Do not be negligent or subjective in the face of high-tech crimes

The Ministry of Public Security said: The situation of property fraud crimes in the first 9 months of 2025 and the third quarter of 2025 has been significantly reduced. However, property fraud crimes in cyberspace in the third quarter of 2025 are more complicated, although the number of cases has decreased, they account for a high proportion in the crime structure....

Representative of the leadership of the Criminal Police Department, Ministry of Public Security , announced the results of high-tech crime prevention in the first 9 months of 2025 and the third quarter of 2025.

The leaders of the Criminal Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) continue to advise people: State agencies do not work over the phone. All working information must be through local authorities, through press releases, propaganda through ward and commune loudspeakers or official documents.

increasingly sophisticated tricks

A noteworthy point, and in fact, has been regularly propagated and warned by the press agencies of ministries and functional agencies to the people, is that criminals use high technology to "closely follow" the current situation of the country to research and create scenarios to approach and deceive people. In reality, many people, although having read information and cases about online fraud, still sometimes fall into the "blind spot" of vigilance and are deceived.

Most recently, when many localities across the country were focusing on implementing the 2-level local government organization model, some subjects immediately took advantage of updating administrative information to commit fraud. Accordingly, some people received calls informing them that the locality was merging administrative units, requiring them to provide personal information so that the authorities could "standardize identification documents", "update new permanent address" or "re-authenticate citizen identification data, red book, social insurance...".

Then, the subject asks people to transfer fees, update information on the link to complete the procedure... If people follow, criminals can appropriate property or use the information obtained to commit other crimes, such as: borrowing money online, opening virtual bank accounts...

Notably, criminals often rely on people's psychology of being afraid to go to administrative agencies due to the worry of wasting time waiting in line to do procedures; the psychology of wanting to do things quickly, "shortcut", even losing a little extra fee... to pressure people to carry out actions that have been built into the scenario. Many people have been deceived because the subject pressured them, saying that if they do not perform on time, it will affect their legal rights, social insurance, civil transactions...

In addition, in recent months, authorities and localities have been propagating and warning people about new scams on the internet, targeting people who are about to retire or are receiving social insurance and health insurance benefits. To gain people's trust, criminals have prepared realistic scenarios, using fake images, documents, seals, etc. to appropriate victims' property.

Absolutely not subjective

For many years, the functional agencies of the Ministry of Public Security and press agencies from central to local levels have continuously propagated and informed about the fraud methods of high-tech criminals. Thanks to that, many people have recognized and raised their vigilance, not being scammed. However, there are still people who are deceived, lured into traps by cybercriminals and have their property stolen through sophisticated scenarios, suitable for social security events that take place every day....

In order to avoid becoming "prey" of the type of crime that has been identified, warned about continuously and quite clearly, people need to update and understand information every day, not be negligent or subjective before the sophistication of high-tech crimes.

In particular, everyone needs to pay attention to and remember the common methods and tricks of fraud today, mainly targeting 4 groups of behaviors (group of impersonation behaviors, group of emotional fraud behaviors, group of investment calling behaviors, group of malware dissemination behaviors). These are: Impersonating authorities to request information updates, installing fake applications; Impersonating public service employees to notify due dates for paying electricity, water, television, Internet bills, etc.; Impersonating authorities to support the recovery of suspended capital or money defrauded online; Impersonating educational institutions to notify tuition refunds or receiving scholarships, study abroad programs, participating in summer camps, etc.; Impersonating educational and medical institutions, etc. to notify relatives of accidents; Impersonating law enforcement agencies to notify related to serious cases; Impersonating tourist establishments, restaurants, business households, etc. to sell goods and services.

Fraudsters can also impersonate state agencies, armed forces, etc. to order goods; Impersonate delivery staff to notify of receipt of goods, defraud payment; Impersonate organizations and businesses to notify of winning prizes, receiving gifts; Impersonate credit institution employees to support card opening, increase credit limit; Impersonate tax authorities to call and request completion of procedures.

We also need to be on guard against cybercriminals spreading malware through emails, images, videos, links, and applications to take control of mobile devices and social network accounts; Spreading malware to penetrate the systems of organizations and businesses, changing emails and money receiving accounts; Providing false information, luring access to links containing malware.

People need to pay special attention, nowadays, scammers are increasingly diverse and sophisticated, not only using technology but also researching and exploiting deeply the habits, psychology, desires... of people to manipulate and lure victims. Being vigilant and understanding the "psychological traps" of criminals is very important so that each individual can protect themselves and the community from the complicated and unpredictable situation of fraud in cyberspace./.

DINH SONG LINH

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