The leader of the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention ( Hanoi City Police) said that recently, there has been a fraudulent method of appropriating property through the method of inviting people to watch movies online and voting for a fee.

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Mr. H. reported to the police. Photo: CACC

According to this leader, first, they got to know the victims on Facebook, introduced them to download the Telegram social networking application to watch movies online and vote for a fee.

After that, the subjects sent friend requests and texted instructions on how to use the money-making service. Next, they sent links and instructions on how to log into an account, access a website to watch movies and do tasks.

Through the first 2 voting steps, a small amount of money is paid into the account, making the victim trust and continue to join the group, depositing money into the savings account.

The police agency cited the incident that happened to Mr. CXH (in Binh Phuoc ) in June 2024. According to Mr. CXH's report, he was invited to be friends via social media by someone and he agreed. After that, this person texted to introduce him to download the Telegram social networking application to watch movies online and vote for a fee.

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Police warn against paid invitations to watch movies and vote. Photo: CACC

Through Telegram, the account "@Buithihuong02" made friends with Mr. H. and gave detailed instructions on how to participate in making money through voting. Initially, the subject sent Mr. H. a link, asking him to log in and perform the task of "vote 1" and receive 170,000 VND transferred to his personal account.

In the second round of "vote", with a reward equivalent to 1 million VND after accumulating 150 points, Mr. H. was asked to transfer 1 million VND to continue the task. After completing, Mr. H. received 1 million VND.

The subject continued to send a link to join the group and complete “vote 3”. Mr. H. joined as instructed and deposited 5 million VND into the group account corresponding to 500 accumulated points.

After depositing money and completing the requirements set forth by the subject, the system informed Mr. H. that he had entered incorrect data and requested that if he wanted to withdraw money, he had to deposit a data compensation amount of 36 million VND.

Trusting, Mr. H. deposited money, however, the system began to show… errors. To fix it, there was no other way but to continue transferring money. Mr. H continued to transfer money into the system many times.

After many times of depositing money but still not being able to withdraw, Mr. H texted to ask, the subjects gave many reasons to avoid returning the money deposited into the system. At this time, he realized that his account had lost more than 1 billion VND, so he went to report to the police.

From this scam, Hanoi City Police advise people to be vigilant against the above-mentioned fraudulent appropriation of property. In case of suspicion of fraudulent appropriation of property, promptly notify the police to promptly prevent and receive guidance on how to handle the situation.

In addition, the police agency also affirmed that it is impossible to make money from online invitations to perform tasks in any form because they are certainly "traps" of scammers.