To avoid being a 'chicken' being 'herded'

lừa đảo - Ảnh 1. — Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh (Shark Binh) - Photo: TL

Recently, Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh (Shark Binh) - Chairman of NextTech Group - and nine others were prosecuted for two crimes, including fraud and appropriation of property; and the case of Vo Thi Ngoc Ngan (DJ Ngan 98) was prosecuted for the crime of manufacturing and trading in counterfeit goods, causing a stir in public opinion.

The charges against these two people and the consequences they left for those who participated in investing and doing business together, left behind a valuable lesson for sobriety in the digital financial era full of temptations and risks.

Before Mr. Binh was accused of fraud, there were several faces who had appeared in billion-dollar deals that were also accused of fraud, such as the case of Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy (Shark Thuy), from commercial commitments related to the "sharks" that also caused tens of thousands of investors to suffer heavy losses.

DJ Ngan 98 and many other "stars" on social networks are "hundred billion" businesses thanks to the "popular" business model of "shaking hands" between influencers and users and production units.

"Idols" polish their names and create their own brands, seeking quick profits from substandard products.

From many previous similar cases involving these "handshakes" of cooperation, people doing business under this model are often prosecuted for producing and trading counterfeit goods.

The losses and risks from two different stories but have the initial common point that investors and business partners choose "smart" investment direction to make profit more easily than hard work.

In addition, they also have a common belief, which is to believe in fame through the praise of the virtual world and the crowd, while the legal system has not yet had time to regulate new things for founders and brand owners.

If this trust is used for investment and business cooperation, the result is that trust will be turned into property for others to seize.

Just based on the "shark" label introducing cryptocurrency investment as a great opportunity for profit, investors believed and poured millions of dollars into the project, but the truth was that it was a disguised capital mobilization plan, leading to failure due to virtual profit opportunities.

Or just rely on influential "entrepreneurs" who have the ability to lead and spread the online community but do not have production expertise, combine to become distributors, cooperate with each other, leading to illegal profits from substandard products, getting into trouble with the law...

Investing in business, doing real work, and producing real work is not easy due to business capacity, competition, market, and capital costs; while doing virtual work is too easy.

"What is easy never lasts" is true for all transactions and cooperation if we just need to trust each other, trust in "virtual businessmen", "idols", "mentors", "sharks", "million dollar CEOs" on the internet...

While the law lacks sanctions or has not yet added a new "barrier" of regulations on investment and business on social networks, to avoid losing assets due to being scammed, to avoid having your name mentioned after each case that the Ministry of Public Security announces to find victims, you need to behave properly with your money, put your trust in the right place, be aware so that your money is not scammed as well as not turn yourself into a "chicken" for others to "herd".

Investing, cooperating in business, and starting up legitimately to make a profit is the desire of many people. Facing risks does not mean not investing anymore or avoiding them, but learning how to control them; being alert, reducing expectations on virtual values; at the same time, reducing greed, increasing understanding so as not to receive "bitter fruit" for yourself as well as for the community and society.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/de-khong-la-ga-bi-lua-20251016081840016.htm