
Many people have lost money; EVN warns of scams using OTP messages.
Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) has just issued a warning about a series of new scams involving text messages sent via OTP (One-Time Password).

Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) has just issued a warning about a series of new scams involving text messages sent via OTP (One-Time Password).

Being naive and trusting, over a period of more than 3 years, Mr. N. transferred money to Huynh Van Phuoc 253 times and was defrauded by Phuoc of a total of more than 1,8 billion VND.

Meta has filed a lawsuit against Ly Van Lam, an advertiser in Vietnam, for using "cloaking" tactics to circumvent the ad review process.

Police in My Quy commune (Tay Ninh province) discovered and prevented a young woman from being tricked into working illegally in Cambodia with a promised salary of over $1.000 per month.

Luong Xuan Duyen and Pham Van Diem were accused of participating in a criminal organization operating in Myanmar and Cambodia, defrauding more than 1.000 people and appropriating 120 billion VND.

The 30 best teams in the Data for Life 2025 competition presented groundbreaking data-driven solutions that promise to address many practical problems in life.

Ms. H. from Da Nang lost over 10 billion VND and had her house stolen in a fraud ring led by Mr. Hunter Le Khac Ngo and Mr. Pips Pho Duc Nam.

Quang Ninh police are expanding their investigation into a fraud case involving the misappropriation of assets, uncovering a network involved in transactions worth 256 billion VND, and prosecuting four more suspects.

"Kingpin" Chen Zhi was exposed for hiding a massive sum of money, exceeding $63 million, in South Korean banks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

After days of being beaten and threatened with their lives in Cambodia, two young men from Gia Lai took advantage of a lapse in security to escape from their captivity and find their way back to Vietnam.

With just a phone call and matching information, a fake delivery person can easily swindle money from victims, often without the victims themselves realizing it immediately.

Hung Yen police have just dismantled and arrested 9 suspects, freezing 22 bank accounts in connection with the "Toptrade1" cryptocurrency fraud ring that transacted over 2.600 trillion VND.

A female student born in 2007 in Hai Phong ran away from home and stayed at a hotel, taking her piggy bank with her. She broke it open and took out 47,8 million VND, which she then transferred to someone claiming to be a "police officer" to prove her innocence.

Pham Tuan Khanh rented a truck and parked it in front of the victim's house, fabricating a reason about a network outage during a bank transfer. Using this tactic, he defrauded the victim of over 12 tons of free-range chickens in Dong Thap province.

A Hanoi student narrowly escaped being trafficked to Cambodia after trusting a fake police call; a tense 30-minute rescue operation uncovered the scam that cost him 150 million VND.

Believing that the Facebook profile "MM" belonged to her daughter, Ms. L transferred hundreds of millions of VND to the scammer.

A young man was hospitalized with multiple severe injuries and deep psychological trauma after being brutally tortured in Cambodia.

The Ministry of Public Security warns people to be vigilant against fraudulent methods and tricks used to trick people into installing the VNeID application.

After transferring 150 yuan (approximately 547 million VND) to the person threatening to release her pornographic photos and videos, Li suddenly remembered that she had never taken or filmed such images.

According to the tax authorities, all requests for updating taxpayers' address information are fraudulent.

The Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of the Ministry of Public Security and Google have released a list of the 7 most common types of online scams and ways to avoid them.

According to the Ministry of Public Security, cybercrime is expanding to North Africa and the Middle East, and many victims are being scammed twice, with the losses from the second scam being greater than the first.

Taking advantage of the victims' psychology, the perpetrators require the victims to transfer a sum of money in advance or participate in "tasks" to withdraw money held in the system.

Bac Giang police have arrested three young men involved in a scam network that manipulated sensitive images to swindle money from Vietnamese people in Cambodia.

Fraud and scam incidents are more frequent as mobile phone usage increases, the e-wallet market expands in Vietnam, and malicious actors use AI and deepfakes.

nTrust - Anti-phishing software developed by the National Cybersecurity Association helps detect signs of fraud through phone numbers, websites, account numbers, etc.

Thanks to the help of the police force, an elderly couple in Ha Tinh province escaped a scam perpetrated by a high-tech criminal group.

After using various deceptive methods to obtain bank accounts in Vietnam, the fraud group resold them to individuals in Cambodia for use in fraudulent activities.

Those arrested claimed they were tricked into going to Cambodia with promises of other jobs, but upon arrival were beaten and forced into fraudulent work.

Over the phone, someone claiming to be the head of the criminal police department informed Ms. N. that she was involved in a drug trafficking ring, after which she went to the bank and transferred 2,3 billion VND to this person.