The scammer asked the victim to allow remote computer access, then collected sensitive information to borrow large sums of money in his name. Victims are harassed and threatened hundreds of times to continue investing. Two men used to come to his house to get more money. A representative from Nottingham Police said it was investigating the incident. Bitcoin investment scams are happening more and more as the pandemic breaks out. Photo: Napoli Shkolnik. “Investment scams have increased dramatically since the outbreak of the pandemic. That’s not surprising because many people assume that most of life will take place on a computer or phone… More Internet usage means more scammers have a great opportunity to reach victims We recommend anyone who wants to invest to do their own research first, check every detail before transferring money or sharing personal information… Guys Scammers often put up ads that look professional and trustworthy, with pictures of celebrities that make people think it’s a legitimate investment,” Beach said. A Nottingham police representative advised people to double-check information if invited to invest via call, email or social media. The warning from Nottingham comes after British authorities launched a new campaign, urging people to be on the lookout for investment offers, to report immediately if there are signs of fraud. In May, a woman in the UK was scammed more than $12,000 after reading an article titled “Tesla buys $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, plans to give away $750 million worth of Bitcoin” on the BBC. fake. The article urges readers to send a Bitcoin to an e-wallet, after which “Mr. Musk” will double the amount. After sending over $12,000 worth of Bitcoins with no response, this woman realized she had been scammed. She said this is the money saved to buy a new house. How harmful is Bitcoin to the environment? To mine Bitcoin, one needs a lot of miners that work 24/7. The carbon footprint of Bitcoin mining is equivalent to Argentina’s entire carbon footprint.

Warning: Hackers take advantage of the Covid-19 epidemic to spread malicious code. Illustration Taking advantage of the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic in many countries around the world and even in Vietnam, hacker groups have opened many cyberattack campaigns through fake emails with documents containing malicious code. , with titles and content related to the Covid-19 epidemic to trick users into opening documents. As noted by experts of CyRadar Information Security Joint Stock Company, the hot topic of the Covid-19 epidemic and the Covid-19 vaccine has continued to be exploited by many hacker groups in their campaigns to defraud Vietnamese users. Nam through the form of sending fake emails with attached document files containing malicious code. Specifically, two cyberattack campaigns in the form of sending fake emails with attached documents related to the Covid-19 epidemic, including “Jam Gia Dien dich Covid-19.docx” and “Covid-19– Vaccines.xlsm”. The above docx and xlsm file formats, according to experts’ analysis, have malicious code installed. When the user opens the document file, the malicious code will penetrate the computer, allowing the remote hacker to control the computer through commands. From there, hackers can also order to download many other malicious codes, steal data, passwords, screenshots… Currently, as noted by CyRadar, the number of cases where users are tricked into downloading and opening fake documents related to the Covid-19 epidemic and the Covid-19 vaccine are not many. However, in the context of a complicated epidemic and a growing remote working model, experts predict that in the coming time, there may be more hacker groups that continue to take advantage of the Covid-19 epidemic to attack scams. user island. Therefore, in addition to recommending the use of protection software, experts also recommend that organizations, businesses and users need to be careful and consider carefully when downloading email attachments.

Hugo Súissas shows off his perspective and creativity through photos posted on his personal Instagram. Currently, his social networking site has 128,000 followers. Each photo conveys playfulness and an interesting message. In the picture, the Portuguese photographer impressed viewers when he extended his hand to “support” the statue of King José I riding an equestrian placed at the famous Praca do Comercio square. In addition to posing flexibly, making himself like a lively piece of the works, Hugo Súissas also uses familiar objects combined with unique arrangement ideas to “transform” each architectural work according to novel perspective. Sydney Opera House is a cultural and tourist icon of Australia. Hugo checked-in this place with a book that made “shells” look like the pages of a book being opened. Similarly, the Belém Tower fortress in the capital Lisbon was transformed into a giant sand castle. Praca do Comercio, the magnificent square in Lisbon, continues to be the inspiration for Hugo to create artistic photos. Three sides of the square are surrounded by yellow buildings in the Pombaline architectural style. The photographer creates a visual effect with the viewer when using an antique key combined in the frame and turning the gate into a lock. In addition, this is also the context for Hugo to create the image of a light bulb. The Eiffel Tower (France), the symbol of the “capital of light”, is associated with a clothespin. The Millennium Wheel (UK) located on the banks of the Thames became a giant pizza with 2 remaining pieces of cake through the arrangement of the male photographer. The 25 de Abril suspension bridge spans the River Tejo, connecting Lisbon with Almada (Portugal). The bridge has a design quite similar to the Golden Gate (Golden Gate Bridge) in the US. With his perspective, Hugo turned this building into a clothes drying plant. A pedestrian and bicycle bridge in Düsseldorf (Germany) was “turned” into a clothes hanger by him. With a rich imagination, Hugo associated the colorful buildings by the canal in Amsterdam (Netherlands) with luminous pens. El Castillo, a top tourist attraction in Chichen Itza (Mexico), was transformed by a photographer into a unique umbrella. El Castillo means “castle” in Spanish. It is one of the oldest Mayan temples and is listed as a World Heritage Site. Opening of the world’s longest suspension bridge for pedestrians The bridge 516 Arouca has just been inaugurated on April 29 in Northern Portugal. The bridge is 516 m long, holds the record as the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world.

Original SIM card but still occupied by others Ms. ATH (in Binh Duong) reflected on 2-3 days, she discovered that her phone displayed a message that could not be called, so she went to VNPT Binh Duong Business Center to ask for a check. Here, the technical staff said that the SIM card is not damaged, still works two-way. On March 4, she went to the center to ask for a new SIM card. After that, the phone works normally. On March 12, Ms. H. logged into her credit card account to check and found that the money in the account had been withdrawn in the form of payment for purchases. Suspecting that her SIM information was exposed during the SIM rework, Ms. H. went to VNPT Binh Duong Business Center to find out. Only now did she know that on 2-3 days there was a transaction to replace her SIM at a VNPT center in Ho Chi Minh City. Ms. H. said that this SIM phone number has been registered by her owner before. Now suddenly my SIM was declared and appropriated by someone else, leading to the loss of her credit card more than 58 million dong. “During the settlement process, the representative of VNPT HCMC (where the SIM exchange happened) said he would support me with a scratch card worth 2 million VND, but I did not accept it. The main reason for losing money is because the network operator re-issued the SIM in the wrong process, not because of me, “- Ms. H. shared. Ms. ATH was upset because someone else took control of her phone SIM, so her credit account lost more than 58 million dong. Photo: DANG LE Another case is Mr. Trieu Duc Khai (in Thai Binh) also said on April 21, he made a complaint to VNPT Center in Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh. The content of the complaint about his VinaPhone SIM, although registered by the owner, was still controlled by others, leading to the loss of 35 million VND in his credit card. Through working with VNPT in Thai Thuy district, it was determined that someone had impersonated him to carry out the procedure to lose the SIM and make a new SIM with the subscriber number that Mr. Khai was using. This person only declared five phone numbers to call out, come to the nearest, and then be given a new SIM. Occupying SIM is a trick to appropriate money Exchange with Ho Chi Minh City Law Vo Do Thang, Director of Athena International Security and Network Administration Training Center, said that through the two cases above, it shows that if anyone reports the loss of SIM and only needs to provide five phone numbers to call. going, calling recently, committing to subscriber owner rights to be re-issued with a new SIM is not good at all. This has created a loophole for crooks to steal other people’s SIMs, to the detriment of genuine SIM users. According to Mr. Thang, most of the victims in the SIM loss cases were taken by fraudsters by making online payments. To pay for online purchases, there are three factors: The first is a mobile phone number. The credit card holder must register this phone number with the bank to authenticate transactions and receive bank notifications. The second is the card number (a series of numbers printed on the front of the credit card). The third is the OTP (one-time password) verification code sent to the phone number registered with the bank. In the working minutes and written responses to Ms. H. and Mr. Khai, the network operator confirmed that re-issuing SIM cards to others was not in accordance with the process. Photo: DANG LE. After hijacking the right to use the SIM, the crooks will take the victim’s credit card number to pay online, then use the newly issued SIM to receive the OTP code and complete the payment. The victim’s credit card number has been stolen by the crooks before, appropriating the phone SIM is only the last step to perform the act of appropriating money. According to Mr. Thang, not everyone who loses their phone SIM will lose money in their credit cards and bank accounts. Only when they have had their credit card or account information exposed before can crooks steal money. The victim’s credit card information may be exposed during previous online transactions. The cause is usually because the victim has filled out information on fraudulent websites, installed malicious code on the phone to steal card information, opened attachments of unknown origin or it can also be due to credit institutions. does not guarantee safety in terms of security,” Thang shared. In the working minutes and written responses to Ms. H. and Mr. Khai, the network operator confirmed that re-issuing SIM cards to others was not in accordance with the process. Photo: DANG LE The network operator did the wrong process In both cases mentioned above, in the process of working with customers, the operator has confirmed that the teller when carrying out the SIM reissuance procedure only requires the customer to provide five outgoing and incoming phone numbers. subscriber ownership is not the correct procedure. In response to the recent complaint of VNPT Center in Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province against Mr. Trieu Duc Khai, it is clear that because of this unfortunate incident, VNPT Center of Thai Thuy district has apologized to customers. The material damage that the impostor causes to the customer, the center will fix and compensate for the loss. As for the case of Ms. ATH, VNPT HCMC said that it will accompany the customer to provide necessary information to serve the investigation agency.

Archaeologists examine the mummy. Everyone thinks this is an “unprecedented” archaeological find, but the truth is just a sophisticated scam. Shocking discovery In October 2000, police in Karachi, Pakistan received a tip that a man named Ali Akbar was selling a mummy for 600 million rupees, or about $11 million. According to the source, it was not an ordinary mummy, but “Princess of Persia”. Immediately, the police raided Akbar’s house, searched and questioned the suspect. Akbar then took the police to the home of his accomplice, Wali Mohammad Reeki, in the desert region of Baluchistan province. Here, the mummy in question along with the coffin was found. Reeki admitted to buying the artifact from a man named Sharif Shah Bakhi. This person told him that the body was discovered after an earthquake near Quetta, on the border between Iran and Afghanistan. Two men are arrested for smuggling antiquities, but the mystery of the mummy has only just begun. If it is true “Princess of Persia”, this will be a very important discovery, because no mummies of the Persians (present-day Iran) have been found. The mummy was brought to the National Museum in Karachi for experts to analyze and many mysteries surrounding this ancient man were revealed. The body was mummified in the Egyptian style, with a mask and a golden crown, placed on a reed mat. But the most interesting find was a breastplate covering the mummy’s chest, on which the ancient Persian inscription, “I am the daughter of the great king Xerxes. Mazereka protects me. I am Rhodugune.” In addition, the gilded wooden coffin is also decorated with carved lines also in ancient Persian letters. It all seems to show that this is indeed the Princess of Persia. Pakistani archaeologist, Ahmad Hasan Dani, of Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University, excitedly announced in a press conference that, from what was recorded, the mummy was indeed a Ba princess. Tu, lived around 600 BC. This event sparked a dispute between Iran and Pakistan over the ownership of this unprecedented archaeological find. The Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization declared the “princess” to be a member of the royal family of Persia and demanded that Pakistan return the mummy, and even the Taliban movement in Afghanistan claimed it was their own artifact. Unexpected truth Mummy “Princess of Persia” in coffin. The fierce arguments between the parties have become a political problem, easily leading to conflicts. Meanwhile, some other archaeologists have raised doubts that this is the “Princess of Persia”, even a mummy. An independent examination was conducted and the archaeologists went from surprise to surprise. First of all, ancient linguists found that the writing on the mummy’s breast shield and the coffin was written by someone who was not fluent in the ancient Persian language, rife with grammatical errors, and even traces of pencil marks for inscriptions, which pencils were only invented in the 16th century. In addition, a piece of coffin was examined, it was only about 250 years old, and the carpet underneath the body was discovered to be only… 5 years old. Unusual signs were also found in the body of the “princess”, such as the delicate tendons and ligaments of the middle ear that were still intact, despite thousands of years and the mummification process. did not follow the strict methods of Egypt. For example, the heart was removed, which the Egyptians never did, as it was considered important to regenerate a person’s body when they went to the next world. Multiple CAT scans (computerized axial tomography), accelerated mass spectrometry dating, radiocarbon testing, and X-ray scans all proved this to be a hoax. delicate. In the end, scientists determined, there is no “Princess of Persia”, but this is the body of a 16-year-old girl, who may have died in 1996, not 600 BC. Not only that, there is evidence that the girl was murdered for this fraudulent purpose. Experts also discovered that the “mummy” had died from trauma caused by the force of the impact, which broke her cervical and back vertebrae. Her organs were removed, her body cavity filled with table salt and baking soda, a fake embalming process. All of this was likely done within 24 hours of her death. From an antiquities smuggling case to a murder case. It is said that a group of fake antiquities traders brutally killed this poor girl, or at least stole her body shortly after her death, to be processed into a donkey mummy. sell for money. However, although the police questioned everyone involved in the sale of the mummy, as well as several other suspects, it led to nothing. In the end, not only was no one arrested in connection with this young woman’s death, but the victim was also not identified. She languished in museums for a while, before being buried in 2008 by the Pakistan-based charity Edhi Foundation. Although she was finally laid to rest, she remained anonymous, unclaimed, and the cause of death was not clear, forever referred to simply as “Princess of Persia”.

And recently, he also made Facebook users happy like opening the flag in their stomach when together with friends, he formed a group called “7onez – Free support” to support problems about Facebook and other social networks. . For the purpose of serving the community’s interests, the group will have members who are experienced in Facebook security, and support to recover accounts when locked, especially problems/questions will be supported free of charge. online fees. Hieu PC’s personal Facebook post Facebook Although just established, the group has attracted nearly 6K people, with the introduction “This is a small group of 7onez used to help you improve your security and recover your Facebook, Gmail, Instagram accounts… Free of charge. Supporters will be those who are censored and selected by the 7onez administration.” So if you have problems with account security or your account is locked, just post or inbox will be answered by everyone, support to get back quite quickly and especially can avoid scam cases. Free support group

Also according to Microsoft, Nobelium is the “Russian guy” and is also the person behind the attack targeting SolarWinds customers in 2020. The organization behind the SolarWinds cyberattack discovered last year is currently targeting government agencies, research institutions, think tanks and NGOs. The comments come weeks after a May 7 ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline that shut down the largest US fuel pipeline network for several days, disrupt the national supply, On May 27, Microsoft announced that: “This wave of attacks targeted approximately 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organizations.” Microsoft said that US organizations are the most vulnerable to attacks, targeted victims come from at least 24 different countries. According to Microsoft, at least a quarter of the organizations targeted are engaged in international development, humanitarian and human rights issues. This week, Nobelium launched attacks by breaking into a marketing email account of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), thereby launching phishing attacks to multiple organizations. other. In statements issued Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security and USAID both said they have received and are in the process of investigating the above attack. The attack on information technology company SolarWinds, identified in December, accessed the information of thousands of companies and government offices using its products. Microsoft President Brad Smith described the attack as “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen”. The attacks announced Thursday appear to be a continuation of multiple attempts to target government agencies involved in foreign policy, as part of an intelligence-gathering effort, Microsoft said. Intelligence. The company is currently in the process of notifying all of its target customers and has “no reason to believe” that these attacks are related to any exploits or vulnerabilities in the system. Microsoft products or services. Le Duyen (According to Reuters)

The report found that as many as 23 apps are available on Google Play, each with between 50,000 and 10 million downloads, violating privacy guidelines in the collection and storage of user information. Some applications are less secure, leaving users vulnerable to personal data leakage. (Photo: Check Point) Of these, there are 13 applications that store user data in the cloud but are not secure. This means hackers can easily access data from the outside. Hackers can even modify the developer’s notice, and replace it with malicious links or misleading content. Users’ personal information is easily leaked when using these applications. (Photo: Check Point) These vulnerabilities put at least 100 million Android users at risk of phishing, identity theft, and malware attacks. 13 out of 23 apps have extremely poor security, allowing hackers to access public data, but Check Point only lists 5 applications that need attention: This Screen Recoder app was found to be storing users’ passwords on an unsecured cloud service, leaving the data vulnerable to leaks. (Photo: Check Point) – Astro Guru : Horoscope app with over 10 million downloads. Astro Guru stores each user’s name, date of birth, gender, GPS location, email address, and payment information. – iFax : Mobile fax application, stores all documents sent by more than 500,000 users in a cloud database. – Logo Maker : Logo design app with over 170,000 users. The user’s full name, account ID, email and password are all accessible. (Artwork: Crystal Cox/Business Insider) – Screen Recorder : This app has more than 10 million downloads. The developer stored the user’s password on an unsecured cloud service, making the data vulnerable to leaks. – T’Leva : Taxi hailing app from Angola with over 50,000 downloads. This application saves the history between the driver and the rider, the location data, name and phone number are accessible. Check Point said it notified the app developers, but only Astro Guru responded, and some of the apps are still available on Google Play.

