According to a report from the Department of Information Security, securities, virtual currency, and multi-level investment scams are one of them 24 most common forms of fraud as of the first half of 2023. So how to recognize and avoid this scam? Let's Anti-Phishing (CLĐ) learn more through the article below.
I. Current status of scams to attract investment
2022 is considered the year of an explosion in online financial fraud in Vietnam. Since 2022, many new tricks to appropriating property have continuously appeared. Thousands of victims were deceived and robbed of money amounting to hundreds of millions or billions of dong.
During this period, Vietnamese people also became increasingly interested in domestic stocks. This has created opportunities for many bad guys to take advantage. Around the beginning of 2023, thousands of Vietnamese people participated in unofficial stock investment applications advertised on social networking sites (MXH) and then could not withdraw their invested money and were scammed. win huge sums of money. These fraudulent stock investment applications all create models similar to domestic stock exchanges, causing many inexperienced people to mistrust them.
Similar to defrauding victims of stock investments, many fraud gangs have set up websites impersonating major financial corporations in the world, calling and luring people to invest financially and generate virtual currency. High profit to scam.
On February 5, Ho Chi Minh City Police issued a warning about scams calling for financial investment and virtual currency on trading floors. According to Ho Chi Minh City Police, scams call for financial investment and virtual currency by calling on players to spend money to invest, buy - sell, and trade virtual currencies, digital currencies, and cryptocurrencies. on binary trading floors (Binary Option - BO), foreign exchange investment floors... is not a new form of fraud. However, there are still many people who are ignorant and profit-hungry and become victims of this trick.
II. Identifying characteristics and fraud tactics
Identify international stock investment platforms, gold trading, foreign exchange, virtual currency, real estate, multi-level marketing that have advertising goals, attract a large number of people to invest and are at risk of fraud. Asset appropriation is important to protect yourself and avoid falling into financial traps. Here are some signs to identify and avoid:
III. How to avoid investment scams
Fraudulent tactics through international stock investment floor operations, gold trading, foreign exchange, virtual currency, real estate, and multi-level marketing to advertise and entice a large number of people to invest and then take over. Stealing property is no longer a new tactic, but many people still fall into the trap. To prevent this, you need to pay attention to the following issues:
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