Attaching the logo of a social insurance agency to deceive employees
Recently, on TikTok, Facebook, Zalo, livestream sessions... many accounts have appeared posting phone numbers to receive social insurance books or complete procedures related to social insurance agencies. The subjects often use the logo and image of the social insurance agency to create trust, along with invitations such as "free consultation", "support for processing documents" to approach employees who lack legal knowledge or are afraid to contact the authorities.
The activity of collecting documents and fees, even buying and selling social insurance books, takes place publicly on social networks. After searching for related keywords, Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, posing as people needing to sell social insurance books, contacted the phone number 0389.388.xxx. The listener introduced that Ben was in Bac Ninh and said that he would accept the liquidation of all social insurance books, provided that the employee had stopped paying social insurance for 9 months or more.
Through the discussion, the subject requested to make friends with Zalo to submit the entire process of participating in social insurance, including the book, receipt and payment time, then "report the price". When asked about the certificate of more than 4 years of contributions, this person replied "depending on the salary".
"We only need the social insurance code to check everything. If he lives in Hanoi, the book can be paid for more than 1 year and can be liquidated, said Bat. If the book has been closed for about 4 years and the salary is above and below 4 million VND/month, the "reasonable" price is above and below 20 million VND. However, Set said that he had to see the information in the book directly to get the final price.
Regarding the transaction method, the subject instructed: "Send the book for me to check. If possible, someone will come to do the transaction directly. I can receive cash or a transfer. After receiving the information, Ben informed him that he could not buy it because the book had not been suspended for 9 months. When the reporter suggested "selling off", the subject switched to suggesting a mortgage, but then refused because "the company owes social insurance".
Another account named Thien Y with phone number 0893...XXX also requested a photo of the book and payment level, then made an appointment to go to the office in Quang Ninh to check the book and finalize the salary. If agreed, the seller would write a power of attorney, receive the money and have their citizen identification card held for a month. When the reporter reported the inconvenience of traveling far away, this account said that he could go to Hanoi and get a license without notarization.
Direct threat to the security of workers
The situation of impersonating social insurance officers to commit fraud over the phone and social networks is increasingly sophisticated, causing many consequences. Although the authorities and the press have continuously warned, there are still many victims who "fall into the trap". People need to proactively protect personal information, coordinate with authorities to protect legitimate rights and prevent profiteering tricks of bad guys.
According to Ms. Duong Thi Minh Chau - Head of the Department of Communication and Development of Social Insurance Subjects of Hanoi City, when social insurance book trading activities appeared in the area, the unit coordinated with the police and transferred the file to the competent authority for handling. Recently, there have been many cases of impersonating social insurance employees to call the elderly, instructing them to access fake websites to declare personal information such as synchronized citizen identification cards, bank accounts, and threatening to "cut health insurance cards" if not done.
The case of Ms. Nguyen Thi Phan (name changed) in Giang Vo ward is a typical example. She received a call threatening to cut her health insurance card and was asked to access the fake Ba Dinh Social Insurance website to declare information. Suspicious, Ms. Phan went directly to the Social Insurance agency to check and was given timely instructions on how to avoid fraud.
"Currently, Hanoi Social Insurance has issued warnings via loudspeakers at social insurance facilities and on the iHanoi application," said Ms. Chau.
According to the amended Law on Social Insurance 2024, effective from July 1, 2025, all acts of buying, selling, mortgaging, mortgaging, and depositing social insurance books are strictly prohibited. However, the law does not prohibit the collection of one-time social insurance payments through authorization, so it is difficult to clearly determine the act of buying and selling books. To limit this situation, the Social Insurance agency has requested the application receiving points to strengthen control of authorization documents, especially in cases where one person continuously receives a social insurance household at one time for many people. When detecting unusual signs, you must report to the police for coordination in handling.