Note that the reduction is gradual and should not be fasted). Gradually reduce the amount of rice and food in each meal. Drink 1-2 cups of water before each meal, this helps to increase the effect weight loss up to 30% compared to not drinking. If you maintain this habit, the ability to keep a stable weight will be very good. Eat slowly and chew thoroughly It usually takes 15-20 minutes for you to “feel full” after you start eating. Therefore, if you eat fast, you will “load” more than if you eat slowly. The method of eating slowly, chewing thoroughly is considered quite effective in helping you eat less and control the amount of food you eat. In addition to eating slowly, chewing thoroughly, what kind of food you tolerate in your body has a huge impact on weight loss process your. Some foods can support your weight loss process more effectively, such as using vinegared black beans or eating apples on an empty stomach. Reduce food intake slowly, avoid evening snacks You should . For example, it is also 2 ladles of rice, but instead of being full, it will be 2 ladles empty or, after stirring, skim off some of the rice above and return it to the pot. With food, you can pick up a little bit and remember “whenever you take it, eat it all and then put something else in the bowl”. Choose a bowl that is small and has a blue color To “fool” themselves, people who want to lose weight can eat in small bowls. In addition, you should choose a blue bowl because research shows that blue causes loss of appetite compared to other colors.

The price is 3 times cheaper, no owner needed Specifically, the best-selling cheap 4G SIMs on online markets are usually VinaPhone’s D500, VD149 SIM, Viettel’s V90, V120 SIM, Vietnamobile’s unlimited 4G monthly SIM card or MobiFone’s MDT250A SIM. These are cheap packages, usually in the form of a 1-year package that does not need to be recharged. The convenience of these SIM lines also lies in the fact that users do not need to register the subscriber’s own owner, just buy it and perform the activation operation, the SIM will always be used without the owner’s information. Cheap 4G SIMs that don’t need to be registered are sold widely on online markets. About the price, the same package that the carrier collects monthly from prepaid or postpaid users, these cheap 4G SIMs have cheaper monthly rates, even without monthly payments, just buy SIM card can be used continuously for 12 months. For example, with Viettel’s V120 package, this network operator collects a monthly fee of 120,000 VND per month from registered users, but when using a cheap 4G SIM on the network market, the price of this package is only 90,000 VND per month. month. Deeper reduction can include SIM VD149 of VinaPhone. Instead of paying 149,000 VND per month like a regular SIM, users of cheap 4G SIMs buying on the online market only have to pay a one-time payment of about 680,000 VND to buy a SIM, which can be used for 12 months. This price is equivalent to more than 56,000 VND a month, nearly 3 times cheaper than the price offered by the network operator for the same package. According to the advertisement of online merchants, a cheap 4G SIM is a type of SIM suitable for technology car drivers, students, and users who need to use 4G continuously with large capacity and cheap price. A quick survey shows that the price of this type of SIM ranges from less than 100,000 VND to about 700,000 VND depending on the package and network operator. After ordering a cheap 4G SIM above, Zing quickly receive goods and use SIM immediately, no need to register any subscription information. When looking up subscriber information, the system from the network operator returns information that the subscriber owner is a person named Long in Tra Vinh with the accompanying CCCD number. Also according to the seller, users can send their CCCD information to register the owner for peace of mind to use the SIM for a long time. Share with Zing , a telecommunications expert said that in addition to the risk of being fined for using junk SIMs, buyers and users of non-original SIM cards are also likely to be scammed, buying unusable SIMs such as end. “Besides, when sending information to register the SIM owner purchased online, users are also likely to have their information stolen to register for other non-original SIMs. Most likely cheap 4G SIMs sold on the Internet. The network is also pre-registered using the information of previous customers,” he said. Strongly scan for junk SIM In order to have a “clean” database to deploy new services, the authorities and network operators are stepping up the cleaning of telecommunications junk, including spam SIMs, spam messages and spam calls. Previously, the Ministry of Information and Communications (TT & TT) asked the carriers to directly connect the database of subscriber information registration with the Department of Telecommunications. In addition, develop and apply criteria to prevent suspicious activity on the distribution channel such as not allowing activation at night, activation frequency exceeding 1 subscriber/minute, 100 subscribers/day, registration Sign more than 3 subscribers/1 number of papers. The Ministry of Information and Communications and network operators are stepping up the search for junk SIM and other telecommunications waste. Photo: Ngo Minh. Also according to the regulator, the carriers also deployed an artificial intelligence (AI) matching tool to identify portraits and documents using artificial intelligence (AI) across the entire distribution channel to prevent the use of documents. invalid, use photos instead of real people… Network operators including Viettel, VNPT and MobiFone also offer strong solutions to combat spam such as stopping the sale of network adapters at authorized dealers, stopping the right to connect subscriber numbers of authorized dealers from June 1. 2020. Instead, businesses will focus on selling SIMs and registering subscriber information at their telecommunications service providers. According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 2 of Decree 49, the act of using someone else’s documents (even if they are lent) or transferring the registered SIM card to another person for use without re-signing the contract will be subject to administrative fines up to 500,000 VND. In addition, according to the Department of Telecommunications, when there are violations of the law, cases related to mobile subscriber numbers are used by individuals or organizations in the name of the subscriber, but not directly but to be used by the person who violates the law, the person in the name of the subscriber is responsible for explaining and proving his innocence when requested by the authorities, even having to bear joint criminal responsibility. if this violation causes serious consequences.

Scams through SIM upgrade support have flourished recently. A representative of VinaPhone network operator said that in the past time, high-tech scams have increased sharply with sophisticated tricks, in which there has been a situation where fraudsters have appropriated control of mobile subscribers’ SIMs. Steal OTP code information, then withdraw money from customer’s credit card or borrow money online. This carrier recommends that mobile users be wary of calls and messages from unknown numbers with content such as requests for assistance with SIM replacement/SIM upgrade or winning announcements. When there are phenomena like above, customers access the official websites and information channels of the network operator to authenticate or contact the customer service center for answers. When the phone SIM has abnormal signs such as signal loss, disabled for unknown reasons, many strange phone numbers calling in the same time period, etc., customers urgently contact the network operator to check the status of the subscriber and get advice, answers or recommendations on how to handle it. In case the subscriber receives a notice of unusual transactions such as transactions related to credit cards, related online credit loans, customers should immediately contact the banks and financial institutions where the card is issued. Credit card, where the online credit transaction occurs, request emergency card locking support to prevent fraudsters from appropriating assets or clarifying that online credit transaction. In addition, the network operator recommends that users do not access the links attached to the content of strange messages; do not perform operations on the phone according to the syntax instructed by strangers. When there is a need to change / change a new SIM, go directly to the transaction points or the official agent of the carrier to do it. VinaPhone said that it has added surveillance cameras at transaction points to prevent bad behavior and widely communicated on internal channels as well as mass media for customers to capture information and be vigilant. against scams. Previously, the authorities also warned about fraud to appropriate the right to use the sim and then borrow money online. Many cases after upgrading the sim suddenly become a debtor of several million to several tens of millions of dong.

Scam notice on DeFi100 website. Screenshots. “We fooled everyone and nobody could do anything about it,” said the statement, signed by Devsin, who is said to be the head of the DeFi100 project. According to the above information Coinmarketcap , DeFi100 is a project to create a simulated value fund, that is, the value of D100 issued will depend on the total value of the decentralized financial market (DeFi). The team that developed this project took the name Wrapp3D, but all members hid their true identities. This project’s D100 coin has been released on the Binance Smart Chain network since February. After that, some users warned about the dangers of DeFi100. On Twitter, user Tom suggested that DeFi100 was originally intended to issue a token with a price-adjusted supply (rebase token). However, when this plan failed, they planned to switch to the liquidity pool model. “This whole project is a scam. Devsin manipulates and deceives investors,” user Tom asserts. The price of D100 coin has been decreasing steadily over the past week, and dropped sharply after the scam information. Screenshots. According to the account Mr. Whale on Twitter, who claims to be a crypto analyst, total scams from the DeFi100 project amounted to $32 million. “When the market is no longer going up, many projects will disappear. Don’t be surprised that many scam projects will be reported in the next few months. Never invest in projects that are too new, with development teams. anonymous development, created as a joke and has no real purpose”, account Mr. Whale warned. According to the CoinDesk , does not rule out the possibility that DeFi100’s website was hacked to post the aforementioned notice. By the morning of May 23, the notice on the DeFi100 website had been removed. The value of the D100 coin has fallen nearly three times in the past week, from $0.2 to $0.077. DeFi100’s Twitter account has had no new announcements since March. In the crypto world, a developer scam is also known as a “rug pull”. This is a fairly common form of fraud, especially with decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, when all transactions are conducted by code, not by an organization.

Illustration: Getty Images Speaking after the online meeting, WADA President Witold Banka stated that the new test method will complement existing anti-doping techniques. The dry blood test could mark a new era in anti-doping efforts, thereby helping to increase the number of tests for athletes. Witold Banka also said that the above testing measure has the potential to have a significant positive impact on athletes, anti-doping organizations and could be a turning point in efforts to prevent this form of abuse. this fraud. WADA announced that the new method will be tested at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which are about to take place in Japan this summer. Meanwhile, the testers hope the technique will be used regularly at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing (China) in February 2022. According to WADA, dry blood testing allows for better analysis of unstable compounds and makes it easier to test athletes in remote areas of the world where traditional blood samples are often difficult to transport. should be easier. With logistical and cost advantages, the dry blood test will allow agencies to test more athletes and collect more samples. Olivier Rabin, WADA’s head of science, says the cost of taking a dry blood sample is also lower than with conventional methods.

Accordingly, the subjects in this line have illegally collected, appropriated, bought, sold and used nearly 1.3 thousand GB of data containing billions of information about individuals and organizations nationwide. The dismantling of the above-mentioned large-scale data collection, appropriation and trading line shows the efforts of the police sector in strictly dealing with the theft and illegal use of personal data for handling. according to the provisions of law, creating a deterrent; and at the same time prevent cybercriminals from taking advantage of this information to commit fraud, appropriate property and limit the use of personal information to send spam messages, make “terrible” calls. dad” advertising… It is worth noting that the personal information being traded in the above line is the customers of the banks; power companies, finance, securities, insurance; electronics and fashion stores; services: spa, dental, beauty salon… There is even a list of parents, students, household registration, phone subscribers… Thereby showing that, in order to obtain the personal data of users, in addition to the sophisticated tricks of the perpetrators, there is also the subjectivity and neglect of many people in the security of personal information. Currently, many people are willing to provide personal information (name, address, phone number, email …) to participate in promotions, sweepstakes, purchase online… helping the subjects steal information easily. Therefore, in addition to the investigation and handling of the subjects who steal and illegally use personal information, in order to protect themselves, each individual must raise the awareness of protecting personal data, do not provide information easily, avoid becoming a victim of fraudsters or being bothered by unwanted messages and phone calls.

Vbiz diaper mother association now gathers many beauties who once made young people fall in love, until being a mother still has a dreamlike beauty. Among them, Diep Lam Anh is also a remarkable name when quickly regaining a standard physique, and possesses a young and stylish appearance that is hard to match. Both the successful owner of many popular brands and the mother of two lovely children, Diep Lam Anh should have been extremely busy. However, she seems to be challenging with time because of her “reverse aging” beauty and the ability to slap more eye-catching beauty every day. Holding hands, but Diep Lam Anh still has the strength to show off his toned body and small waist. Being a mother of two children does not prevent the beauty from wearing stylish and youthful. In particular, the U40 beauty of a mother of two can be considered “extreme”. She is even praised for being more and more salty and sharp. Diep Lam Anh’s beauty and “heavenly” body help her attract a large number of interested fans. Maybe that’s why she is very diligent in updating her image as well as daily activities on social networks. Recently, Diep Lam Anh was surprised when she posted a picture of herself claiming to be “a bare face and not using an app”, but the truth on the picture seems to be something “wrong”. Different from what the caption describes, the beauty in the photo has sharp eyebrows, bold eyeliner and a lipstick color that can’t be lighter. Maybe she’s just joking around when posting a carefully embellished look like this. It can be seen that, on normal days, when going to the beach, Diep Lam Anh does not forget to borrow the app to look shimmering, let alone at close-up angles. If not for online makeup tools, she also often makes friends with outstanding makeup layouts to match her angular and seductive face. Although passionate about lipstick, but Diep Lam Anh when removing makeup, showing off his bare face is “not the right form”. Perhaps few people know that this hot mom has naturally white, smooth and flawless skin. Even when the beauty does not use makeup to support, the beauty still shines at its peak. Not long ago, Diep Lam Anh, while sharing his skincare routine, surprised netizens by his smooth, vibrant skin. It can be seen that in imperfect lighting conditions, the skin tone of the mother of two still does not drop much. Putting on lipstick only helps her to be more fresh and radiant. In essence, naturally beautiful skin has helped Diep Lam Anh account for more than half of the success in appearance. With the diaper mother association, a healthy, youthful skin not only helps to hack age easily, but also saves a lot of effort before going out. So, nothing is more important and necessary than the perfect skin care secrets for the age of U40. Learning from Diep Lam Anh, you should immediately change the following things to have healthy, beautiful and smooth skin: Upgrade your skincare routine more thoroughly Wanting the skin to reach the state of coolness as above is not easy, because Diep Lam Anh has to perform up to 9 skincare steps every day. She also removes makeup, washes her face and uses toner like anyone else, but she focuses on using masks, face serums and eye serums that promise to provide a lot of nutrients to help even skin tone. And finally, the nourishing oil plays the role of locking in moisture, ensuring the anti-aging and moisturizing effects of the skin. Exercise as a habit It sounds unrelated, but exercise also works to facilitate blood flow to the skin more, deeper, making the skin brighter and more even. In particular, regular physical activity will help slow down the aging process because it promotes collagen production. Not only working hard as a habit, Diep Lam Anh also practiced many triathlons and found her own training methods even while pregnant. Combining high-tech machines for skincare To optimize the use of each step of skincare, Diep Lam Anh also looks for effective assistants: machines to help take care of women’s beauty. Specifically, the beauty uses a face wash to remove dirt more thoroughly, and at the same time gently massages the skin of the face. Besides, during the time of applying the mask, she also uses a nutrient pusher to help the nutrients from the mask penetrate deeply and promote its use. The nutrient pusher also works to remove cells and blackheads.

