According to the police agency, recently, on social networking platforms, there are increasingly many articles calling for charitable donations with emotional content and heartbreaking images to attract community attention. However, besides genuine charitable activities, there have been many subjects taking advantage of people's kindness to commit acts of fraud and appropriation of property.
Subjects often use personal accounts or create fake pages and groups to post information about difficult circumstances, serious illnesses, accidents or natural disasters. Images and videos attached are mostly copied from many different sources, even cut and pasted, creating untrue stories to create trust. Some cases even impersonate charities, functional agencies or reputable individuals to increase persuasiveness.
The common trick is to call on people to transfer money quickly to personal accounts or e-wallets, without publicizing or making information transparent. Articles often create time pressure such as urgent need, critical life for readers to rush to transfer money without verification. After receiving money, the subjects quickly delete the articles, lock accounts or cut off contact to evade responsibility.
Faced with the above situation, the police agency recommends that people be vigilant and cautious when participating in donation activities on social networks. Only support through reputable organizations and charitable funds recognized by functional agencies; check and verify information carefully before transferring money; do not transfer money to personal accounts when it is not clear and transparent. At the same time, be wary of articles with unusual signs, urgent appeal content, lack of verification and do not share or spread unverified information.
When detecting cases of fraud in the form of charity appeals, people need to promptly report to the nearest police agency to be received and handled according to regulations. Raising the vigilance of each citizen will make an important contribution to preventing and combating law violations, protecting the integrity and transparency of charity activities and maintaining security and order in the area.
