Online fraud remains a serious problem.

Cyber ​​fraud has become increasingly complex in recent times, causing serious damage to organizations and individuals, and negatively impacting the socio -economic landscape.

Despite public awareness campaigns and warnings from authorities, the sophisticated tactics and constantly evolving methods of online fraud still easily lead many people to become victims. Therefore, many National Assembly representatives hope that the Government will direct relevant agencies to implement truly effective solutions to address this situation.

During a discussion on the socio-economic situation, Representative Nguyen Huu Thong (from Binh Thuan province) raised the issue: Most National Assembly representatives have received at least a few harassing calls from unknown numbers, often from advertising companies or impersonators of officials from various agencies or organizations, with the aim of scamming people. In reality, many citizens, including officials and civil servants, have been scammed out of large sums of money. Although authorities have implemented numerous measures to prevent online fraud, the problem has not been completely eradicated.

Online scams have become increasingly complex recently. (Illustrative image: tapchitaichinh.vn)

It is not uncommon for people to be scammed online, losing from a few million to hundreds of millions of dong. Scammers use advanced technology and various fraudulent methods such as: impersonating law enforcement agencies to gain access to accounts; impersonating relatives to borrow money; luring people into completing tasks on high-profit apps; impersonating employees of phone service providers to warn about SIM card blocking; impersonating websites of agencies and businesses such as social insurance, banks, and securities firms; job recruitment; impersonating summer camp activities; impersonating editors of media organizations to organize photo contests/recruit collaborators, etc.

In fact, many people have been scammed out of money after conducting online interviews via apps or receiving calls from relatives reporting traffic accidents, and then carelessly complying with the scammers' requests.

It is evident that cybercriminals frequently exploit current trends, events, and activities, playing on victims' psychology to commit fraud. These individuals often use fake information to register personal or anonymous accounts, creating virtual accounts on social media sites with servers located abroad.

To prevent cyber fraud, first and foremost, public awareness campaigns need to be intensified to improve knowledge of information security, enabling early identification and vigilance against fraudulent methods and tactics. Simultaneously, the legal framework needs to be adjusted to keep pace with emerging issues.

Currently, there are no specific regulations on identifying internet users; the process of handling fraud cases still faces some difficulties, especially coordinating with credit institutions and banks to trace fraudulent funds, which is time-consuming and ineffective in terms of recovery; coordination with online service providers is also time-consuming and not very effective; the problem of unregistered SIM cards and the buying and selling of bank accounts, although addressed, remains widespread, making cybercrime investigations difficult.

According to the People's Army Newspaper

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