However, in the comments section, the artists showed a lack of basic knowledge about cryptocurrencies. After receiving many reactions, on the morning of May 12, the posts on the website simultaneously “evaporated”. “This is an advertising campaign” Duong Nguyen Huy, owner of a cryptocurrency trading community in Vietnam, said that the series of artists posting about cryptocurrencies is an advertising campaign, because the shared content is the same. both the image and the spelling, no different from a semicolon. “Artist’s posts have started to have an impact. From official accounts (with green ticks), information is widely spread on the Internet, becoming a topic of discussion at offices and cafes. coffee after only a few hours”, Mr. Huy said that this campaign has attracted the attention of many people. Posts promoting cryptocurrencies by many famous people in Vietnam. Photo: Huynh Loc. Not only Dogecoin, Shiba Inu also increased in price thanks to Tesla CEO. On May 7, responding to a Twitter user’s comment, Musk said “looking for a Shiba dog”. Immediately after this statement, the Shiba Inu (SHIB) coin rose sharply. After just a few days, the price of Shiba Inu has increased by almost 40 times. With nearly 400,000 billion SHIB coins in circulation, the market capitalization at one point surpassed the 20 billion USD mark. Besides, according to Mr. Huy, the cryptocurrency market has many potential risks. For example, the cryptocurrency market has experienced a sharp decline in the period from 2018 to early 2020 regardless of whether it is Bitcoin or Ethereum. However, the artist’s posts on the evening of May 11 did not have any risk warnings. Because of the ambiguity, need the prestige of the celebrity In the list of cryptocurrencies posted by the artists, in addition to the animal names, there is a different coin, placed in the middle of the list is FXT Token. Unlike the other cryptocurrencies on the list advertised by the artists, FXT Token is an anonymous coin. “Anonymous is because it is not listed by big and reputable exchanges, but can only be purchased through small exchanges. The total transaction volume of this coin is only about 500,000 USD/day. That means anyone with about 200,000 USD will also can manipulate its price,” analyzed Dinh Tran, co-founder of a blockchain investment fund in Ho Chi Minh City. Meanwhile, other coins on the list of artists listed have daily transactions from a few hundred million to several billion dollars a day. “Putting FXT Token into the list of worth investing in is very ignorant. It is this ambiguity that makes FXT Token need to rely on celebrity advertising,” said Mr. Dinh. The artist’s post is then captured, shared immediately in multi-level groups, calling for investment. Talk to Zing , the founder of the largest Crypto information platform in Vietnam, said that FXT Token is trying to borrow the influence of celebrities to reassure investors and create fear of missing out (FOMO) to blow. price of this currency. As a result, screenshots of posts by Vietnamese artists were widely shared by the FXT Token community in hundreds of online earning groups. “To Ngoc Trinh, Kieu Minh Tuan, Kha Nhu… still participating, what are you waiting for?”, the content of the status line reposted the screenshot of the person claiming to be the leader Lio****. This shows the significant influence of using artist reputation to promote “junk” cryptocurrency. The predecessor of FXT Token is a binary exchange, similar to the gambling model. Screenshots. The fact that artists have no knowledge, but still promote Dogecoin, Shiba Inu or FXT Token can be misleading, even causing many people to participate in scam projects. The above articles can also have a negative impact on the capital investment sector, which has many things that are not properly understood. “Celebrities have no expertise, knowledge and experience in the field of cryptocurrencies… This sector is easily fooled by bad projects, created just to make money, selling ‘junk’ to homes. investment,” said Mr. Huy. Before the invitation to invest in cryptocurrencies, Mr. Huy advised participants to carefully research information on official sources, absolutely do not invest if invited by friends, or join invitation groups. rich prospect when “playing” coin. Do apps that promise big profits help you get rich? Thanks to the development of technology, new type of multi-level fraud models easily raise capital and disappear faster, leaving no trace.

Amazon’s distribution center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, April 25, 2020. Documentary photo: AFP/VNA The appeal comes after the LuxLeaks scandal exposed in 2014 revealed 500 tax agreements between Luxembourg and more than 350 international businesses, including many billion-dollar tax frauds and involving corporations. such as Apple, IKEA, Pepsi… These corporations have had tacit agreements with the tax authorities of Luxembourg to enjoy lower tax rates than prescribed. In the case of Amazon, in 2017 European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager accused Luxembourg of having an illegal arrangement with the online commerce giant to pay less tax than other businesses. other profession. Accordingly, Luxembourg has offered a preferential tax policy for Amazon, helping nearly three-quarters of the company’s profits not be taxed. At the heart of the EU’s allegations is Amazon’s violation of the so-called “market price principle”, which ensures that transactions between subsidiaries are based on prices that other independent companies in the market would charge. must return. At the time of the EU case, Amazon said it had not received any special treatment from Luxembourg, and insisted it had paid taxes in full in accordance with both Luxembourg and international tax law. However, analysts are not too optimistic about the ability of the EU’s requirements to be upheld. Less than a year ago, iPhone maker Apple won a spectacular victory in this same court against the European Commission’s request that Apple pay 13 billion euros in taxes to Ireland in 2016. But whether it wins or loses in the appeal, the European Commission will likely emphasize its goal of targeting corporate profits. The agency is also developing new rules to close tax loopholes, especially for tech giants. In recent weeks, the US side has gradually embraced the idea of ​​a global minimum corporate tax. Negotiations on cross-border corporate tax are underway at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). If successful, this tax policy will make special transactions for multinational companies a thing of the past.

“The desire to get rich quick makes new investors vulnerable to scammers. Authorities may not have the resources to deal with all cases.” Investors’ Chronicle comment. Action Fraud data shows that in 2020, crypto-related scams in the UK increased by 57% year-on-year to 5,581. Not to mention the scams that have not yet been reported. In January 2021, the number of fraud cases doubled from the same period in 2020 to 720 cases, or 23 cases per day. Scammers have more and more sophisticated tricks to scam cryptocurrencies. Photo: Reuters. Losing hundreds of millions of dollars According to sources of Investors’ Chronicle , victims in the UK lost 113 million GBP ($159.62 million) last year. A common tactic used by scammers is soliciting calls and other forms. In January 2021 alone, victims lost about 14.3 million GBP ($20.2 million), which means that each scam stole about 20,000 GBP (28,251 USD). Bitcoin price skyrocketed, many investors began to accept Bitcoin as a safe investment. That pushes crypto investment companies to come up with a bunch of new tricks to entice customers. Many scammers are also quick to seize the opportunity. They use online platforms and advertisements that can bypass the regulator. Back in 2018, Facebook and Google banned all Bitcoin advertising on their platforms. The reason is that many advertisements are used to mislead investors. However, since then, both companies have been repeatedly implicated in accusations of deceptive advertisements on their websites. In January 2021, the number of crypto-related scams doubled from the same period in 2020 to 720 cases, or 23 cases per day. In July 2020, scammers raised $100,000 after hacking several popular Twitter accounts and posting notices that they would pay double if followers sent Bitcoins to an anonymous Bitcoin address. According to reports, some calls even asked elderly people to invest in fake cryptocurrency schemes. Not only attracting young investors, Bitcoin is becoming more and more widely recognized. Research by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) indicates 22% of crypto investors are over the age of 55 in 2020, compared to just 7% in 2019. “There are a lot of opportunities for crypto scams. Some people have made a fortune in crypto and that attracts vulnerable investors,” said Sam Tate at law firm RPC. Desire to get rich The prices of Bitcoin and Ether – the world’s two most popular cryptocurrencies – have surged in recent months. Bitcoin is up 95% year-to-date, while Ether is up 480%. Even Dogecoin – the cryptocurrency that started as a joke – has increased in price by more than 10,000% since January 1, 2021. The skyrocketing price momentum caused investors to flock to cryptocurrencies even without really understanding them. According to a recent survey by Harris Pol, most Americans who have heard of cryptocurrencies do not fully understand them. About 61% of people admit they don’t understand, or understand very little about how they work. On March 30, an investor named Phillipe Christodoulou reported that he had lost 17.1 Bitcoins (equivalent to $600,000 at the time) in his digital wallet. Specifically, after downloading an app rated nearly 5 stars on the App Store, Mr. Christodoulou lost all of his Bitcoins in less than a second. The app pretends to be the manufacturer of crypto storage devices Treznor, although in fact has no affiliation with this company. UK-based Coinfirm, a company that specializes in investigating cryptocurrency scams, revealed that it has received more than 7,000 requests from people who have had their crypto stolen since October 2019. Ether and Bitcoin prices skyrocket in 2021. The fake apps are mainly in the Google Play Store for Android and Apple’s App Store, according to Pawel Aleksander, Coinfirm’s chief information officer. Coinfirm said five people reported having their crypto stolen by the fake Trezor iOS app, with a total loss of $1.6 million. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also warned that cryptocurrencies are a “particular concern” and are often used for illicit financial activities such as money laundering. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand recently proposed a new rule that could force individual investors to have certain knowledge about cryptocurrencies before being allowed to open a trading account. According to Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), cryptocurrencies “have no intrinsic value” and investors should prepare for a loss mentality. “Cryptocurrencies may have external value but no intrinsic value. Only invest in it when you are ready to lose all your money,” Bailey said at a press conference. Scammers try to convince their victims that they are knowledgeable and professional, which can yield great returns with little investment and effort. Sanjay Andersen However, according to Investors’ Chronicle , the authorities may not have the resources to deal with Bitcoin-related scams on social media. “The question is whether there are enough resources available for crypto criminals. Where does the additional funding to tackle crypto scams come from?” asked Mr. Tate at RPC. “UK regulators and partners like the Financial Conduct Authority understand that investment fraud has a serious impact on victims’ finances and confidence,” said Director of the Department of State Affairs Sanjay Andersen. British National Fraud newspaper confirmed. “We work closely together to stop the criminal activity, shut down the websites and bank accounts of the people behind the scams and bring them to the dock,” he stressed. “Scammers try to convince their victims that they are knowledgeable and professional, and can yield great returns with little investment and effort,” commented Mr Andersen. “But remember, if a deal seems too good to be true, it could be a scam,” he added.

According to Mr. Phan Vinh (Linh Nam, Hanoi), about a week ago, he was constantly tagged (marked) on posts on the social network Facebook. All of these posts have the same content related to an accident. In addition to information about the victim’s name, the article also includes a link for users to verify for themselves. “I know many people with the same name as the victim, the post is not full, so I can’t be sure who it is. Moreover, I didn’t know who the person tagged me, so I ignored those posts,” Vinh said. Users need to be wary of being tagged in Facebook posts by strangers. Photo: Trong Dat Vinh made a correct decision because if he clicked on the link, he would most likely be turned into a victim of scammers. This is not a new trick when many crooks intentionally create a fake website and trick users into accessing it. Once you click on the link attached to the article, you will be asked to log in (usually with a Facebook or Google account) to continue viewing the content. At this time, the bad guys will have their account passwords in hand to use them for impure purposes. In addition to the risk of losing the account, the victim also has the risk of revealing personal information, sensitive images, … Not only that, the bad guy can also cheat through the victim’s account Island borrow money from their friends. Usually, phishing posts have a familiar motif, with content that piqued the user’s curiosity. These posts are often accompanied by a link to another website. This is the first feature that users need to pay attention to. Bad guys often use links impersonating news agencies to trick users into accessing fake websites. Photo: Trong Dat Users also need to be wary of being tagged by strange accounts. If you see a post tagged with a large number of users (usually 99 people), absolutely do not click on the link because it is definitely a scam content. In addition, if you accidentally visit a strange link, users should not log in to their Facebook, Google, bank accounts, etc. when they receive a request, no matter what website. In fact, bad guys often use a fake website with a realistic interface to steal information, especially passwords for Facebook accounts, banks, … Therefore, users should only log in. sensitive accounts when actively accessing the websites of those services themselves. To be more careful, with websites related to financial and banking services, users should star (bookmark) these websites on the bookmarks bar of the browser. When someone asks you to borrow money on Facebook, don’t trust it, call that person directly (or through another app) to verify this information. Only with such vigilance, can users escape the “claw” of online scammers.

Illustration. According to Hai Duong Police, recently, many mobile subscribers have received messages impersonating financial institutions and banks, sending fake and fraudulent content in order to appropriate people’s money. Through verification and evaluation, the authorities found that these fake messages did not come from the systems of financial institutions, banks and telecommunications businesses, but were distributed through transmitters. fake mobile signal. These are devices of foreign origin, which are illegally traded and used by objects for the purpose of carrying out attacks to spread spam messages to deceive users, especially users in remote areas. urban area. Fraudsters often use fake broadcast devices to send spam messages directly to the phone without going through the mobile telecommunications network. These messages are sent by objects that change source information in order to create trust and deceive users. The message content is often advertising, instructions or contains links to fake websites like official websites of financial institutions, banks to lure and steal users’ information such as accounts, password, OTP code. Many users do not recognize the fake website, so they provide personal information to access the bank account such as entering the account name and password. After the user provides the information, the fake website will redirect to another website or notify the user to wait. The subject uses the user’s personal information to log in to the official website of financial institutions and banks to get the OTP authentication code (if necessary).

“FXT Token is a junk project” Launched at the end of 2020, FXT’s investment calling activity has many signs of multi-level resemblance. At its official website, FXT Token claims to be a “comprehensive financial solution that allows users to control their assets. A platform for providers and avails of financial services in cryptocurrency in when circumventing cross-border regulatory restrictions”. Post by Kieu Minh Tuan on personal Facebook. Do Phuong Quynh, a financial expert from Ant Group, Shanghai, China, said that FXT is “a junk project, the information in the White Paper is completely unhelpful. The individuals who run the project are not clear.” Quynh said. FXT is used as a fiat currency used for Lio****’s project. This project acts as a forex trading platform combined with binary options. This form of binary trading has long been warned as a type of multi-level combination gambling. Phuong Quynh assessed that FXT Token works in the same scenario as Wefinex’s WIN and Bitconnect’s BCC. “The project hits people’s ignorance and greed, by building a binary options platform, taking advantage of the reputation of the Forex trading market to trick investors into participating. Investors are promised. promise to pay interest every day, instead of planning to build a trading strategy like real traders,” added Quynh. Instead of having to play on their own, investors in Lio**** are guaranteed to pay interest daily. The total profit for the whole year of this project is up to 2.3 times the original capital. In early 2021, many people lost money when Lio**** stopped working, not allowing money to be withdrawn from the account. “FXT builds systems following the classic ponzi model to pay F1 and F2 players with the aim of enticing more people to join the system. Investors who do not have a background in finance often consider it This project is like a solution to help them earn money without labor”, Ms. Quynh warned. Sharing the same opinion, Mr. N. T, a representative of a blockchain incubator investment fund, said that FXT Token is associated with an unsustainable business model, mainly hitting greed. He said there are two types of people who will invest in FXT. “First, investors are ignorant of the mechanics and nature of the cryptocurrency market and forex investment. They are easily attracted by things that sound new, the stories are made up sounding. logic, terms that they are unlikely to understand, such as ‘technology 4.0’. This number may account for 80-90%,” said Mr. T. T. The second group of people listed by expert N. T are investors who understand the nature of these scam models, but think they can control the risks themselves. “They think they are quick, can invest early, withdraw early. But they themselves can’t control their greed later on. This number accounts for about 10-20%,” added Mr. T. The FXT coin is said to be directly related to the Lio**** multi-level project. Photo: VTV. FXT Token is only listed on small, less reputable exchanges like Bilaxy, FatBTC. In addition, the head office of the project is located in Vanuatu, the eastern island of Australia. The recommended company size is 51-200 employees. However, on Linkedin, there is only information of 4 profiles, including an individual who is Vietnamese. “To solve the biggest fear of investors is not being able to withdraw money, FXT has listed FXT Token on specialized exchanges or called ‘junk’ exchanges. In fact, these exchanges have no liquidity. , the value is manipulated, whether it can be sold or not is another story. Many investors are also deceived by the term ‘international exchange'”, said Mr. T. Sharing information about the listing standards of the world’s crypto exchanges today, Mr. T said that this standard is getting lower and lower, especially in less-known exchanges. “Currently, there are hundreds of exchanges. These exchanges want to ‘make a living’ also through coin listing. The less reputable the exchange, the lower the listing standard. They are willing to do everything for the money.” Mr T said. Expert N. T warns users if they lose money when trading on these exchanges, if they lose money, they are not protected by any party. ”A part of artists are aiding scams” Nearly a day after public opinion and crypto experts voiced the possibility of FXT Token’s fraud, Vietnamese artists who posted ads for this coin remained silent, with no statement to correct the incident. . “These days are crazy, people can teach each other things that are not their expertise. A part of the artist world is no longer aware of how dangerous their influence can be. to the people,” commented Mr. Phan Dung Khanh. Posts promoting cryptocurrencies by many famous people in Vietnam. Vietnamese artists should only do things related to entertainment, stay away from industries that are not well understood. “The fact that the official press channels warn of the possibility of fraud of dirty financial projects shows an attempt to clean up the national financial system. However, the artists defiantly ignored the scene. This is also an act of abetting fraud, disregarding the people and the law,” Quynh said.

Be wary when Vietnamese artists openly promote virtual currency The incident is said to have originated on May 11, when a series of worthless, anonymous coins were “inflated” thanks to a status line of US billionaire Mark Zuckerberg. Tech billionaire, the boss of Facebook posted a photo of two goats. It is worth noting that the caption about the goat name Max and Bitcoin has made the virtual currency investment community extremely excited. Cryptocurrency investors immediately thought that the Facebook boss was implicitly showing special interest in the current Bitcoin virtual currency. By the afternoon of the same day, the virtual currency fever began to spread rapidly in Vietnam when many Vietnamese artists posted identical statuses, alluding to this virtual currency fever.
A series of names such as Ngoc Trinh, Kieu Minh Tuan, Le Duong Bao Lam, Kha Nhu … were involved in posting an advertisement for virtual currency. In the top line, the idea is just to mention the potential of some virtual currencies (cryptocurrency, digital currency, aka coin) whose origin is related to Meme Doge (animated image of the image) a dog), in the middle is the FXT Token that makes the online community “wake up”. This virtual currency is said to be related to the Lion multi-level virtual currency project, which has signs of fraud. Investing in FXT Token is promised daily profit, which can be up to 2-3 times the capital, that’s why many people turn their eyes to this project. However, internationally, this virtual currency has been warned that it has a multi-level fraud factor, can only be listed on small exchanges, and is considered a “junk coin”.
The name FXT Token has been warned by some mainstream media in Vietnam about signs of fraud. This incident has been warned by the Da Nang City Police since the beginning of February 2021. Accordingly, Lion Group’s activities do not comply with the law, investors who lose money will not be protected by law.
About a week ago, press agencies started to report on the perversion and fraud of Lion Group. A few days ago, Lion Group’s multi-level exchange disabled participants’ ability to withdraw money. That is, FXT buyers are now holding onto a pile of illiquid, worthless virtual currency.

In Vietnam, the State Bank has repeatedly issued recommendations to organizations and individuals not to invest, hold and perform transactions related to virtual currencies.
Owning, buying, selling, and using virtual currencies as an asset has many potential risks for people and is not protected by law. Currently, the State Bank of Vietnam does not accept virtual currencies as currency as well as legal means of payment in Vietnam.
Meanwhile, the lawyers acknowledged that it is a violation to publicly advertise goods that are not allowed by law in Vietnam. Artists who openly promote cryptocurrencies should be punished for administrative violations. At the same time, the cultural and information management agency must also issue a warning because these are the people who influence the public, when advertising any service or goods, they must find out the origin.

It is impossible for money to turn a blind eye to false advertising, affecting many other people, not to mention aiding scammers. Because artists and celebrities on social networks have a lot of followers and followers, their behavior is often considered by the public as a measure, even a standard, so it is easy to cause mass effect. .

App Store currently has more than 4.3 million apps and games serving Apple’s mobile platform. In addition, “Apple” also revealed, its anti-fraud platform has also prevented and removed nearly 1 million applications that are potentially risky or vulnerable to attack from the App Store. Parallel to the data release, Apple also describes how to combat fraud in the online application market, highlighting the need for application censorship and tools powerful enough to deal with behavior. cheating in ratings and reviews of the app. The company also closely monitors developers’ accounts for misconduct. Apple says 180,000 developers successfully launch new apps on the App Store in 2020. However, during the same time period, nearly a million new apps and one million “problematic” updates. Was rejected. Of these, more than 48,000 cases were blocked because of hidden features or not enough paperwork required. Approximately 150,000 cases were rejected for causing misleading, spreading junk information or copying piracy. Apple also said it has wiped out 215,000 privacy-violating apps, including asking users to provide more information than necessary and using the collected information for the wrong purpose. Apple also removed more than 250 million ratings and reviews for not meeting content censorship guidelines. The US technology giant also warned of a new wave of “crime” on app stores. Just over the past month, they’ve had to deal with a bunch of conversion-functional apps after they have been approved for release. Among these, the most popular are applications that solicit money, distribute pornography, and gambling applications. With violations discovered, a total of 470,000 developer accounts on the App Store were removed. Apple also rejected 205,000 newly registered accounts due to concerns of fraud.

Photo: Sina Technology According to CNBC, Apple today released a report on its App Store-related data, mainly describing the work the App Store has done in the direction of security and fraud prevention over the past year, and published a lot of related data. This is the first time Apple publishes such data, in this report, Apple does not point out what they bring to developers and users, but what they refuse to ensure safety and experience. App Store experience. Denied 1 million applications Since its inception in 2008, the Apple App Store has become the world’s largest distribution channel and app download platform. According to official data, up to now, there are a total of 1.8 million apps distributed on the app store in 175 different countries and regions around the world. In addition to the quantity, quality and safety of the App Store are also important reasons for many to choose, and even the reason why users switch from Android to iPhone. But the average user rarely thinks behind millions of apps is Apple’s attempt to secure apps on the platform. In fact, security threats have existed since the App Store was launched in 2008, and are becoming more sophisticated as the App Store has grown. Of course, Apple is also working to raise and improve its own security standards. In order for high-quality apps to be listed on the App Store and for developers and users to have the best experience, behind that is the efforts of the Apple App Store review team, including machines (the program AI detects), but Apple believes humans are the last line of defense. On the one hand, the review team develops relevant guidelines and is constantly updating to measure if an app meets Apple’s security standards at launch. On the other hand, many developers have encountered the case of having to submit apps multiple times before they hit the shelves, behind this being the tight scrutiny of Apple’s review team. The reason may be because their application is incomplete / not good enough or not satisfied Apple with the security requirements. In 2020, Apple’s app review team supported 180,000 new developers to bring their work to the App Store for the first time; However, due to the stringent app store rating criteria, many applications were rejected. According to Apple’s disclosure, they rejected 1 million new apps and 1 million app update requests last year. Let’s take a closer look at the apps that were denied on the list, partly because of a breach; There were also 215,000 applications rejected for asking for too much user data on mobile phones; 48,000 apps were rejected because they contained hidden functions, 150,000 apps were rated as spam or otherwise copied apps. All will affect the quality of the apps in the App Store in varying degrees, thereby affecting the user experience. These numbers represent Apple’s ambition to pursue its own high-quality app store and ecosystem, and is also the reason why many Android users “admire” the iOS ecosystem as mentioned above. . “Stone” 470,000 toxic developers Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center in 2018. In addition to denying apps, Apple sometimes punishes developers for violating the rules. For example, some developers intentionally change application functionality after passing a review or even engaging in criminals / crimes. The most common are gambling-related apps, illegal lending, and pornography; there are even apps for drug trafficking, sex chat, and more. According to Apple data, by 2020, about 95,000 apps will be removed from the App Store due to fraud and fraud. If a developer’s violation is severe or recurring, their account will be permanently closed. In 2020, Apple terminated 470,000 developer accounts because of the risk of fraud. In the past month alone, Apple blocked more than 3.2 million app installs through the Apple Developer Enterprise Program. The original purpose of this project was to allow large organizations like companies and businesses to develop apps for internal use only, not open to the public. But some people use this approach to “bypass” the internal application review and abuse process. Of course, no matter how tight the controls are, it’s inevitable that there are up to 1.8 million apps on the App Store. Apple has also opened up a feedback mechanism, users or developers can choose to “report a problem” function in the App Store or call Apple support. Stop $ 1.5 billion in fraud suspected transactions Problem security of Android is often compared with Apple. Since the Apple ID is tied to the payment account and is the “key” of the Apple ecosystem, it is also very easy to become a target for criminals. As a result, Apple is building more secure payment technologies, such as Apple Pay and StoreKit. Currently, more than 900,000 apps in the App Store are using these technologies to sell goods and services. For example, credit card information in Apple Pay won’t be shared with the merchant (and the merchant won’t see it), which eliminates risk factors in the checkout process. However, criminals can also use the App Store to purchase goods and services for money laundering or other improper purposes. According to official data, by 2020, Apple prevented more than 3 million stolen credit cards from being used to purchase goods or services through technical means + manual review. In addition, they block more than $ 1.5 billion in “potentially fraudulent transactions”. The revelation comes amid Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Apple and focuses on the App Store failures. The Fortnite maker is looking to force Apple to remove 30% of the commission on in-app purchases. Epic lawyers have argued that Apple’s App Store is too “wall-bound,” hindering app makers from competing, and that Apple’s rules are unevenly applied to different developers. . The lawsuit filed by Epic Games calls for changes to the existing app review process and the use of other in-app payment systems. Epic also says Apple’s process is unfair, sometimes approving malware in the store. Apple employees argued in court that the number of errors it made was very small given the size of the App Store. Apple also strongly denies the abuse of market power, saying that the lawsuit Epic filed with is an “attack” on a business model that benefits developers as well as consumers. Apple has protected the App Store as an essential part of its business. Last week, an Apple lawyer argued that allowing users to install software from outside the App Store, like Android, creates a security risk and that Apple doesn’t want to be Android.

CEO Tim Cook speaks at WWDC 2018 (Image: Getty Images) This is the first time Apple publish this data. It is a sign of “defective apple” becoming more transparent in the process of approving and rejecting iPhone applications under pressure from many countries. Thanks to the application review system, comparing with the App Store regulatory list, the company can keep iPhone users safe from fraud, malware or poor experience. Apple also published some notable figures for 2020. Accordingly, the manufacturer Iphone rejected nearly 1 million applications submitted for the first time; deny nearly 1 million application updates. 48,000 applications removed due to use of “hidden or unreported features”; 150,000 applications removed for spam or other application copying; 215,000 apps removed for collecting too much user data or violating privacy; 95,000 applications were removed due to phishing, usually they change to other types of applications such as gambling, porn. 470,000 accounts disabled from the developer program for phishing. Additionally, last month, Apple declined 3.2 million app downloads using an enterprise license. This is how large businesses often use to circumvent the App Store law to install internal apps on employees’ iPhones. Currently, the lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games is taking place. Game maker Fortnite denounces the App Store as a “closed garden”, hurting developers, and Apple discriminates against many. Epic Games also confirmed that Apple’s process is not perfect, sometimes approving malware. Apple employees themselves have admitted their process is not good enough to prevent scams. At the trial, Apple said, combining 500 automated reviewers and testers to review nearly 5 million applications per year, from 2017 to 2019 (updates included), the rate from declined from 33% to 36%. The flaws are too small for the size of the App Store. Apple sees the App Store as a fundamental, irreplaceable part of its business. This is the only way for users to install software on the iPhone. Apple’s attorney argued that if users let users download apps from outside the App Store the way Android is doing, they would be at risk of security. Apple doesn’t want to be Android. Du Lam (According to CNBC)

Users need to be cautious before providing personal information on social networks. According to Kaspersky’s “Building our place in the digital reputation economy”, social media users in Southeast Asia have become more aware of online risks. Netizens in Southeast Asia do not want to share identity information, family directly, where they live and work on their personal pages. Up to 76% of survey participants do not want to upload financial information online. This percentage is highest among Baby Boomers (people born two decades after World War II), accounting for 85%. Gen Z – the youngest generation – is the group with the lowest rate at 68%. Judging by the current tendency of young people to be more open to sharing information on cyberspace, Kaspersky believes that this is the main driver of the development of electronic payments in the region. However, this also poses a risk when young users do not pay much attention to information security. To best ensure privacy on social networks, especially financial information and personal data, Kaspersky has made a number of recommendations to users. The first is not to publish travel information, not to disclose too much personal information such as date of birth or workplace in the profile section. You should also not post your home address or phone number on any public forum. Second, you should check automatic positioning settings in posts, don’t share location publicly if it’s not absolutely necessary. Third, you should not participate in the quiz that appears on social networks. Usually, these games silently extract personal information with simple questions. That is the information commonly used in security questions. If you provide too much, hackers can use them to break into online accounts. Fourth, be wary of the contest or winning information, because they pose the risk of disguising fraud. If you share it on social media, you could inadvertently spread malicious code or pave the way for the disclosure of sensitive data. Hackers can take advantage of security holes on mobile devices to steal information. Artwork: BS Raise awareness about mobile device security According to a Kaspersky report, 71% of survey respondents in Southeast Asia use passwords to protect their mobile devices. However, just over half of them check and change privacy settings regularly and have internet security software installed on their devices. In order to keep financial information and personal data on your device safe, you need to take note of the following recommendations. Specifically, the most basic security method is to lock your phone with a password that is difficult to guess and update the system regularly. You absolutely do not jailbreak or root your phone. This can pave the way for hackers to enter the system and install malicious code. You should only use licensed and verified apps and games on reputable app stores. An application capable of remotely erasing data is also recommended, making it easy to erase information in case your phone is stolen.

Illustration. Note that you should gradually reduce and do not fast). Gradually reduce the amount of rice and food in each meal. Drink 1-2 glasses of water before each meal, this increases the effectiveness of weight loss by up to 30% compared to not drinking. If you maintain this habit, the ability to keep a stable weight will be very good. Should eat slowly, chew thoroughly It usually takes 15-20 minutes for you to “feel full” after starting to eat. Therefore, if you eat fast, it will make you “load” more than eating slowly. The method of eating slowly and chewing carefully is considered to be quite effective in helping you eat less and control your food intake. In addition to eating slowly and chewing thoroughly, what foods you tolerate into your body has a huge impact on your weight loss. Some foods can help make your weight loss more effective, such as consuming black beans in vinegar or eating apples on an empty stomach. Reduce food intake slowly, avoiding evening snacks You should gradually reduce the amount of rice and food in each meal. For example, it is also 2 ladles of rice, but instead of full, it will be 2 tablespoons or after stirring is completed, pick up a little rice from the top and return it to the pot. With food, you can pick up a little bit and remember “pick it up wherever you go, then pick something else into the bowl”. Choose a bowl that is small and blue in color To “fool” yourself, people who want to lose weight can eat in small bowls. In addition, you should choose a blue bowl because research shows that blue makes your appetite lost compared to other colors.

