From phone calls claiming to be insurance officers
On July 2, Ms. Nguyen Thi An (character's name has been changed) residing in Ba Che district received a call from a strange phone number, introduced as an officer working at the Ba Che district social insurance, asking her to come to the headquarters. update personal information.
At this time, Ms. An reported that she was busy and could not go to the social insurance agency to work directly. The person on the other end of the line requested online support and promised that another officer would call back.
After that, Ms. An received another call, this person claiming to be a social insurance officer instructed to update the citizen identification card (CCCD) into the application on the mobile phone device, synchronizing data with the VNEID application ( Electronic identification application of the Police Department of Administrative Management of Social Order) by accessing the link ending ".govvvn.com".
Ms. An said: "When I clicked on the link, I saw that the interface on the phone screen was similar to the VssID application of Vietnam Social Insurance, so I believed it and followed it. At this time, the subject asked me to make friends on Zalo, support updating and synchronizing information and requested to collect a support fee of 10,000 VND via QR code. After scanning the QR code and clicking confirm, the entire amount of 1.8 million VND in my account was lost."
Another case is Ms. Hoang Thi Tuoi (character's name has been changed) - a teacher at a secondary school in Binh Lieu district, received a call from a stranger who introduced himself as Thang, a district social insurance officer requesting support to Installing the VssID application due to an error, Ms. Tuoi is asked to provide personal information. Feeling confused, Ms. Tuoi contacted the district social insurance agency to verify and escaped the fraud trap set by the subject.
New scam with the pretext of synchronizing personal data
According to a report from the Social Insurance Department of Quang Ninh province, from 2023 onwards, there has never been a scam similar to this taking place in Quang Ninh province. By early July 2024, Quang Ninh Social Insurance received a report from the Social Insurance of Ba Che district, Binh Lieu district about a subject impersonating a social insurance officer instructing people to synchronize data by requesting personal information. core.
Talking to Labor reporters, Mr. Nguyen Huy Thong - Deputy Director of Social Insurance of Quang Ninh province - said: "Immediately after receiving the information, Social Insurance issued official dispatch No. 2178/BHXH-TT dated July 9, 2024 on the matter. Warning of impersonation of social insurance agency officials, request to synchronize CCCD data, update VSSID information to send to Vietnam Social Insurance, Quang Ninh Provincial Police and labor-employing units in the province... At the same time, post on the information pages of Quang Ninh Provincial Social Insurance for people to access and understand, avoiding unfortunate events from happening."
Currently, the Provincial Social Insurance is managing over 1.3 million people participating in social insurance and health insurance, to ensure that personal information of people and workers is kept confidential, avoiding being taken advantage of by bad people. fraud... Quang Ninh Provincial Social Insurance recommends: Units coordinate information to workers and people in the area to promote vigilance. Do not make friends on Zalo, do not click on strange links or provide OTP codes, personal passwords, or facial recognition to strangers to avoid being taken advantage of and scammed by thieves.
Quang Ninh Provincial Social Insurance only provides official information on policies, laws and consulting and support services for participants and beneficiaries of social insurance and health insurance through the Quang Ninh Provincial Social Insurance electronic portal: https:// quangninh.baohiemxahoi.gov.vn.
