{"id":5045,"date":"2023-09-13T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chongluadao.vn\/blog\/?p=5045"},"modified":"2023-09-30T23:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:20:27","slug":"canh-giac-voi-trang-web-mao-danh-tap-doan-dien-luc-viet-nam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chongluadao.vn\/blog\/en\/2023\/09\/canh-giac-voi-trang-web-mao-danh-tap-doan-dien-luc-viet-nam\/","title":{"rendered":"Be wary of websites impersonating Vietnam Electricity Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vietnam Electricity Group is a special class state-owned enterprise in Vietnam with multi-industry business. Before 2006, EVN was a monopoly corporation that held all power generation sources, owned many large power plants in Vietnam, and the entire power transmission grid. Up to now, EVN still plays a particularly important role in distributing to households. This has caused many bad guys to take advantage of EVN's name to scam and profit from people, thereby appropriating property. So how to recognize and avoid being scammed? Let's Anti-Phishing<\/a> (CLD) find out in the article below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. Current status of EVN impersonation fraud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Fake EVN website<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Recently, Anti-Fraud has continuously received reports from users about fake EVN websites. These websites are used to lure EVN customers to deposit money into virtual accounts. Depositing money into these fake websites is often disguised in many forms such as paying monthly electricity bills, investing, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Not only do they trick victims into depositing money, these websites are also places to install and lure victims to download malicious mobile applications (apps).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Check an apk file impersonating EVN's customer service app<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

If the victim launches these files to install the app, the malicious source code in the file will immediately be activated. This not only gives scammers the ability to control victims' phones, but can also use them to take over various types of accounts, including bank accounts, or potentially personal information. blackmail the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Impersonating an electricity employee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, the Electricity Group continuously warned about the situation of customers receiving phone calls impersonating electricity employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, the Northern Electricity Corporation received reports about someone impersonating an electricity employee, contacting customers and saying they could have their power cut off or their power purchase contract cut off after 2 hours. since the call. From there, the subjects asked customers to pay fees to ensure that their electricity would not be cut off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early August, Ho Chi Minh City Electricity also warned about calls impersonating electricity employees. In addition to Ho Chi Minh City Electricity Corporation, a number of units under Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) also recorded the phenomenon of impersonating electricity employees calling electricity customers to commit fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These subjects claimed to be employees of the regional electricity company, announcing that customers were on the list of 10% refunds on electricity bills for the first 6 months of 2023. To receive a refund, customers must install the application or Visit a fake website to deposit money or transfer 5,000-10,000 VND to your bank account to get an account number to refund the money.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to statistics, in the first 6 months of 2023, there were more than 150 cases of customers reporting calls informing them of electricity debt, threatening to cut off electricity, or suspend electricity purchase contracts if they do not pay immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. Detailed instructions on how to recognize fraudulent websites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Identify scams by scamadviser.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ScamAdviser<\/a> is one of the most reputable websites in the world that analyzes the safety or scam level of other websites. Use ScamAdviser to check the link \u201ccskh[.]evnspr[.]cc<\/strong>\u201c"\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ScamAdviser reviews here Not<\/em><\/strong> is a reputable website because:<\/p>\n\n\n