On April 22, many Thodex users were surprised by the inability to access the exchange. On the official website, Thodex announced to stop all transactions to re-evaluate the offers from partners. The broker also says the process will take 4-5 business days. Thodex exchange closed, many reports suggest that the CEO has run away with money. Photo: AA. According to data from CoinMarketCap , before stopping trading assets on Thodex about 585 million USD. Thodex has about 400,000 users, 390,000 of whom are active traders, according to the national news outlet Anadolu . Although Thodex’s announcement promises to return soon, the social media accounts of many of the exchange’s managers have been locked. The exchange’s user support team is also inaccessible. CEO and founder Faruk Fatih Özer closed his Twitter account on April 21. According to the Anadolu A lawyer filed a lawsuit against Ozer on allegations of fraud. Oğuz Evren Kılıç, chief financial law officer of the Ankara Bar Association, said zer fled Turkey on the evening of January 20. This information was revealed to Mr. Kılıç by the police. According to the CNN Turk , the Istanbul police also began investigating Thodex with allegations of fraud. Bloomberg Thodex’s bank account was blocked, and police searched the company’s office. The number of cryptocurrency investors in Turkey has increased rapidly in recent years, as many believe that this can be an inflation hedge. On April 16, Turkey’s Central Bank announced that cryptocurrencies would not be allowed to be used directly or indirectly for payments, and the regulation went into effect on April 30. However, trading cryptocurrencies is not prohibited under the new regulations. Therefore, Thodex’s suspension of operations makes many investors concerned. Thodex CEO Faruk Fatih Özer has yet to reappear. Photo: DW. Mehmet, a Turkish investor, said he noticed suspicious signs when Dogecoin traded on Thodex at a much lower price than other exchanges. On April 17, the price of Dogecoin on this exchange was up to 30% lower. As of April 19, Thodex announced a brief shutdown for maintenance related Dogecoin trading. This cryptocurrency, often considered a joke because of its origin, accounts for 53% of transaction value on Thodex. The amount of Bitcoin held on this exchange is only equivalent to about $ 10 million. As announced by Thodex, the exchange stopped trading to consider partnering with an unnamed partner. Blockchain professor Ismail Hakki Polat at Kadir Has University in Istanbul said the announcement could mean the exchange is looking for new investors. Attorney Kılıç is giving legal advice to many Thodex users. Mr. Kılıç argued that these users cannot withdraw money from the exchange, whether in the form of fiat money or cryptocurrency. On April 22, the Thodex website updated with more information that the allegations of fraud against this exchange were not true. The announcement also said that the exchange detected about 30,000 suspicious accounts. According to the Coindesk This announcement may have been written by CEO Özer of Thodex himself. He also confirmed that there is a smear campaign aimed at him.

Some people in the group filing the denunciation said more than 600 applications have been sent to the authorities from April 19 to the present. Investors practiced more than 400 denunciations to send to the Ho Chi Minh City Police on the afternoon of April 23. Photo: TA According to the accusers, Coolcat introduced as the company providing investment transaction insurance platform. Coolcat has an exchange that specializes in trading gold, USD, Bitcoin, short-term price prediction trading. The participants in the system only need to download the Coolcat software to their mobile phones and log in with their phone number to start investing. The job of each investor is to press to predict the price of Bitcoin, gold, and foreign currency up or down. If their guess is correct, they receive 73% of the winnings. If they are wrong, their capital will be deducted. But when losing 6 times in a row, the investor must stop and report to the system for 100% compensation. The insurance reimbursement is committed automatically by Coolcat within the same day. In addition to predicting the price of Bitcoin, gold, and foreign currencies up or down to earn interest or receive insurance money. Investors also make money by introducing new members, commissions up to 1.8 million VND each time. The Coolcat Company’s website advertises that they have a British holding corporation and is licensed by the Bahamas Securities Commission. This company also introduced a representative office located on Nguyen Huu Canh Street, Binh Thanh District. Coolcat Company has held many events at 5-star hotels to increase trust with investors. Photo: Website Coolcat. This website also introduces them as the only company that insures 100% of trading capital in Vietnam, so “absolutely safe, not afraid of losses”. Coolcat has 2 main websites: https://www.coolcat.com.vn and https://coolcatvietnam.com. Currently both websites are inaccessible. According to those who have played Coolcat, Coolcat has organized many events at 5-star hotels and invited investors to attend to increase confidence. On the night of April 17, all the applications related to the Coolcat system suddenly crashed. The websites related to this company cannot be accessed. The entire amount of money the investors submitted to the application are paralyzed, not withdrawn. One investor said that by the time the Coolcat application “collapsed”, there were more than 68,000 members. Many of them have billions of dong frozen in the application. Investors then went to Coolcat headquarters in Binh Thanh district to work with the representative, and found that this was just a virtual location, without any representative offices or people in charge.

A mother of five, named Danielle Churchill, from southern Sydney was one of them. Struggling with raising five children, along with the hefty expenses for an autistic child, Churchill tried to apply for support through GoFundMe but was not as satisfactory. In that situation, Churchill received a text message from a person calling himself MacKenzie Scott late last year, offering to assist her every problem. According to the announcement, the ex-wife of the Amazon boss was then deciding to give away half of her fortune, and Churchill was lucky enough to be eligible to receive the money. To verify it, Churchill typed in Scott’s name and the phrase “phishing” on Google. But what she found was that billionaire Scott was actually making the move to spend money on hundreds of nonprofit groups. According to the process, to receive the money, Ms. Churchill must fill out a “membership form” from the charity claiming to be the MacKenzie Scott Foundation, then set up an online account at the Investor Bank and Trust Company. . At that time, a notice said $ 250,000 had been deposited into the account, and asked Churchill to register for a tax identification number and pay a fee to receive the money. Just like that, Churchill was subtly pickpocketed. A series of sites and organizations impersonate former billionaire Jeff Bezos’ wife to make a profit. Photo: Chris Koehler Although Churchill was cautious and actively investigated, the opponent quickly gave convincing evidence to all questions. In fact, throughout 2020, billionaire Scott claims to have charitable with nearly $ 6 billion in his fortune. Her unique dedication model is praised by many for its quickness and directness. However, this makes the female billionaire easy to be impersonated by scammers. Unbeknownst to Churchill then, there was no MacKenzie Scott Foundation. And the Investor Bank and Trust Company, once headquartered in Boston, transformed into the State Street Corporation more than a decade ago. She thought she was dealing with billionaire Scott and his team of assistants, but in reality Churchill was dealing with a sophisticated, adept group of scammers hunting for difficult subjects. In Churchill’s case, the banking channel provided, and Facebook or WhatsApp pages were fake. The use of cryptocurrency applications Bitcoin is also exploited to profit up to about 7,900 USD. This makes the victim unable to get the claim back through the bank or card company as usual. An Israeli-based email security company, Ironscales, said messages impersonating Scott’s billionaire representative were released and sent to more than 190,000 customer email accounts. The incident arose right after the ex-wife of billionaire Jeff Bezos announced the charity amount reached nearly $ 4.2 billion on December 15 last year. As for the victim, it was only after opening a bank account that did not exist did Churchill learn of the other victims. Marti DeLiema, a professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, said scam tricks via text messaging announcing charity payments are being exploited by bad actors. “Scott’s huge fundraiser has created a hole for the bad guys to take advantage of.” Even people who have actually received donations are even using their names to scam. Or the websites of the US Small Business Administration being copied, impersonating the Federal Trade Commission … Websites and facebook impersonating the billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott sprung up to seduce and deceive victims. Photo: NYtimes. In fact, billionaire Scott has donated most of his wealth to organizations, universities, food banks and frontline charities, rather than giving money to individuals. Besides, the former writer also does not have an official Facebook and Instagram social network account, apart from the Medium page and an authenticated Twitter account. And all fees to receive funding are unwarranted. Scott’s representative declined to comment on fraudulent activities on behalf of billionaire ex-wife Jeff Bezos.

This fake website used logos and was designed with many colors that are quite similar to the official website of Viettel, causing many customers to confuse that this is the official website. Interface of fake Viettel website to sell 4G SIM cards. At the bottom of the website, the operator is also specified as Viettell Trade and Import-Export State Company Limited. Business registration number 0102831022 by the Department of Planning and Investment of Hanoi for the first time on 25/01/2006. In which, word Viettel is written with 1 letter “l”. Besides, while Viettel Group has changed the whole brand identity, this fake website still uses the old corporate brand identity. “The Vietnam Counterfeit Information Processing Center warns the online community not to use the service of this fake website. The case will be transferred to the authorities for consideration and handling in accordance with the law”, the unit this said. Recently, on many online markets, groups about SIM cards recently appeared to advertise for 4G SIM cards with up to 1 billion GB of high-speed capacity with a fee of less than 100,000 VND. Exchange with Zing MobiFone representative affirmed that all posts on social networks related to the distribution of 4G SIM cards with a capacity of up to 1 billion GB with low rates are scams. Currently, this network operator does not have any SIM types and packages like the ads above. The representative of the operator affirmed that users should not buy SIM from the above objects as well as recommending that customers can refer to the most accurate products and services at MobiFone stores as well as through main sales channels. other business formula. With the use of unknown SIMs as above, the operator representative said that users may have the possibility of leaking personal information or buying a SIM that cannot be used even after paying full payment for the object.

Leaflets posting information on unsecured loan support in fake form, taking advantage of EVN’s image, logo and name. (Photo: provided by EVN) According to EVN, over the past time, there have been a number of units and individuals that forged information, advertised and distributed leaflets with the EVN logo and brand name without the consent or permission of EVN in many other activities. together. This is a violation of the law, with signs of fraud. Not only EVN, recently, many banks also have to deny the forms of borrowing famous brands to scam loans through leaflets and social networks. Subjects of information claiming to be employees of banks, financial companies or enterprises with large brands. Therefore, people should not provide personal information, identity card numbers or identity cards … to strangers in any way. The bad guys even use the form of impersonating bank messages to trick customers into clicking on links in messages, thereby stealing information of electronic banking services and appropriating money in customers’ accounts ” . Accordingly, banks warn customers absolutely not to access links, links in strange or unknown email messages / emails.

Vietnam Electricity warned of fraud Vietnam Electricity is a State-owned enterprise operating in the electricity sector that always fully and seriously complies with the provisions of the law. On April 23, 2021, Vietnam Electricity announced: In recent times, in Ho Chi Minh City and some southern provinces and cities appeared leaflets to publish information. support unsecured loans in fake form and take advantage of the image, logo and name of Vietnam Electricity. Vietnam Electricity confirmed that it does not have any unsecured lending activities as the above leaflet content. Vietnam Electricity does not have any affiliated units or affiliated enterprises of Vietnam Electricity named “Vietnam Electricity Bank”. Vietnam Electricity is a State-owned enterprise operating in the electricity sector that always fully and seriously complies with the provisions of the law. In recent years, there have been a number of units and individuals forging information, advertising and distributing leaflets with the logo and brand name of Vietnam Electricity without obtaining approval and permission from Electricity of Vietnam. Vietnamese forces in many different activities. This is a violation of the law, with signs of fraud. Electricity of Vietnam Corporation respectfully requests the press and news agencies to promptly inform the people to prevent and raise their vigilance, not to let the bad guys take advantage of them. Previously, Vietnam Electricity also warned about fraudulent advertisements of “energy saving devices”, “smart energy saving cards” … Technical experts have warned about the types of “super power-saving devices” advertised on the Internet that can reduce electricity consumption by 30-40% with the simple operation of plugging into any power outlet. in the home, and recently appeared more ads on social networks about the so-called “Smart Energy Saving Card”. Reality shows that it is completely impossible to reduce power consumption as advertised. This is just a trick to deceive customers, and hit on the psychology of consumers to want to save spending. If there is a type of equipment that directly interferes with the operation of the meter, causing the electric meter to slow down, it also means that the user of this equipment is committing acts of violation of electricity use, will be collection of electricity bill, even may be criminally dealt with in accordance with the law.

A friend of mine recently said, once an acquaintance called in panic calling about wrongly converting 300,000 VND into 300 million VND for an online order. My friend on the one hand just called the bank to ask for intervention, on the other hand, the owner of the sales page. While the bank said that it can only support within 24 hours, the owner of the online sales site commits to transfer the excess money immediately. Just a few minutes later, the excess money was sent back to the acquaintance’s account, the relevant bank staff also called back to report the money was transferred by the receiver. Everything happened in 15 minutes. The acquaintance sent a thank-you message to the online shopkeeper, and received a message back: “It’s not my money, if you don’t pay it, it’s a scam, but I’m not a scam”. The explosion of online businesses in the epidemic era is accompanied by disputes through this online shopping channel. It is a case of luck in many cases that cannot be recorded in the booming online shopping activity in our country. Recently, a clothing store owner said that she saw a lot of beautiful clothes on an online store, so she bought it for business with the price of 5 million dong. The homepage owner requires a full payment in advance. The clothing store owner was a bit skeptical because of that payment terms, but one factor made her reassuring: the sales page had 20,000 followers. Therefore, she still transferred 5 million before receiving the goods. A pity happened: 3-4 days passed for the shopkeeper finally received a package full of rags. She warmly said that she did not know how to get money back because everything happened online. Online shopping has mushroomed after rain in Vietnam for many years, especially since the Covid-19 epidemic. There are tons of trusted platforms out there, but there are also plenty of websites where no one knows where. The Vietnam E-Commerce Index 2020 report by the Vietnam E-commerce Association indicates that the growth rate of Vietnam’s e-commerce in 2020 will reach about 15%, reaching a scale of about 13.2 billion USD. , and is expected to continue to grow steadily in 2021 and the next period. Illustration However, the explosion of online businesses in the epidemic era is accompanied by disputes through this online shopping channel. It is recognized that fraudulent acts of online buying and selling are very diverse such as: fraudulent online purchase of goods, selling goods with the wrong quality committed, fraud through multi-level distribution channels or investment. virtual money … Mr. Pham Hoang Long, Department of Competition and Consumer Protection, Ministry of Industry and Trade, there are guests who call the department complaining that they order Iphone through online shopping channels but until when received, the Iphone has turned into a “brick” properly. Some other customers reported that they ordered fruit online, but when received, they found that the fruit was broken, not as delicious as advertised … Mr. Long said that only in 2020, the Department of Competition and Consumer Protection will receive more than 11 thousand phone calls with content of lawsuits surrounding online shopping activities. “Most online shoppers wonder whether their rights are protected by the law,” he said. In that context, Mr. Vu Anh Duong, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC), said that a unit of VIAC has built a MedUp online mediation platform to provide more a cost-effective, time-effective dispute resolution model with technology, digital application. MedUp is an online dispute resolution platform operated independently by the Vietnam Mediation Center. This is one of the few online dispute resolution platforms using ADR in Vietnam so far. With the development of MedUp, according to Mr. Duong, the Mediation Center hopes to provide a technology solution that meets and promotes the need to resolve disputes between businesses and consumers, including credit disputes. applications, disputes through e-commerce floors, … through online mediation. On that basis, he said, it will expand to become a tool to narrow the gap to justice for other offline disputes – instead of being limited to e-commerce. However, according to Mr. Duong, more support from the Ministry of Justice, business associations, industry associations, and businesses is needed to institutionalize cyber exchanges such as digital signatures or identifiers. and electronic authentication.

