A student in Ho Chi Minh City was sent an email by a bad guy informing him that he was involved in a scam ring with an attached “red-stamped arrest warrant from the Ministry of Public Security.” The bad guys then called the victim, listed his correct ID number, name, email address, and threatened to extradite him to Hanoi to serve his sentence.

Being threatened and psychologically manipulated, the male student panicked and insisted on following the script prepared by the bad guys: calling his family to inform them that he was one of 20 students selected for the international student exchange program at RMIT University, needing money in his account to prove his financial status, urging his parents to transfer money many times. The amount of money appropriated was 1.1 billion VND.

According to experts, bad guys have created very sophisticated and methodical scam scenarios and can act realistically to threaten and manipulate victims. In addition, they also know how to choose targets to attack and get a lot of personal information of the target. Therefore, people need to be more vigilant and protect their personal information. In the context of the current outbreak of fraud, everyone needs to create a reflex of vigilance against any online money transfer requests from strangers