According to the police agency, the subjects used Facebook and TikTok to livestream about horoscopes, fortune-telling, worshiping, claiming to be blessed by "the superiors" and being able to know the lottery results in advance.
After gaining trust, they offer to sell "orders" containing numbers called "luck". People who want to receive "luck" must transfer money.
In fact, just being a little alert and looking with the "common eye" will immediately show that there is nothing mysterious in this story. Because no one can know the lottery results in advance by performing rituals, asking "the superiors" or receiving points from a supernatural force.
And the only thing that is true is that the money of buyers has flowed into the accounts of those who create "magics" through livestream sessions.
Yet from June 2025 to now, this line has been identified as having sent hundreds of thousands of "orders" across the country, appropriating more than 50 billion VND.
That scale shows that this is no longer just a few fortune-telling sessions to earn small change, but a well-organized fraud activity.
The subjects understand human psychology very well. Some people want to change their lives quickly. Some people are in difficulty and hope to find an opportunity. Some people encounter upheavals and insecurity, so they turn to spirituality as a support.
The scammer sowed a promise in those wishes: Just spend a sum of money, luck will come. Social networks have helped that promise spread.
Livestreams are staged with a mysterious atmosphere, rituals and stories about the winner easily make viewers lose vigilance. When repeated every day and receiving a series of praiseful comments, irrationality can also be put on a credible look.
Belief and spirituality are legitimate spiritual needs and are respected by law. But taking advantage of that belief to sell unfounded predictions, commitments to win the lottery, change luck or ward off bad luck is a completely different story.
It's not about practicing belief, but psychological manipulation to get money.
However, it is not possible to just blame the deceived for being gullible. Many victims may be facing economic, health or family difficulties, so they easily cling to promises. It is precisely when people are most weak that bad guys can easily take advantage of.
Therefore, in addition to investigating and strictly handling subjects, it is necessary to soon prevent accounts showing signs of selling "luck", advertising that they may know the lottery results in advance or commit to changing their fate with unverified items and rituals.
On the user's side, each promise of winning the lottery for sure, changing fortune instantly or getting rich quickly thanks to supernatural power must be seen as a warning sign.
Because no miracle is sold through livestream. What is advertised for sale is just fake hope, and what buyers may lose is real money.