In recent days, many investors are confused because the Coolcat application (exchange of gold, virtual currency and USD and is committed to 100% capital insurance) suddenly cannot access and can not contact the exchange. . Many investors have come to the authorities to file a denunciation about the appropriation of property. Specifically, when accepting investment on the Coolcat app, investors will be given a code (ID), their job is just to predict the price of Bitcoin (digital money), gold price up or down. If the guess wins, you receive 73% of the winnings. If you lose 6 times in a row, you must stop and report to get 100% compensation insurance. Coolcat offers 6 premium packages for a fee from 54 USD to 9,146 USD (1.26 – 210 million VND). For example, when buying an insurance package with a fee of 210 million VND, investors will receive interest from 3.3 to 9.7 million VND per day. But now, hundreds of people investing in the Coolcat application are sitting on the fire when suddenly the application is no longer accessible. Grow another floor right away However, after information about the Coolcat app with a commitment to 100% capital “collapsed” spread on social networks, Facebook ST Crypto was immediately established and downloaded the step-by-step instruction clips to register for insurance. capital on FORTREX. According to the Facebook owner named NHD – claiming to be an expert in marketing and financial investment, joining the Fortrex exchange is easy. After only 4 steps, including: fill in basic information such as name, phone number, email … and then transfer the amount you want to insure to the insurance support team; Take a screenshot to confirm the successful transfer with a message with the content (username + phone number + insurance package you want to subscribe) to complete the registration procedure. The rest, investors just have to wait until the selected time frame (12 noon or 19 pm daily) to execute buy or sell orders as directed by the insurance support team. According to the Facebook owner named D, investors only need to spend 10-15 minutes in the time frame to register for insurance and follow the instructions, it will easily make a profit of 1-2% / investment amount. in each session and from 26-35% / month. That means if you spend $ 5,000, equivalent to about 120 million, each month you will also get “the most poor” about 30 million. In case the group gives false signals causing the investor to burn out their account, they will be compensated 100% of the capital. To increase confidence, D said that 60 people were 100% capital insured this week and D himself has experienced this Fortrex exchange for a long time, so everyone can feel secure about this exchange. In addition to the 100% capital insurance exchange called Fortrex, the social network has many insurance platforms that operate similarly. For example, with Wefinex, investors have to spend a minimum capital of 500 USD or more, just follow the expert’s instructions, if winning, it is normal to enjoy a profit of 2-3% / day. even higher than 3% / day (equivalent to about 60-90% / month). The remaining losses will be compensated by the specialist. Similar to exchanges such as Fioption, Busstrade … are also advertised by brokers as a 100% capital insurance platform, providing a way to make money long-term in 2021. According to a member of the Busstrade floor, this floor is currently attracting near 8,000 investment members. The “virtual money” line tricked 32,000 investors into collapsed named iFan, Pincoin in 2018, causing many people to lose nothing. White loss is easy to understand Dr. Dinh The Hien, a financial expert, said: The principle when putting money into any investment channel is that they cannot prove that they are holding the investor’s money is legal, protected by the law. All those investment channels are all risky. “Similar stories have happened decades ago and I affirm that they will continue. Is there just a difference in the form of fraud, the scale of the scam”, Mr. Hien affirmed. So the question is why people who know in advance may lose nothing but still close their eyes and legs, the only answer is: Because of super profit. Outlaw investment channels exist because of human greed. Smart investment is when faced with super profits, each person must carefully consult with knowledgeable people about whether to put capital in or not, or when to invest capital to minimize the risk. empty-handed. Sadly, among those who face the risks from these investment channels, there are many who have used their accumulated money to “gamble”. “Therefore, as an individual investor, it is not allowed to pour money into channels that are not protected by the law. Do not seek high profits without knowledge. Because with an investment of about 10 billion. But achieving a profit higher than bank deposits about 30-40% is terrible. For example, the bank deposit interest rate is currently at 7% / year, another investment channel gives you. 11 – 12% / year is already a huge profit “- Dr. Hien emphasized. Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Dao Minh Tu said that the provision of services for buying and selling foreign currencies or generating foreign currencies must be licensed by credit institutions licensed by the State Bank to operate. . However, up to now, the State Bank has not licensed any services other than those previously licensed. Therefore, organizations operating like the Forex market today are completely not in compliance with the law. “For people, putting money here is very risky and the law does not protect those risks. Therefore, people must be very cautious, especially with offers for a high percentage of profits. That is a sign of deception “- Mr. Tu warned. Accordingly, Mr. Tu recommends that people be cautious and consult professional people when participating in investment. Similarly, Mr. Tu also affirmed that virtual money is just an encrypted virtual product, not ordinance money or a means of payment. The law does not allow its functional use as the current ordinance currency. “The investment in cryptocurrencies today has many problems that have been evaluated. Authorities are clarifying the issue of legal basis management and virtual currency trading ”- Mr. Tu said.

Blocked more than 8.5 million fraudulent calls in the first quarter. Artwork From July 1, 2020, the Telecommunications Department – Ministry of Information and Communications has coordinated with carriers Viettel, VNPT and MobiFone to deploy a technology solution to filter and disconnect subscribers who distribute spam calls. Specifically, from July 2020 to March 2021, the above 5 carriers have blocked 128,970 calls with suspicious signs of being spam calls. Through the technical system, the network operators also detected and prevented 29,497,735 calls with signs of fraud, contributing to ensuring safety, security and social order; separately from January to March 2021, 39,321 spam calls and 8,500,702 suspected phishing calls were blocked. At this point, the Telecommunications Department (Ministry of Information and Communications) will continue to promote measures to manage and handle violations related to “telecommunications junk” (spam sims, spam calls, spam messages). On the other hand, the Telecommunications Department also coordinates with carriers to deploy technical solutions to prevent fake phone calls, prevent sales of pre-activated sims …

1. Specification of each item Many studies show that a detailed and engaging description of a dish can help restaurants increase sales by up to 27%. For example, some restaurants will describe a steak served with french fries by a more luxurious name such as “premium beef tenderloin served with french fries”. 2. Do not install mirrors in the main space Most restaurants do not install mirrors in the main space. This is based on a study that has shown that when people see themselves in the mirror, they … less likely to eat again. 3. Let diners smell the aroma of the dishes in the kitchen Everyone is more likely to have more cravings when they smell the aroma of food, especially hot food. Therefore, many restaurants find ways for diners to smell the aroma of the dishes in the kitchen, even to see the processing process and the image of the finished product. That is why, dining establishments with large spaces often prioritize the design of open kitchens to serve. 4. Tips with the menu At a glance the menu, customers often choose what they intended to eat before entering the restaurant. However, some restaurants have tips to make customers change their minds: More expensive dishes (or restaurants that want to sell more) can be introduced first or highlighted. They also list prices but do not have a money symbol (dollar, dong), which makes many customers ignore the price when ordering. 5. Print pictures of dishes on the menu Often, restaurants will print pictures of expensive dishes and eye-catching decorations on the menu to stimulate the curiosity and appetite of diners. 6. Clean up the excess disk on the table The server wipes the table and cleans the leftover dishes on the table not just for wanting to be clean. The truth is that having too many plates on the table will make you feel like “have-eaten” and stop ordering. Restaurants encourage the opposite. 7. Private, cozy space suitable for introverted guests Introverts tend to find a private and cozy little corner as soon as they arrive at the restaurant. That space often makes them feel more secure and comfortable, thereby ordering more food. The reason is because no one will see and recognize them, this time customers will also feel like consuming more calories. 8. Play classical music Music in a restaurant can influence diners more than you think. Classical music, for example, can make listeners feel more affluent and generous, so they are more willing to order more food. 9. As heavy as possible Most diners are easily deceived by the feeling that weight is often proportional to quality. Therefore, many restaurants often use knives, spoons and forks made from heavy materials such as copper or silver to make the diners feel better and worth the money. 10. Use food coloring to beautify dishes Salmon is delicious and healthy, so it is a popular dish in restaurants. However, some farms can feed the fish unhealthy food that gives it a gray color. So many restaurants have soaked fish in food colors to make the fish look fresher than it really is. (According to GiadinhNet)

Guaranteed 100% capital, interest? Talking to reporters Workers On the evening of April 20, an investment participant on Coolcat said that she was introduced by an acquaintance as a 100% capital and profitable money investment application. “That person said that it was good to invest, considering the daily market money, so I joined and transferred there 3.8 million VND” – she said. The above investor mentioned that after investing, she was instructed to install the application and each day click to predict Bitcoin price, gold price up and down. After each day of playing, investors will have a profit of 2-3 USD. When collecting enough interest at least 10 USD, players will be withdrawn. “I see no matter what the prediction goes up or down, I eat all the money so I giddy. With 2 times profit totaling 22 USD within 20 days, the application crashes, as if I lost the remaining capital” She said she wanted the authorities to step in to clarify the case and handle the fraudster. The woman also said that her investment in the Coolcat app is very small compared to many others. In her group, there were many people who lost a lot of money and did not know how to get it back. However, many people still dream of getting back the lost money. On the Facebook page “Coolcat Vietnam – Safe investment”, a member named PBT posted an article with the content: “Anyone who is fooled at Coolcat, join the group with their determination to get back”. Similarly, another member named DMT also advertised a reasonable method of playing with support tools so that players could get their lost money back from Coolcat. Even the members said that after the Coolcat app collapsed, a smaller amount of capital could be invested in similar apps and more profitable than the lost amount. Notably, these articles have been interacted and responded to by quite a few members. People who lost money because of the Shopping Mall app went to Vinh Phuc province police to denounce. Photo: NVCC Many forms of fraud Another money-making platform also attracts investors, making many people “disillusioned”, called Shopping Mail. News source Workers said the Criminal Police Department (PC02) Vinh Phuc province police received a denunciation from the user of the Shopping Mail shopping app (http://shop555.cc). As a reflection, this person is introduced to you Shopping Mail app with conditions to register for an account, then top up at the shop to hunt for orders and receive commissions according to rank. Specifically, level 1 receives 16%; level 2 receives 8%; Level 3 receives 4% of the order value received. Content of money transfer is the phone number registered app. “Due to the referral, I registered to open an account, then transfer the money to the account numbers provided by the app. On April 14, I could not access the website http://shop555.cc , the entire deposited amount is lost “- said the applicant. Another investor shared that she lost tens of thousands of dollars just because she participated in profitable financial investment projects. In it, at a project called NDT, she lost up to 40,000 USD, affecting her family happiness. “The initial amount to participate in financial investment projects is my savings. After that, I lost money, I borrowed more to invest, but lost money, debts piled up” – she lamented. Financial expert Phan Dung Khanh said that the current financial investment scams are as many as mushrooms after the rain, targeting those who are only interested in the advertised profit without being equipped with knowledge, lack of knowledge. alert. It is easy to see of these fraudulent exchanges in Vietnam, according to Mr. Phan Dung Khanh, that “cover losses, burn accounts, commit profits” … Vietnam offices of these floors are often discreet in high-rise buildings, without signs, only a few sets of temporary furniture and can disappear in just a few hours … Or the floors are introduced to offices, headquarters abroad but in fact is without a license. Therefore, putting money into these exchanges, “investors” will not be protected by the law in case of incidents and the risk of empty-handedness is very high. Therefore, people need to be careful, learn carefully.

Regarding the tariff, these 4G SIMs are advertised only need to pay 25,000 – 50,000 VND per month. This is a very cheap fee for 1 billion GB of 4G high-speed capacity. Currently, carriers sell popular 4G packages at VND 70,000 / month with a capacity of no more than 4 GB. Posts about 4G SIMs have 1 billion GB of high-speed capacity per month and cheap rates are rampant on internet markets. Contact one end of each selling SIM type, Zing receive a quote of 99,000 VND for the SIM in which the package has not been activated, activate it by itself when receiving the SIM or 150,000 VND for the activated SIM, only use it. Also as noted, all 1 billion GB 4G SIM card advertising posts use MobiFone’s SIM embryo image. Exchange with Zing The representative of MobiFone confirmed that all posts on social networks related to the distribution of 4G SIM cards with a capacity of up to 1 billion GB with low rates are scams. Currently, this network operator does not have any SIM types and packages like the ads above. The representative of the operator affirmed that users should not buy SIM from the above objects as well as recommending that customers can refer to the most accurate products and services at MobiFone stores as well as through main sales channels. other business formula. With the cases of using the SIM of unknown origin as above, the representative of the carrier said that the user may have the possibility of leaking personal information or buying a SIM that cannot be used even after paying full payment for the object. In addition, the Telecommunications Department said that according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 2 of Decree 49, the acts of using papers of other people (including being loaned) or transferring their registered SIMs to others to use. Failure to re-enter the contract will be subject to an administrative fine of up to 500,000 VND. In addition, when there are illegal acts, cases related to mobile phone numbers, which are held by the individual or organization under the name of the subscriber, but not directly used by the operator, but to the operator. violating the law of use, the person under the name of the subscriber owner is responsible for explaining and proving his innocence when requested by the authorities, even jointly liable for criminal action if this act Causing serious consequences.

Faruk Fatih Ozer, founder of cryptocurrency exchange Thodex. One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Turkey declared that they no longer had enough financial capacity to continue operating, causing hundreds of thousands of investors to fear that they would have lost all their money poured into this exchange. Meanwhile, Turkish authorities are trying to locate the 27-year-old founder of the cryptocurrency exchange, who has fled overseas, Bloomberg reported. It is not clear how many customers of the cryptocurrency exchange called Thodex lost money in this case, and how much the total damage. In a statement sent from a secret location, Thodex founder and CEO, Faruk Fatih Ozer, promised to return the money to the investor and return to Turkey to face the public. refund after refund. However, the Turkish government has launched a blockade on Thodex’s accounts, and its headquarters in Istabul has been ransacked by police. According to Turkish media, the damage in this virtual currency exchange crash could reach $ 2 billion. A lawyer representing the victims said that the investment capital of about 390,000 investors had fallen into a “irreversible” state. However, through a statement posted on the company’s website, Ozer denied both numbers, saying that only about 30,000 investors were affected. Some Turkish officials see the incident as another reason to increase control of the cryptocurrency market. Over the past years, the rapid rise of virtual currency prices globally has been paralleled with many frauds and frauds related to exchanges. Mr. Cemil Ertem, a senior economic adviser to President Tayyip Erdogan, said that the Turkish government needs to act as soon as possible. “Patterns of pyramid fraud are emerging. Turkey needs to implement surveillance regulations that are both suitable to the domestic economic situation and in accordance with global developments”. Thodex is part of the virtual currency fever that attracts a large number of Turkish investors who want to find a “shelter” for their savings in the context of dizzying inflation and a lack of local currency rates. stability. In March, inflation in Turkey was 16.2%, 3 times higher than the 5% inflation target set by the Central Bank of this country. This year, the Lira rate has dropped 10% against the dollar, marking the 9th consecutive year of decline. On Wednesday, Mr. Erdogan revealed that the Turkish government has “burned” $ 165 billion of foreign exchange reserves in the past two years to protect the local currency rate, but has not brought the desired results. Concerns about inflation and exchange rate motivate the Turkish people to look for alternative investment channels, including virtual currency. On Friday last week, the value of virtual currency transactions in Turkey reached more than 1.2 billion USD, up 3 times compared to a week earlier, according to data from coingecko.com. Meanwhile, the average daily trading value of the Turkish stock market is only about $ 3.1 billion.

Artwork: Getty In an explanatory statement released later, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio emphasized: “We need to attack the biggest polluting corporations, with false advertising about fighting climate change.” According to the head of the New York City Consumer and Workers Protection Agency Lorelei Salas, energy corporations have committed acts of harming consumers’ interests by always advertising only products. “Clean and environmentally friendly” without mentioning, even “hiding” negative impacts on the climate. And this has influenced consumers’ decisions and protecting benefits. profits for oil and gas corporations. This is not the first time New York City has “declared war” on the giants of the oil industry. In early 2018, New York Mayor De Blasio announced the city was suing five fossil fuel companies – BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell – to federal court for their roles in Climate Change. At the end of 2019, New York City continued to sue ExxonMobil Group in a climate change issue. Lawsuits are filed with the aim of forcing energy corporations to tell the truth about commercial behavior and the products they sell, according to New York City Law Officer James Johnson. “Consumers have the right to choose different products and many consumers are very concerned about climate change”, added Mr. James Jhonson.

The Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Force discovered an unknown source of goods. Thanks to the regular implementation of plans to prevent smuggling, trade fraud, and manufacture of counterfeit goods, many violations have been discovered and handled by the competent forces of Ho Chi Minh City. The fact also shows that the violator always has many ways to avoid, so the authorities have to be more drastic, enhancing more effective coordination in the fight with this type of crime … Many new moves and tricks In 2020, the anti-smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit forces (force 389) Ho Chi Minh City discovered and processed 25,538 violations, a decrease of 45.39% compared to 2019. In there, there were 2,769 cases of banned goods and smuggled goods; 21,804 commercial fraud cases; 965 counterfeit cases and 113 cases have been prosecuted. Particularly, the Economic Police Department (PC03), Ho Chi Minh City Police discovered and destroyed 1,081 cases with 1,074 subjects in 2020. The total value of detained goods is about 150 billion VND, the total amount of fines is more than 20 billion. In the first quarter of 2021, PC03 discovered and destroyed 341 cases, 358 subjects; handled 128 cases, 129 subjects with the value of temporarily seized goods more than 269 billion VND, the total fine was 3.8 billion VND. According to PC03, in 2020, the smuggling of fake and banned goods is still complicated by sea and road with sophisticated methods and tricks. Some individuals set up many companies, each company imported a number of assemblies of components, spare parts or disassembled parts for assembly or sale to other companies to process and assemble in simple stages. These products do not meet the origin criteria as prescribed but state that they are made in Vietnam or are made in Vietnam for consumption in the domestic market or for export in order to deceive consumers. In addition, some goods of foreign origin are transferred to Vietnam to legalize documents, or apply for certificates of origin, then exported to a third country and smuggled back to Ho Chi Minh City for consumption. According to the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department, in 2020, this unit coordinates functional forces to detect and handle more than 1,500 cases, the value of infringing goods is more than 1,500 billion VND. Previously, the criminals set up a smuggling line to transport illegal goods on a large scale, but now they turn to organizing smuggling in a small way with more sophisticated tricks. The subjects take advantage of the transportation on the road to gut or swap goods; bringing goods across the border, completing the transit procedures, then seeking to illegally import back to Vietnam. Notably, some enterprises rented warehouses of large reputable companies for a long time in the market to hide smuggled goods, counterfeit brands, goods of unknown origin, etc. With a large amount. Taking advantage of the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, many objects produced and traded fake masks and medical gloves with low quality and in large quantity … Fight with the right focus, the key It is forecasted that smuggling, trade fraud, fake goods will continue to develop complicatedly with more sophisticated methods and tricks. The sale of counterfeit and poor quality goods is increasingly public and widespread on the internet. When Vietnam’s economy integrates deeply with the world, subjects have many opportunities to link up to cross-border smuggling, increase crimes with foreign elements, crimes related to high technology, and many crimes appear. taking advantage of the origin to bring goods into the EU, Japan, the US as Vietnamese goods. In the coming time, the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee 389 will continue to implement the directions of the Government, the National Steering Committee of 389 and thematic plans, focusing on combating the exploitation of e-commerce. for violations, the establishment of “ghost” companies for large-scale smuggling, tax evasion, and courier delivery; Responsibility decentralization of organizations and individuals managing fields and areas clearly, associated with specific responsibilities. According to Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang, the City’s Steering Committee 389 should continue to focus on implementing and organizing the effective implementation of the work plan against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting. year 2021 and thematic plans, … special attention should be paid to goods related to prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. Assign specific tasks to each department and branch that are members of the Steering Committee of 389 cities, at the same time associated with the responsibilities of the head. The functional forces accelerate the inspection and control from the city level to the district, district, ward and commune levels; clearly define focus and focus. The City Steering Committee 389 needs to proactively perform the coordination and coordination of functional forces in the area, especially the police, customs, market management, and border guards to promote overall strength. suitable in the fight, arrest and handling of complicated and dangerous cases. Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang asked functional forces to focus on organizing key and key combat according to their assigned tasks. Accordingly, the customs force, city border guards are responsible for detecting and blocking at the border gate. City police force focused on fighting to destroy lines and gangs of trafficking and transporting illegal and contraband goods, especially from the southwest border area to Ho Chi Minh City. The city market management force strengthened the inspection of transportation, storage of banned goods, smuggled goods, and production and trading of counterfeit goods on the domestic market, focusing on inspection of petroleum products. Police forces, city market managers need to closely and regularly coordinate with the functional forces of localities bordering Ho Chi Minh City in the prevention and fight against crime related …

Leadership Department of Information Management and City Police. Ho Chi Minh signed the Regulation on coordination against smuggling and counterfeiting Mr. Truong Van Ba ​​- Director of Department of Information Management, City. Ho Chi Minh – recognize, TP. Ho Chi Minh City is currently the largest economic center in the country, the whole city now has more than 271,000 businesses, about 1 million business households and the flow of goods accounts for about 30% of the country. However, the City is also at the center of the trafficking, transporting of contraband goods, production and storage of counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, commercial fraud, and many new economic crimes that arise with many tricks. sophisticated, especially high-tech crimes, on the e-commerce space … increasingly popular. Mr. Truong Van Ba, said that, for a long time, the coordination between the force of intelligence management and the City Police has been regularly and effectively carried out, specifically, 85% of the cases were discovered and handled by the intelligence management. all have active participation of police forces. The signing of a coordination regulation between the two forces will increase the strength and efficiency in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting. “In the situation that the information management force is too thin, each information management officer is tasked with monitoring more than 300 enterprises and about 1,000 individual business households. The signing of regulations in coordination with the police force will promote and apply the functions and duties of each unit, contributing to improving efficiency in the fight and detection of violations of the law. in economic activities in the area ”, shared Mr. Truong Van Ba. City intelligence management force. Ho Chi Minh checked and discovered a store dealing in infringing goods on models and origins in the area Major General Dinh Thanh Nhan – Deputy Director and Head of Police Investigation City Police. Ho Chi Minh City – said, in 2020 and the first 3 months of 2021, City Police Economic Police. Ho Chi Minh City discovered and handled 1,559 cases with 1674 economic criminals, the value of infringing material evidences was more than 314.4 billion VND. Through investigation and verification have prosecuted 1,121 cases with 375 defendants. However, this is just the number of criminal cases detected by the Economic Police, which have not fully and properly reflected the situation of crime and violations occurring in the city. In order to fight fiercely with this type of crime, it is necessary to have the synchronous and timely coordination of many agencies and departments, but the focus is still on Information Management, Customs, and Public Security … According to Nhan, for many years, the economic police force has actively coordinated with the City intelligence management force and discovered and handled many smuggling, commercial fraud, and counterfeit production in the area. . Only in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, the police force of the Economic and National Administration has detected and handled 154 violations with 167 objects, the value of infringing goods is more than 145 billion VND. However, Mr. Nhan assessed that the results of the recent coordination in handling economic crimes between the Economic Police and the City intelligence management force are remarkable, but not high, not meeting the needs of business. industry and society. Because, due to the lack of regulations, the decentralization, decentralization, judgment organization, and sharing of information about contraband and counterfeit goods are still lacking fluently. After having the regulation, Mr. Nhan said, the city police department will thoroughly grasp and deploy the content of the regulations to each unit, assign and assign responsibility to each force to coordinate with Thanh city ​​in order to increase strength, professionalism and efficiency in the fight against and repel economic crimes in the area. With the strong development of science and technology, the cyber commodity trading, the theft of intellectual property rights, the technology of organizations and enterprises will be increasingly popular. . This fact also arose many complicated consequences because the subjects took advantage of the production and trading of poor quality goods in large quantity, affecting the interests of enterprises and consumers. At the conference, the parties agreed to disseminate the regulations to all officers in the unit and thoroughly implement the implementation, ensuring seriousness, timeliness and efficiency in the coming time.

Send a petition to Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Newspaper, Ms. TBC – in Thu Dau Mot city, Binh Duong province – said that she had just been stolen by an object, appropriated more than 58 million dong in credit card. Ms. C. said, on March 2, she saw the phone displaying a message “unable to call”. The next day, she went to VNPT Binh Duong Business Center to check and rebuild a new sim, but the staff said that the sim card was not damaged, it was still working in two directions; “Cannot call” may be caused by phone malfunction. A fake message on the network operator calling for users to upgrade to a 4G sim. Phone subscribers need to be very wary of this kind of message – Photo: Provided by Competition and Consumer Protection Department On March 4, she asked to renew a new sim and a new one to work properly (listen, call). On March 12, when she accidentally read an article about the theft of money from her credit card, she immediately logged into her Fe Credit credit card account to check, and discovered that the money in the account was completely withdrawn in the form of purchase payment. Suspecting that her sim information was leaked during the sim remake process, Ms. H. came to complain at VNPT Binh Duong Business Center, just learned on March 2, there was a transaction to replace her sim card in Ho Chi Minh City. “I live in Binh Duong, have never made a transaction to replace my sim card in Ho Chi Minh City. VNPT Binh Duong Business Center also confirmed to only perform one SIM replacement transaction in Binh Duong. Thus, there is a fraudster who falsified my papers to perform a sim replacement transaction in Ho Chi Minh City and then appropriated property “- Ms. C. said. Not long ago, Dang Thanh Hai – in Ho Chi Minh City, the owner of a Viettel subscriber – suddenly blocked his mobile phone number, then was withdrawn 30 million dong from his bank account. Mr. Vu Minh Nhat – in Hanoi, the owner of a Mobifone subscriber – also had his sim stolen and then hacked into his bank account, losing 74.8 million dong via online payment. In the above two cases, the fraudster used a notarized copy of the identity card (ID card), went to the phone store (also the agent of the network operator) to register the procedure. In the case of Mr. Hai, the employee does not compare the copy of ID card with the original ID card; In the case of Nhat, the staff did not see the original ID card, nor did they require the latest contacts to verify. Recently, Thanh Hoa City Police, Thanh Hoa Province prosecuted seven subjects for counterfeiting ID cards according to customer information and then pasted their photos, to transaction points of network operators such as Viettel, Vinaphone to report the loss of their sim cards. suggest to redo the sim with the old number After being granted phone numbers from the carriers, the subjects used fake IDs and stolen phone numbers to make unsecured loan contracts from Fe Credit with loans from 20-70 million VND, appropriating a total of 500 million dong. The network operator can not be indifferent In the case of Ms. TBC, the representative of Vinaphone’s mobile phone network admitted, Vinaphone staff made a mistake in the process. Rather, in order to be reissued (in case of no sim), the subscriber must present his ID card, fill out an application form to reissue the sim, provide five outgoing and five dialed phone numbers. come. But the transaction staff in Ho Chi Minh City did not ask the replacement sim (the fraudster) to present ID card, just provide five phone numbers to call out and call. As a result, the fraudster easily obtained the sim of Mrs. C. and then appropriated more than 58 million dong in the credit card. Why does the fraudster know the five dialed and dialed numbers of the sim owner? According to Mr. Vo Do Thang – Director of Athens International Security and Network Management Training Center – the crook can use many of his own sims to phone, send text messages to the subscriber owner to call back and easily get the list. these calls. The situation of sim theft is happening more and more, but the network operators have not changed the sim re-issuance process as well as require transaction staff to be more cautious in re-issuing the sim, in order to ensure safety for customers. According to Mr. Vo Do Thang, the easy re-issuance of sim cards has created a gap for the fraudster who steals the sim. Employees often check for passport or not check, while counterfeiting ID is not difficult; Furthermore, they also have no inspection skills so it is difficult to detect tampering. “If the network operator takes one more step, such as issuing a password when issuing the sim for the first time, there is a secret question that only the subscriber knows, using artificial intelligence to detect the sim owner’s face … Having forged papers, it is not possible to steal the sim card ”- Mr. Vo Do Thang proposed. The representative of Vinaphone added that this company had collected information related to the theft of Ms. C.’s sim and transferred it to the police station to assist the victim. According to FeCredit Finance Company, because Mrs. C. was not at fault in this case, she is not responsible for the lost credit card amount. Why do I lose money in credit card when I lose my sim card? Most of the victims in the sim lost cases are stolen money by fraudsters by making online payments. Three factors are required to pay for online purchases: First, a mobile phone number – the credit card holder must register this number with the bank to authenticate transactions and receive bank notices. Second is the card number (the serial number printed on the front of the credit card). Third is the OTP authentication code (one-time password) sent via registered phone number with the bank. According to Mr. Vo Do Thang, the victim’s credit card number has been stolen by the fraud before, the sim theft is just the last step to steal money. After the sim is stolen, the fraudster will take the victim’s credit card number to pay online, then use the sim to receive the OTP code. Therefore, not everyone who loses their sim card will lose money in their credit card, in their bank account, only when they have revealed their credit card or account information before that the fraudster can steal the money. The victim’s credit card information may be exposed during previous online transactions by entering fraudulent websites, being infected with malicious code on the phone to steal card information or possibly due to The credit institution does not guarantee security. According to Mr. Vo Do Thang, criminals just need to steal credit card information, steal sim cards, and get OTP codes to steal money in the victim’s account shows that it is a great risk. Online payment processes of most credit institutions are still lax. “In this situation, the most important card users need to closely protect their card and account information, to avoid providing it to strangers. Absolutely do not visit strange websites or open attachments that are sent to unknown origin to avoid being installed with malicious code. Should be equipped with anti-virus software, anti-software with self-copy function (Trojan), keyboard manipulation monitoring programs (Keylogger), equipped with firewall protection … (According to Women HCMC)

According to Yoni Heisler, MacBook users will sometimes receive pop-up messages (windows automatically appear on the computer screen) warning about computer malfunction or virus infection. These notices are in the name of Apple Support that makes users trust and call the support line with the notice. (Photo: Cyber ​​Bunkers) However, this is just a scam of hackers. In fact, Apple never contacts customers through a browser window. When you receive these messages, quickly turn them off. The way this trick works is very simple, but it can lead to foolish people into being deceived. Accordingly, after sending a notice and seducing the victim to call a fake Apple customer support number, the fraudsters at the end of the line will ask for financial information and ask the user to download a diagnostic tool. A phishing pop-up message that warns the user’s device is at risk of security and calls the phone number provided. (Photo: BGR) After the user successfully downloads the tool, the bad guy will be given the right to interfere with the victim’s computer. The crooks also ask victims to deposit money into their accounts, citing the reason that this is part of the customer service Apple provides. According to technology reporter Jennifer Jolly of USA Today, the aforementioned scams are primarily aimed at the elderly – a group of inexperienced users who are easily deceived to distinguish between real warning messages and phishing. A phishing pop-up message that warns the victim’s computer is a virus. (Photo: Malwarebytes) “My mother was deceived for $ 2,000, she informed the bank immediately. The bank said there was nothing they could do. She was the victim of ‘technical assistance’ scams targeting people. The bad guys have stolen billions of dollars over the past few years, “Jolly said. On the advice of Apple, when browsing the web, if you see a winning message or warning problem, virus then do not believe it. These notices are often fraudulent advertisements, designed to steal your personal information or money. A lucky spinner pop-up message. (Photo: MalwareTips Blog) Also, do not call the phone number or click on the associated links. Turn them all off. If you’re really worried about your computer, call Apple support directly.

Construction

Capacity profile fraud

Recently, the Education and Times newspaper received feedback from readers about the serious violations of the Bidding Law in Package 12: Construction, supply and installation of equipment for the whole project (except for the part of Package 13) belonging to the project of headquarters of the People’s Court of Ha Dong District.

Bidding package is procured by Hanoi Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board.

The decision on contractor selection is signed by the leader of the Hanoi Civil and Industrial Project Management Board to select the contractor to execute the bidding package.

The person who signed the Decision is Mr. Luong Thanh Phong – Deputy Director of Hanoi Civil and Industrial Project Management Board.

