People need to be alert and vigilant against sophisticated scams to protect themselves.

Recently, Facebook has many posts complaining about difficult situations to ask for money from the online community. Below the posts, many people commented that they are willing to help and provide links to investment services or black credit. This is a new form of fraud, people need to be vigilant to avoid losing their assets.

Specifically, the subjects will interact and send friend requests to those in need, enticing them to borrow money through illegal lending applications or fraudulent investments. Next, they continuously instruct the victims to make transactions with high winning rates and withdraw money easily. When the amount of money deposited into the system is large, they will lock the account with the reason of invalid withdrawal and require more deposits to withdraw money from the system in order to appropriate assets.

The methods to identify the tricks of these subjects are often seen as: Actively telling about family and personal circumstances to create trust; Continuously enticing victims to participate in investing in financial exchanges, stocks or virtual currencies created by themselves in cyberspace... If the victim shows hesitation, the scammers are willing to provide accounts (which they say belong to relatives) for the victim to try. Initially, the trial transactions often bring high profits, making the victim trust and proactively open a real account to invest with a larger amount of money.

Authorities recommend that people be vigilant when it comes to online requests for money. At the same time, absolutely do not click or access strange links, do not download applications of unknown origin. Be careful when making financial transactions with strange subjects or channels, and if you suspect or have been scammed, immediately report to the nearest authorities.

News and photos: MINH NGUYEN

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