Fraud warning of FPT and how to recognize it

FPT is one of the 20 largest private enterprises in Vietnam, operating in all three fields of technology, telecommunications and education. Especially the core subsidiary FPT Software is one of the largest software service companies in Vietnam. Because of that, many bad guys have taken advantage of FPT's name to defraud customers and appropriate assets. So how to recognize fraudulent FPT impersonation website? Let's Anti-Phishing (CLD) learn more with the article below.

I. The situation of impersonating FPT to cheat

1. Impersonating FPT to scam recruitment

Last May, FPT issued a warning about the situation that FPT Telecom's name was constantly being used to scam candidates to participate in interviews with extremely sophisticated processes and methods. These scam recruiters reach out to victims through phishing websites or social media channels, then email victims and invite interviews. Even scammers will provide the correct FPT Telecom headquarters address to increase reliability.

After the phone interview, the victim will receive a link to join the Telegram group. After participating, the victim will be asked to recharge to perform the tasks. The initial tasks usually only need to deposit a small amount and easily receive a commission. But when the amount of money deposited is larger and larger, the scammer will use many different reasons so that the victim not only cannot withdraw the money, but also has to spend more and more money to expect to withdraw the money previously spent. .

After successful redemption, the victim is unable to continue to pay or discovers a fraudulent trick, the scammer will immediately delete the account or block the method of communication with the victim.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the demand for jobs, especially online jobs from home, has always increased. This makes it easy for job postings “light jobs – high salaries” to attract users of social networks.

2. Impersonating FPT to cheat and appropriate property

FPT often offers many promotions to encourage customers to use the service. This has become an opportunity for many bad guys to take advantage of customer assets in a few ways:

In addition, fake websites selling FPT's stores often appear, tricking victims into buying and paying money but not receiving products.

II. Summary of FPT fake websites that are listed by CLD

Currently, in Anti-Phishing database recorded 26 fake FPT links to scam. Below are 10/26 links (filtered from 16,990 entries) last updated by Anti-Phishing at the end of April.

III. Detailed instructions on how to recognize fake website

1. Get to know by scamadviser.com

ScamAdviser is one of the reputable websites in the world that analyzes the safety or fraud of other websites. Use ScamAdviser to check links "fptinternet[.]org“.

ScamAdviser reviews here Not is a reputable website because:

Although this website has a valid SSL certificate, this certificate only shows the security of the communication channel between your machine and the website. SSL certificates also come in many levels, some scammers also prepare their website with a free SSL certificate.

You can also refer to other detailed technical reviews to understand why this site has low credibility. However, the positive highlights section also shows that DNSFilter thinks the site is safe. So if you want to test a website, you should use many different tools.

2. Identify by virustotal.com

VirusTotal is a website that combines many anti-virus software and is an online scan tool to check for viruses that regular antivirus software can miss. Use VirusTotal to check “fptinternet[.]org“.

3. Identify by scam.vn

In addition, users can also check the reliability of the website by Scam.vn.

4. Identify by browser installed with security protection

Currently, some browsers have security settings to prevent and warn users when you visit unsafe websites.

Especially some browsers like Microsoft Edge, Opera and Coc Coc have built-in blacklist data from Anti-Phishing without you having to install anything.

One of the fastest and most accurate ways to know which websites are fake Shopee is to visit chongluadao.vnPhishing websites are constantly updated so you can keep up with the latest information.

The steps to use Anti-Phishing to check a link are as follows:

In addition, you can enter the website link directly as in the search bar to check.

IV. Some notes and recommendations to know to avoid being scammed

1. For recruitment scams

To avoid falling prey to recruitment scams, you should

2. For property appropriation scam

When FPT employees come to the customer's house to work, they will always wear an orange uniform with FPT's logo or an employee card with a wooden stamp. If the employee comes to the house to make a contract for the customer, there will always be a confirmation of the paper invoice, or the SMS electronic receipt (from FPT telecom after collecting the customer's FPT internet installation fee). Customers will keep 1 green contract and 1 white appendix with the company's wood.

For Phuong Nam PNC technicians, technicians always wear navy blue uniforms, with Phuong Nam logo on the back - FPT Telecom's partner.

Please confirm that the other party is an employee or partner of FPT with documents with a red stamp as well as an invoice before letting the other party into your house or make a transaction.