According to readers, on December 18, 2020, the Management Board of Hanoi’s civil and industrial construction investment projects had Decision No. 354 / QD-BQLDADD & CN approving the selection results. Select the contractor of Package 12: Construction, supply and installation of equipment for the whole project (except for the part of package 13) belonging to the head office project of the People’s Court of Ha Dong district.

Accordingly, CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company is the winning bidder, the bidding package price is VND 27,607,384,000; Winning bid price is: 27,468,439,000 VND, contract execution time is: 355 days, the form of contractor selection for this package is public bidding.

However, in the finalization of corporate income tax at the Tax Department of Nam Tu Liem district, CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company (tax code 0107005836), is located on the 22nd floor of Vinaconex 9 Building, Lot HH2-2 Pham Hung Street, Me Tri Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City in 3 years (2017-2018-2019) only achieved an average annual revenue of 26.9 billion VND.

Specifically, in 2017, the company’s revenue was only 213,539,301 VND; in 2018 was 39,499,342,800 VND; in 2019 it is 41,216,509,132 dong.

Under the guidance in Circular No. 03/2015 / TT-BKHDT and as required by the bidding documents issued by the Management Board of civil and industrial construction projects of Hanoi City in Section 2.2 of The evaluation criteria table of competence and experience clearly states that the minimum annual average revenue of an enterprise must reach 42 billion (the minimum average revenue meets the requirements of the bidding documents).

The elephant goes through … the pinhole

Thus, with an average revenue of only 26.9 billion in the last 3 years, it is clear that CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company is not eligible to bid. And should be, the bid of CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company must be the agency responsible for detecting the above fraud and removed from the beginning, but it is not clear how, this unit is still allowed to attend. bid review and bid winner !?

In addition, in Section 3 of the Criteria for Evaluation of Competency and Experience, there is a requirement that the minimum number of similar contracts must be equal to 3 or different from 3, at least one contract with a minimum value of 20,000. .000.000 VND and total value of all contracts ≥ 60.000.000.000 VND from 1/10/2017 up to the time of bid closing.

It is known that in the past 5 years, CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company has been announced to win 4 bidding packages, all of which have low value, including: Package 3 Supply and transportation of VTTB and accessories (winning price is 2 , 7 billion VND; won the bid on May 3, 2019) invited by the Central Region Power Project Management Board; Package No. 03: Construction of the project of Quynh Bao Commune Medical Station, Quynh Phu District, Thai Binh Province (winning bid price is 5.08 billion VND; Winning the bid on 2/2/2020)….

Due to the above-mentioned irregularities, readers suspect that the leaders of CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company have falsified the documents to bid and win the bid.

The fact that CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company does not meet the financial criteria but still wins the bid, causing public opinion to question: Is the investor deliberately “creating conditions” for CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company to win? Bid?

With the manifestations of fraud and violation of the Bidding Law of CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company that has been mentioned by the public, the leaders of the Hanoi People’s Committee are requested to direct relevant agencies to enter, investigate, and clarify early. and strictly handle violations according to law provisions (if any).

According to the Bloomberg, Singapore prosecutors accuse Ng Yu Zhi of defrauding at least S $ 1 billion ($ 740 million) from many investors through a series of short commodity transactions. Singapore police describe this as one of the biggest investment fraud scandals ever.

The Singapore authorities have yet to disclose sufficient information about Ng and his fraudulent tricks. However, Bloomberg research court records, interview investors, and determine that the 33-year-old trader has raised huge amounts of investment with a pledge of up to 15% quarterly average interest rates.

This interest rate is equivalent to the achievements of the top hedge fund managers in the world.

Invest in many areas

As a Singapore citizen, Ng is allowed to bail after paying S $ 1.5 million ($ 1.1 million) in bail. This teller must wear an electronic surveillance device. Ng’s trial will continue in the coming weeks.

Ng’s past remains a secret. However, this teller has become well known in Singapore’s philanthropic community, supercar players and entrepreneur club in recent years. In August 2020, Ng was honored by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at National University of Singapore for his contributions in fundraising activities.

Transaction officer Ng Yu Zhi. Photo: PR Newswire.

According to the Straits Times, Singapore authorities confiscated assets worth S $ 100 million ($ 74 million) – including super car Pagani Huayra – of Ng to serve the investigation. A source from the police said the Pagani Huayra is priced at about $ 5.2-5.9 million.

Ng invests in many industries, from commodities, technology startups to Japanese restaurants and veterinary clinics. The fraud allegations against Ng revolved around his transactions at Envy Asset Management and Envy Global Trading. Ng controlled and served as director of these two companies.

Of the more than S $ 1 billion ($ 747 million) poured into these two companies, about S $ 300 million ($ 224 million) was transferred to Ng’s private account, prosecutors alleged. About S $ 200 million ($ 150 million) disappeared without a trace.

To date, Ng’s customers have only received payments totaling S $ 700 million ($ 523 million). However, Ng owed investors S $ 1 billion (US $ 747 million) to investors.

Deceive by short transaction

According to the indictment, Ng raised money from investors to buy nickel from an Australian company called Poseidon Nickel Ltd. However, Ng has never made this transaction. Poseidon CEO Peter Harold asserted that the company has no relationship with Ng or related companies.

In addition, Ng also told investors that he signed multiple contracts with French bank BNP Paribas SA. However, these contracts do not exist at all. BNP does not have an account or transaction history with Ng, Envy Asset Management or Envy Global Trading.

Reply BloombergAn investor of Ng said that he started investing with Ng in 2018. Since then, this investor has never withdraw money because he believes in Ng’s ability to generate profits.

Ng’s list of investors includes fund management company Envysion Wealth Management and Ms. Shim Wai Han – founder of Envysion. The indictment said Ng persuaded Envysion and Ms. Shim to invest $ 35.8 million in virtual nickel investment transactions. “Our goal now is only one, which is to get money back to investors and to ourselves,” Shim said.

Singapore is the center of financial transactions in Asia. Photo: AP.

Neither Ng’s Envy Asset nor Envy Global is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) because the law does not require that companies investing in physical assets have a license. After Ng’s scandal, MAS put Envy Asset on the warning list. Currently, Envy Asset is no longer active. Ng was removed from his position as chief executive officer of Envy Global last month for a fraud scandal.

Before Ng’s scandal, Singapore was shaken by the financial fraud of the oil business group Hin Leong Trading Ltd. last year.

However, expert Lawrence Loh – director of the Center for Management and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore Business School – said that Singapore government needs to ensure a balance between tightening financial regulations and controls. create favorable conditions to attract investors.

Bernard Madoff – the man behind the largest and most devastating pyramid scheme in history, taking over $ 65 billion of tens of thousands of victims worldwide, has gone from the pinnacle of fame. hope – from a powerful Wall Street tycoon to an extremely hated criminal who spends the rest of his life in a prison in North Carolina. The US federal prison agency confirmed that Bernard Madoff died at the age of 82 on April 14 while serving a prison term.

Super trick Bernard Madoff. Photo: Reuters

“We think he is God”

For decades, Bernard Madoff, former chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange, has been regarded as a model of a self-made financial expert who always enjoys luck despite the volatility of the market.

He has attracted a large number of dedicated investment clients, from Florida retirees to the rich and famous, including director Steven Spielberg, actor Kevin Bacon, Fred Wilpon – team boss baseball New York Mets and Elie Wiesel – Nobel Peace Prize winners

Madoff, was born in 1938 in a middle-class Jewish neighborhood in Queens, New York. His father, Ralph, was a stockbroker – the son of Eastern European immigrants in the United States.

Madoff and his brother Peter arrived on Wall Street in 1960 with the meager money saved from working as lifeguards and installing sprinkler systems. Madoff studied political science and law before founding Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities (BMIS). BMIS has built a reputation for large deals on the Nasdaq. In 1980, the company owned three floors of a high-rise building in downtown Manhattan.

Madoff helped make Nasdaq the largest stock exchange in North America through efforts to build its competitive advantage and increase its influence between 1970 and 1980. He was later appointed. President Nasdaq, has become a reliable figure in the eyes of investors as well as regulators.

“We think he is God. We entrust everything into his hands “, Elie Wiesel – Nobel Peace Prize winner shared.

Silently “cheat black child”

But what the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) did not discover is that behind the scenes, in a separate and closed office, Madoff secretly runs the virtual wealth network using the money of the houses. New investments to pay back the old ones. If other ponzi scams work by paying high returns to investors and then collapsing quickly, Madoff pays a modest but steady return to perpetuate the scam over the long term.

Over the years, at least $ 13 billion has been invested in Madoff’s missions, the US authorities said. The collected documents show that Madoff’s profits are always stable at 2 digits even during market downturns. Before Madoff was arrested, many reports said that the amount of invested assets had reached 65 billion USD.

Kim in the bag for a long time also emerged

It all collapsed in 2008 after Madoff’s business was uncovered as a classic Ponzi scheme that brought the businessman billions. This mission has evaporated all money and wiped out the fortunes of investors – rich and poor, shattering many charities and funds around the world. Madoff – the biggest fraud boss in Wall Street history is so hated that he must wear a bulletproof vest to court after admitting his crime.

Madoff’s crimes not only ruined the lives of 37,000 victims, but also destroyed his own family, including Madoff’s two sons. Mark – one of his children committed suicide in 2010 – two years after his father was arrested. Another left son, Andrew, died of cancer at the age of 48. His wife, Ruth, is still alive and is currently hiding somewhere in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Madoff has created “a legend around him that makes everything special, unique and all,” said Elie Wiesel, a victim of the Ponzi mission that was seized for $ 15.2 million. are kept secret ”. Like many of his clients, Madoff and his wife enjoy a lavish lifestyle. They own a $ 7 million apartment in Manhattan, a $ 11 million real estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and a $ 4 million home on Long Island. In addition, his family has a house in the south of France, private aircraft and yachts.

In a report released in 2009, lawyer Irving Picard, representing the victims of the scam said: “The investigation of Madoff’s assets has led to a maze of funds, nests organizations and many international agencies are related and intertwined in unprecedented complexity with a width that seems to have no stops “.

The report said Madoff’s scam spread widely: Britain, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bahamas. More than 15,400 lawsuits have been filed against Madoff.

Madoff pleaded guilty in March 2009, saying he wanted to apologize to all victims and was deeply ashamed of his behavior. After being confined to an attic apartment in Manhattan for a while, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison in June 2009 and began serving in July 2009. The Madoff’s property was auctioned off. The US government also set up a trust to recoup the money that Madoff’s company has put into investments and pay thousands of victims.

Today (April 15), the People’s Court of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province brought the case of “fraudulent appropriation of property” occurred at Sao Vang Investment Joint Stock Company (referred to as Sao Vang company for short, address number 257). Ba Cu, Ward 4, Vung Tau City) to trial. This is a fraud case with the amount of hundreds of billion dong.

In court, the defendant Pham Thi Thu Ha (SN 1983, hometown of Ha Tinh, residing in Vung Tau City) was prosecuted by VKSND of the same level for fraudulent appropriation of property.

Concerning this case, the mastermind – defendant Huynh Thi Ngan Trang (SN 1983, resident of Xuan Loc district, Dong Nai province) has fled and is being wanted.

Defendant Pham Thi Thu Ha at the trial this morning (April 15). Photo: Quang Hung

From the early morning, hundreds of people who were the victims, who were involved in the case have been in court, crowded in the hall and the railing outside the courtroom.

Some victims also brought law books to prepare for the argument in court.

However, after the examination of the composition of the court, the Panel decided to postpone the trial for the reasons: many victims are absent, the person with related obligations and the victim requested the postponement … , delay after more than 1 month, will be reopened.

According to the list announced by the secretary, this trial the court summoned more than 144 victims and more than 400 people with related obligations. However, only more than 100 victims were present and more than 134 persons with related rights and obligations participated.

After the decision to postpone the trial, many defendants petitioned to send the People’s Court to return the files to further investigate the case, they said that the procedural agency had “overlooked” the crime, many related issues in the case. the judgment has not been satisfactorily resolved …

Appropriated nearly 224 billion dong of 433 customers

According to the case file, from 2012 to June 2017, Huynh Thi Ngan Trang – Chairman of Sao Vang and Pham Thi Thu Ha – held the positions: Director, Deputy General Director, The treasurer of Sao Vang Company deceived 433 customers to steal nearly 224 billion dong.

Trang and Ha confessed that during the above period, Sao Vang company invested in projects, bought shares at a loss, had no revenue, but both still maintained to pay profits to customers, taking money from the customer pays the customer, the latter pays the first.

Hundreds of people were harmed, who were on duty involved in court early in the morning. Photo: Quang Hung

Many participants in court leave the courtroom after the decision to postpone. Photo: Quang Hung

In December 2016, Sao Vang Company terminated the investment activities of projects, but continued to mobilize capital from customers for investment cooperation. By June 2017, although Sao Vang Company could not afford to pay, Trang continued to deceive customers through the service staff, customer department to appeal and entice customers by offer a profit rate of 22-30% for them to deposit money into the company and then appropriate a portion of paying for previous customers.

In order to carry out the above behavior, Trang and Ha have made false documents on the charter capital contribution of member companies in cash; taking advantage of the position of General Director, concurrently Chairman of the Board of Directors, Trang instructs employees to spend money for the “virtual” project investment page, no revenue.

After that, Trang pays a certain amount of money to maintain the cash fund of Sao Vang, to ensure the payment of principal and profit for customers, pay commissions for employees and operating expenses. …

With the above deceitful tricks, Trang fraudulently appropriated the money of 433 customers with the amount of more than VND 223 billion. Specifically, Sao Vang original amount has not yet paid to these customers is more than 407 billion VND; the amount of profit paid is more than 174 billion dong; the amount of commissions for employees is over 9 billion.

For Pham Thi Thu Ha’s behavior, the investigation and police determined that between 2010 and 2016, Ha was a shareholder, holding important positions in the company, playing a role in helping for phishing page with the above tricks.

From 2015 to 2016, Ha helped Trang directly sign 70 investment cooperation contracts and 7 maturity contracts with 67 customers, and signed annexes of investment cooperation contracts with fixed profit agreements. Payable to customers 27.6% / year, expected profit from 15-36% / year, with commitment to pay profit in advance to customers, regardless of business results.

Consequently, 67 customers trusted and were “trapped” to pay Sao Vang, with the appropriated amount of nearly 24 billion VND.

The defendants petitioned for the return of additional investigation files because they believed that the case “omitted the crime”. Someone brought law books to court to prepare for the argument. Photo: Quang Hung

At the investigation agency, Trang confessed all the criminal acts committed by Trang. Ba Ria – Vung Tau Provincial Police CSDT has prosecuted the defendant, applied measures to prevent leaving the residence, delayed exit for Trang due to her pregnancy, child nursing under 36 months old.

However, on March 26, 2020, Trang fled the locality, so the investigating agency issued a pursuit decision, suspended the investigation for the accused and decided to separate the criminal case for criminal acts. Trang’s defendant, after being caught, will be handled later.

At the same time, the police agency ordered distraint, suspend transactions for assets such as land use rights, shares related to Trang and Sao Vang company.

Defendant Ha confessed his crime, but said that everything was directed by Trang, did not intentionally commit fraud to appropriate property with Trang.

However, with documents and evidence gathered together with testimony during the settlement of the case, the police agency determined that Ha was an accomplice with Trang on the crime of appropriating property.

In this case, the investigation agency also worked with 13 shareholders of Sao Vang company and identified some shareholders who did not participate in the company’s operations, did not know Trang and Ha committed criminal acts. insufficient grounds to consider criminal liability.
Meanwhile, some other shareholders denied the responsibility and role related to the defendant’s criminal acts, so when the Trang is arrested, the investigation agency will continue to consider and handle.