Bad guys pretend to be police and call people to ask people to download the VNeID application to fix "electronic identification errors". In fact, they lure victims to download and install fake applications that can steal personal information and bank accounts. Not only do they trick people into installing VNeID, bad guys also create countless other variations of scenarios such as pretending to be tax officers, electricity industry employees to trick them into installing fake electricity and tax collection applications, causing many people to fall into traps and have tens to hundreds of millions of dong stolen. Notably, a victim in Ho Chi Minh City lost more than 1.5 billion dong because of this scam.

The severity of the fake public application download scams has forced many banks such as Techcombank, BIDV or MSB... to continuously send warnings to customers and recommend customers to use anti-virus software to protect their accounts and personal information on their computers.

Experts say that installing professional anti-virus software is a necessary solution, protecting users constantly, even in cases where they accidentally or are tricked into downloading viruses to their devices. Users also need to be extremely vigilant, not to work, provide personal information or follow requests from strangers over the phone. Absolutely be wary of requests to install software, applications from strangers, do not click on links received via text messages, do not install applications of unknown origin via links or Apk files.