Women members are educated and informed about fraud in cyberspace.

Having just completed the procedure to reissue her citizen identification card, Ms. Ngo Thi Nga (Thuy Phu, Huong Thuy Town) received a call from an unknown number. The person on the other end of the line claimed to be a police officer from the Department of Administrative Police for Social Order, asking Ms. Nga to follow the instructions and provide the code that had just been sent to her phone number to complete the application for a citizen identification card and level 2 identification. Seeing that the code was indeed sent, Ms. Nga also intended to read it. Pausing for a few seconds, she asked the person claiming to be a police officer a few questions related to the fact that she had just reissued her citizen identification card, but the other person answered "absurdly" and that it did not match, so she was cautious. After the exchange, seeing that it seemed that she could not fool Ms. Nga, the stranger hung up.

Ms. Nga said: If I had not been informed and learned about cyber fraud through the activities of the branches and training sessions of the Women's Union at all levels, I would have been scammed. Who would have thought that the scammers would know that I had just changed my ID card...

After hearing that her niece in Ho Chi Minh City sent a package of clothes, Ms. Tran Thi Thanh in Phu Hoi ward, Thuan Hoa district received a call from an unknown number. The person on the other end of the line claimed to be a post office delivery employee, read the correct names of the sender and recipient, informed her that she had a package of clothes (her niece's name) and asked her to transfer a shipping fee of 25,000 VND for the post office to deliver the order. At first, she simply thought that her niece had sent the goods but had not paid the shipping fee, so the shipping fee would be charged to the recipient. But when she thought again, she asked the other party why they did not deliver the goods before receiving the shipping fee, and was threatened that if she did not transfer the money, her goods would be stored in the warehouse for 15 days to 1 month. Hearing this, she knew for sure that this was a scam, so she hung up.

“There are countless scams, and sometimes I don’t keep up with them. But when participating in activities, meetings, and training sessions of the Women’s Union at all levels on being vigilant against scams on KGM, we are also more vigilant, learning more skills to “expose” the scammers’ tricks. Just asking a few questions back will reveal the scammers’ “true colors,” Ms. Thanh shared.

Fraudsters often target women who participate in social networks, especially women in rural and mountainous areas, mainly to steal money. Faced with this situation, the Hue City Women's Union requires the Women's Union at all levels to actively follow the grassroots and diversify forms of propaganda about fraud tricks on KGM so that members can promptly update information, identify tricks to proactively prevent and avoid them.

Ms. Vo Thi Phuong Thao, Head of the Organizational Development Committee, Hue City Women's Union, said: The City Women's Union regularly opens training courses and communication activities in localities to propagate and improve skills to prevent fraud on KGM for members. At the same time, on the social networking sites of women's unions at all levels, a lot of information is also posted on propaganda orientations and warnings about fraud. Local Women's Unions at all levels have also organized nearly 300 training and communication courses on propaganda and mobilization skills on digital platforms, applying technology in communication activities to raise awareness and skills for women to use the network safely and effectively, helping women members have the skills to identify fraudulent behaviors on KGM.

Article and photos: Thao Vy

Source: https://huengaynay.vn/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/phu-nu/giup-phu-nu-canh-giac-truoc-nan-lua-dao-tren-khong-gian-mang-153681.html