'Online scammers create scenarios based on months, seasons and events'

Captain Huynh Do Tan Thinh - an officer of PC02 Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police said that online scammers create scenarios according to the season, such as during Tet they scam bus tickets, lucky money, in the summer they scam hotels or take advantage of big events...

Captain Huynh Do Tan Thinh, Special Police Team of the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police, spoke at the program - Photo: KY PHONG

On the afternoon of October 28, the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police (PC02) organized a propaganda program to prevent online fraud for students of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

4 keywords students need to remember

Sharing at the program, Captain Huynh Do Tan Thinh - Special Police Team of the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police (PC02) - said that they have currently researched 293 forms of cybercrime fraud. However, there are four keywords (forms) that students need to remember: impersonation, romance fraud, job search, and malware distribution.

Statistics in July 2025, the total damage from online kidnappings reached 9.6 billion VND, with over 70 cases. Most of the cases took place in areas near the border, approaching students.

Captain Huynh Do Tan Thinh informed that two types of scenarios that online kidnappers can use are impersonating police officers, threatening and manipulating the subject's psychology.

The second scenario is aimed at good students who want to study abroad via a shorter route.

"This afternoon, I had to rescue 9 students from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City. One of them was successfully rescued at 1:30 p.m., but unfortunately he still lost 1 billion VND. Online fraud can happen to anyone and can even affect the lives of the victims," ​​the captain said.

'Slow down and verify the information'

Actor Lam Nguyen - Ho Chi Minh City Drama Theater - also shared about losing his social media account when clicking on a link from an email believed to be from TikTok. He was asked to provide personal information, enter an OTP code and then lost access to his account.

Actor Lam Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City Drama Theater) at the talk show "Preventing online fraud" - Photo: KY PHONG

He advised students to proactively save the nearest police station number for contact. In addition, when using social networks, he advised students to use two-layer security, not to share too much personal information and to work together to build a green and clean social network.

Captain Huynh Do Tan Thinh said he is researching the Gen Z and Alpha groups, and the characteristic of this group is the desire to handle everything quickly and conveniently. However, the captain believes that students should not trust everything on the phone, slow down a bit and verify the information.

Associate Professor Dr. Ngo Quoc Dat - President of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy - advised students not to trust anyone too easily. He himself was impersonated when he saw documents with his signature, but in fact they were scams.

"Sometimes you think online fraud is somewhere else, but in fact it is not just a personal matter, it is right in our lives," he said.

Associate Professor Dr. Ngo Quoc Dat, Principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, advised students to be smart internet users - Photo: KY PHONG

He pledged that the school's mass organizations, departments, executive committees, and homeroom teachers will always accompany students. Official information will reach students according to specific procedures. "We, students of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, must be smart internet users," Mr. Ngo Quoc Dat advised.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/doi-tuong-lua-dao-online-len-cac-kich-ban-theo-thang-mua-va-su-kien-20251028171223594.htm