Seditive tricks from the "beautiful girl" account
In the role of a man who is looking for a girlfriend, Lao Dong Newspaper reporters recorded the situation that many bad actors have used the image of "handsome men - beautiful women" to create virtual accounts on social networking platforms such as Facebook, Zalo. After creating an attractive cover, these accounts actively send friend requests, text to get acquainted with users.
Initially, the conversation usually takes place normally with questions and confidences about personal life to create intimacy. After a short time, the subjects will gradually switch to sensitive topics, suggesting private conversations or video calls.
Many cases start from seemingly harmless conversations. However, due to curiosity, liking to express themselves, or lack of vigilance, users are easily drawn into sensitive content, even "chat sex" with strangers.
This subjectivity has created opportunities for bad actors to take advantage of. When victims participate in video calls with sensitive content, all images and videos will be secretly recorded on screen by the subjects to serve the purpose of extortion afterwards.
Victims easily fall into traps due to shameful psychology
Analyzing from a cybersecurity perspective, Mr. Tran Hai Long - an AI Scientist Brickteck JSC expert - said that this is a form of fraud combining psychological attack and financial appropriation.
According to Mr. Long, when users participate in sensitive websites or conversations, they often have a psychology of fear of personal information being leaked. This makes victims easily led by subjects and difficult to report immediately when detecting unusual signs. In addition to secretly filming videos to extort money, many subjects also use tricks to entice victims to register as members or buy "VIP" packages to watch content on fake pornographic websites.
After the user pays, the system will intentionally report the error and ask the victim to top up more money to complete the transaction. In many other cases, scammers create accounts or chatbots impersonating support staff, constantly giving technical reasons to put pressure and urge victims to transfer money.
Some websites also require users to download fake applications. When installed, this application can steal personal information, bank OTP codes and steal money from victims' accounts. According to experts, to avoid falling into fraud traps, users need to be vigilant right from the internet access stage. Many fraud websites can be identified through abnormal domain names, containing spelling errors or using less common suffixes such as ".xyz", ".vip", ".top".
These websites often do not have clear contact information, do not publicly announce the administrator or legal entity responsible. Another characteristic is that scam sites often display pop-up notifications such as "transaction is faulty", "time is running out", "account is about to be locked" or "big prize". These messages are designed to create a feeling of panic, causing users to act hastily without thinking.
When they have made a transaction, many victims, because of shame, continue to listen to the subject's instructions, transfer more money with the hope of "resolving the matter", but in reality, they fall deeper into the fraud trap.
Through this incident, functional forces recommend that people absolutely do not make sensitive video calls with strangers online; always be vigilant against newly acquainted accounts that appear unusually intimate.
At the same time, do not transfer money when threatened with spreading images - because reality shows that transferring money does not help delete videos but only makes you a "prey" for them to continue extorting money many times. In case of being threatened or requested to transfer money through the above form, it is recommended that people go to the nearest police station immediately for guidance and resolution according to the provisions of law. In addition, when encountering a similar situation, please remain calm, save all evidence and immediately report to the police station for timely support.
