1. BE CAREFUL ABOUT MONEY EXCHANGE SERVICES ON SOCIAL MEDIA SUCH AS THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
The Department of Information Security said that recently, many social network account owners have received “large amounts” of change, new money for those in need or recruited collaborators to post.
In addition to the service of exchanging new money and small change, traders also sell lucky money, toxic money, rare money and foreign currencies of many countries.
There are many victims who make transactions to exchange for new money, but when they receive the money back, it is not enough as promised, and even when they receive it, it is all fake money.
2. FRAUD THROUGH SIGNAL APPLICATIONS
On December 30, cybersecurity experts issued a warning regarding a phishing campaign on the free end-to-end encrypted calling and messaging platform – Signal.
Accordingly, there is a clear trend of many scammers operating from “fraud farms” in the Southeast Asia region, switching from Telegram to Signal as the main communication platform for fraud.
Known scams include: fake financial investment platforms, romance scams, and impersonating others;
3. Impersonating a bank employee to fraudulently borrow or lose the ability to repay debt
Recently, the Police Investigation Agency, Dong Nai Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute the defendant and ordered the temporary arrest of defendant Le Thi Huynh Nhu to investigate the crime of “Fraudulent appropriation of property”.
According to initial investigation results, because she needed money to repay debt, from December 2023 to May 2024, Le Thi Huynh Nhu falsely declared that she was a bank employee and had a customer who needed to borrow money to repay debt. loan (loan scam. name).
4. FAKE WINDOWS DEFENDER SECURITY AND PROTECTION SERVICES SECURITY CENTER
Fox News(A major multimedia media channel in the US) has just issued a warning about a new online fraud method through fake e-mail messages impersonating US security and privacy services.window.
Specifically, bad guys create fake emails, using logos and interfaces similar to regular Windows warnings.
When the victim accesses the message, a pop-up message appears stating that access to the victim’s device has been temporarily suspended for security reasons.
After the call, the subject will pretend to be a technical staffwindowinstructs the victim to download UltraViewer software (remote device management software) to check the victim’s computer.
5. FRAUD TIPS OF FAKE POST OFFICE SERVICES COMPANY
The subjects sent fraudulent messages to the victims, informing them that the package could not be delivered because the zip code recorded on the package was invalid, asking the victim to provide more information about the package so that the shipping process could continue. custom.
In the message, the subjects attached a link to a fake USPS (United States Postal Service Company) homepage, requesting access to provide information and stating that if the problem is not resolved Within the next 24 hours, the package will be returned.
After accessing the link, the victim will be redirected to a fake website.
In fact, this is a scam used by bad guys to steal victims’ data.
