The truth about information about losing money when receiving calls from FlashAI

According to a report from the Department of Information Security, spreading false rumors about calls from FlashAI is one of the reasons 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. False rumors about FlashAI

In April 2023, on social networking sites, posts continuously appeared about calls from "FlashAI". According to these posts, FlashAI is a form of "artificial intelligence" that can infiltrate victims' phones, steal personal information as well as bank accounts. Anyone who listens to these calls will lose all the money in their account,...

To "verify" these rumors, many social network accounts have appeared asking for help and providing "evidence" of unknown authenticity, claiming that they have lost a large amount of money after hearing the rumors. call this "artificial intelligence".

This information quickly caused confusion among Vietnamese users when many celebrity accounts also shared these false posts.

II. The truth behind

Information that just by receiving voicecalls you can lose money like FlashAI or similar is Incorrect.

There is no way for users to be charged just by receiving a regular voicecall on a mobile phone. What the subjects did was to gain views, likes and confuse public opinion.

You only lose money on phone calls when:

III. How to avoid phone scams

You should be vigilant and avoid receiving unwanted calls from strange phone numbers, especially from numbers of unknown origin.

There are several forms of scams, such as “call hijacking” (call spoofing) or “vishing“, in which crooks will spoof phone numbers or use technologies to display different phone numbers when calling. Their purpose is to defraud users by convincing them to ACT according to the scammer's instructions to reveal personal information, passwords, or perform financial transactions.

These tricks are not new, however, they are becoming more and more sophisticated. So, if you receive an unwanted call, be careful and pay attention to the following points: