Forging documents of Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) to commit fraud

According to the Association, on May 22, 2025, a document titled "COMMITMENT" was circulated, showing signs of forged signature of Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hung - Vice President and General Secretary of VNBA. The content of this document mentioned that the Vietnam Banking Association "committed" to disburse a large sum of money (VND 2,300,242,600) to an individual named To Thi Cam Nga (account number 197704070004039 at HDBANK ) after this individual completed "bank verification".

The document also blatantly provides a clause of "100% compensation" if the Association fails to disburse, in order to create trust and appeal to the victim's desire to quickly receive money.

The Banking Association affirms that this is a completely fake document, created with the purpose of sophisticated fraud. The Vietnam Banking Association is an organization representing the legal rights and interests of member credit institutions, operating in accordance with the provisions of the law, has no function and never stands up to "commit" or directly handle personal disbursement transactions as the content of the fake document mentioned above. All transactions related to accounts and disbursements are carried out directly between customers and commercial banks.

The trick of forging documents from reputable agencies and organizations, especially in the financial and banking sector, is not new. Previously, VNBA and many member banks have repeatedly warned about similar cases such as: forging websites, emails, SMS messages with the bank's brand name; impersonating bank employees to call and request personal information and OTP codes; or creating fake "prize receiving notices" and "winning notices" to ask users to pay fees or make money transfers into the scammer's account.

Fraudsters often take advantage of the gullibility, lack of information or greed of some people to commit crimes. They are increasingly using more sophisticated and professional tricks, from forging seals and signatures to creating complex fraud scenarios.

To protect assets and personal information, VNBA recommends that people, businesses and organizations need to be vigilant, absolutely do not trust documents, notifications, emails, messages of unknown origin or with suspicious signs, regardless of the name of any organization, including VNBA or banks. Do not provide personal information, bank account information (login name, password, OTP code, card number, CVV code...) to anyone via phone, email, social networks or strange links. Bank staff and VNBA never ask customers to provide this information. Be careful with requests to transfer money, pay fees to receive rewards, receive gifts, or handle "issues" related to accounts. When receiving suspicious information, you need to contact the nearest bank branch/transaction office directly or call the official hotline of the bank/VNBA to verify the information.

The Association said it will coordinate with the authorities to investigate and clarify the above-mentioned document forgery case and strictly handle violators according to the law. At the same time, it calls on the community to join hands in preventing fraud and protecting a safe and transparent financial transaction environment.

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