Almost lost hundreds of millions of dong with the trick of "upgrading" loyal customers

(BDO) At noon on June 30, employees of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam - Binh Duong Branch promptly helped customers avoid losing hundreds of millions of VND with the trick of "upgrading" their Priority Vietcombank account to become a regular customer of the system.

With the trick of playing on the victim's psychology, they will receive incentives, be taken care of attentively, participate in high-class events with the Vietcombank Priority community, especially get a 10% discount on tuition fees for their children when paying through their account...

Thanks to Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Nhi's vigilance when dealing with customers, Mr. S. escaped the trap of taking over the victim's account. As soon as Mr. S. deposited money, the account hijacker would access and withdraw all the victim's money.

The person who almost fell victim to this scam was Mr. PHS. Talking to us, Mr. S. said that on June 28, he received a text message with a link to register for a card online. However, because he was busy, he could not do it. Then, a day later, a phone number starting with 024… called, claiming to be a customer service staff of the Vietcombank system, and was very "enthusiastic" in guiding him through the card making procedure.

“I thought that the Vietcombank staff was enthusiastically consulting and collecting information about the card to support the customer in upgrading the card. Without hesitation, I provided all the information about the card to the person impersonating a Vietcombank staff over the phone. The impersonator also asked that the fixed income must be over 50 million VND to be eligible to open an account. After quickly collecting information about income and finances, the impersonator determined the condition for “upgrading” the card: the account balance must be at least 250 million VND. Because the account did not have enough balance according to regulations, and it was Sunday, I made an appointment to go to the bank the following Monday to deposit money into my personal account to have enough balance of 250 million VND according to regulations to be able to open a maximum card limit of 500 million VND. The subject's trick made me “lose my guard”, because I thought that I deposited money into my own card account that I was managing and it was difficult to lose it, I did not think that I had revealed all the important information about "account for the subject," said Mr. PHS.

Mr. S. accidentally provided all the security information, the account number and CVV code on the credit card, making it easy for the subject to access payment and withdraw money. (chat between Mr. S. and the scammer. Mr. S. was off guard and accidentally provided all the credit card information to the scammer)

Minh Duy

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