Warning about fake medical staff scamming blood donors

On the afternoon of July 29, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health reported that in recent days, there has been a trend of people impersonating medical staff to scam blood donors. The subjects asked for personal information with the excuse of “abnormal blood donation results”. The health sector recommends that people do not follow instructions from unknown numbers and promptly report to authorities if they have any suspicions.

Accordingly, in recent days, there has been a lot of information reflecting the situation that hundreds of blood donors in Ho Chi Minh City have received strange calls claiming to be employees of the Department of Health , the Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital, the City's Humanitarian Blood Donation Center, etc. and blood donation organizations, informing that the people's blood donation results were "abnormal".

Then, the subjects asked to provide citizen identification photos, VNeID accounts, and make friends on Zalo to "guide registration for examination, testing, or identity verification.

Warning information from the Center for Humanitarian Blood Donation.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that this is a new form of fraud, causing confusion in the voluntary blood donor community, seriously threatening people's rights, causing social insecurity and affecting the reputation of the health sector as well as the humanitarian blood donation movement in the city.

In recent times, the city's health sector has coordinated with relevant units to carry out many communication activities, warning people through the "Golden Blood Drops" application, official website and fanpage, as well as sending SMS messages to the blood donor community to be vigilant, not to provide personal information and not to follow the instructions of scammers.

At the same time, coordinate with media agencies to communicate about the blood donation process to help people understand, prevent fraud, and contribute to mobilizing voluntary blood donation, including issuing warnings and recommendations on fraud prevention via text messages to voluntary blood donors.

Medical facilities and blood donation units only contact people through official channels. Messages sent to blood donors will display the brand name “BVTMHH” or “TTHIENMAUTP”. The hospital absolutely does not ask people to provide personal information via applications, Zalo or any links. If in doubt, people should immediately call the hotline of the Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital at 028.3955 7858 for verification.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health recommends that people absolutely do not provide personal information to strange calls or messages. When detecting suspicious signs, people need to stay calm, not follow the instructions of strangers, and proactively report to the police or notify medical facilities for timely support and handling.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/y-te/canh-bao-thu-doan-gia-mao-can-bo-y-te-lua-dao-nguoi-hien-mau-i776442/