses and financial institutions, often using domain names registered with the authorities in Vietnam such as .vn or .com.vn. Websites with strange domain names such as .vip, .top, .cc… are likely to be fake and pose a high risk of fraud.

SJC Company said that the Company only has one official website at sjc.com.vn and a website about the VIJF Fair: vijf.com.vn. SJC Company does not conduct any transactions via cyberspace.

People need to be wary of links of unknown origin: Do not click on suspicious links, emails or messages that lead to websites of unknown origin.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/canh-bao-gia-mao-ngan-hang-doanh-nghiep-de-lua-dao-nguoi-mua-vang-704932.html