Nguyen Tat Thanh University said that a first-year student of the school received a call from a subject claiming to be a Hanoi City Police officer asking students to participate in a Zoom call to prove that they were not involved in a money laundering group through a student exchange program in Japan.
Along with that is a fake "Criminal arrest and asset freeze order", with full matching personal information (student's name, student code, citizen identification number), causing students to panic and worry.
This student later shared the above information with his classmates and reported it to the school. After verification, the school confirmed that this was a form of fraud to appropriate property.
Therefore, the school recommends that students should be vigilant, absolutely do not provide personal information, do not participate in video calls from strangers and immediately report to the school when encountering similar situations.
At the same time, the school recommends that students stay calm, do not follow the requests of anyone claiming to be a state official over the phone; Do not provide personal information, bank accounts, OTP codes to anyone; Do not participate in video calls from strangers to avoid collecting biometric data; Do not install strange software, do not log into bank accounts via links sent from strangers.
In case of receiving the above information, it is necessary to verify the programs and notify the school.
