Fraudster invites children to participate in National Day parade

Recalling the incident, Ms. PTL, a resident of My Thuan commune, is still confused because she was scammed out of more than 2 million VND when she registered her son to participate in the "Children's Parade" program on Facebook. According to Ms. L, on July 10, 2025, she accidentally saw a post with the title "For the first time in history, children are participating in the parade to celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Day", so she went to read the information. The post included a paragraph stating: "The program will select 200 children from across the country. After the preliminary round, the children will gather in Hanoi , meet professional soldiers and receive formal instructions on the parade."

“Because I wanted my son to have the opportunity to participate in the country's important holiday and experience new things, I registered through the link attached to the article. After filling in my personal information and my son's, about a day later, someone contacted me by phone, introducing Nhi as a member of the organizing committee. Nhi asked for more information about my son's height and weight and informed me that he had passed the preliminary round,” Ms. L said.

Ms. L was asked to pay 2 million VND, including 500,000 VND for uniforms and 1.5 million VND for other expenses. The person named Nhi promised that on July 28, a car would come to pick her and her child up to Ho Chi Minh City, then move to Hanoi. The way of communication was very methodical and clear, the organization was also described specifically, so Ms. L trusted and transferred money to Nhi according to the account number provided. However, about a week after transferring the money, Ms. L went back to look for the Facebook page and received a notification that the page no longer existed. She began to suspect, and tried to contact the phone number again but was unsuccessful. At this point, she realized she had been scammed.

Ms. NTNL, a resident of Son Kien commune, and a neighbor also fell for the same scam. “When I heard Ms. N, who lives next door, say that she had just registered her daughter to participate in the “National Junior Parade” program to celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Day, September 2, I was also excited to let my grandchild participate. Ms. N and I both registered through the link attached in the post. The person who contacted us was named Quynh, claiming to be the deputy head of the program’s organizing committee.

Each person was asked to pay 1.7 million VND to reserve a seat, in total we transferred 3.4 million VND. After receiving the money, Quynh contacted us and said that around July 30, someone would call to confirm the pick-up and drop-off, and also provide instructions on what to bring when going to Hanoi," said Ms. L. However, no one contacted her until early August. Ms. L and Ms. N called Quynh many times but could not get in touch, only then did they realize they had been scammed.

Not only did they have their money stolen, many people also unintentionally provided personal information, bank account numbers and OTP codes to bad guys by filling in information on links or accessing fake websites. Faced with the complicated developments of this scam, the Central Council of Young Pioneers and Vietnam Television have confirmed that all information being spread about the organization of the children's parade is completely fake and inaccurate. Both units do not have any plans or policies related to selecting children to participate in the National Day parade.

Parents need to be vigilant, not provide personal information, not transfer money to any person or organization without verifying the authenticity; do not access strange links or websites to avoid information theft. When encountering a situation of suspected fraud, people need to calmly handle it to protect their assets and personal data.

WALL VI

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/lua-dao-moi-thieu-nhi-tham-gia-le-duyet-binh-dip-quoc-khanh-a426215.html