Dao Van Chieu, from the north-central province of Thanh Hoa, said that he received a call on Monday, his first day back in the city after a visit to his hometown for Tet.
“They offered me a job listening to music and liking songs on an online music site for VND10,000 (43 cents) per song,” Chieu said.
Despite having previously read warnings about online tricksters, he still tried out the gig as a way to investigate and possibly warn other people of the scam.
“They actually paid me VND10,000,” Chieu said, “then they tempted me to send in money for high commission. The online group they established had attracted nearly 4,000 members.”
As soon as he joined the group, his phone began receiving a relentless flow of chat notifications. Every time someone completed a task, they would send a message to the group.
“Receiving hundreds of messages means hundreds of people believed in the system and had completed the tasks,” Chieu said. “Among them, many might have been deceived.”
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A person holds a phone, showing a group chat with nearly 4,000 members, where Dao Van Chieu was added into to like songs to get money. Photo by VnExpress |
Ngo Minh Hieu, founder of the Anti-Fraud Project, said that online fraud, asset theft and information theft showed no signs of decreasing during the Tet holiday.
In fact, as the holiday ended, the number of fraudulent domains actually increased.
From January 19 to January 27, the project detected 180 fraudulent pages, of which 166 were created to steal assets,…
