Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) – Southern Branch yesterday held a seminar named ‘Risk Warnings and Prevention Methods for Online Fraud’.
After being detected with tricks of sending messages to appropriate money, scammers are now using an even more sophisticated tool called Deepfake to make fake video calls to victims and ask for money transfer.
Cyber criminals increasingly use junk SIM cards to trick people and appropriating money. This has reached an alarming level and required strict handling from the authorities.
At fake websites, subjects instruct and suggest individuals access fraudulent links to perform multi-bank money transfer services. After transferring money to designated bank accounts, investors cannot withdraw money from the account registered on the fake stock trading interface and lose money.