Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training issues warning about student fraud

On the evening of August 12, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued a warning about student fraud, asking schools to strengthen measures to protect students.

Recently, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City warned about students receiving calls related to university admissions.

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On the evening of August 12, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued a notice asking parents and students to be vigilant and schools to strengthen measures to protect students. It specifically warned against student fraud involving the form of "online kidnapping" that has been noted by the police in recent times.

According to the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, recently, some parents whose children are in high school reported to the department that they continuously received fraudulent calls, claiming to be from the People's Committee, the Police, and the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, asking students to follow instructions.

Specifically, these scammers impersonated admissions officers, asked students to open video calls and make friends via Zalo to send documents from the Department of Education and Training. When committing the scam, the subjects stated the correct addresses of the City People's Committee, the City Department of Education and Training, along with personal information, school addresses, classes... of the students.

There was also a situation where a person impersonated a member of the City Police, and the student's ID number was known and taken advantage of by a bad person, who asked him to go to the police station immediately to resolve the matter. The person also provided accurate information about the parents' names, home address, ID number...

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City warns and recommends that all parents and students be vigilant and not listen to or follow instructions from strange phone numbers. Parents and students should not follow the requests of strangers. All information is communicated through the school's official channels and through homeroom teachers to parents and students directly.

At the same time, the HCM City Department of Education and Training requested schools to strengthen measures to protect students; regularly communicate and remind students and parents to be vigilant. Absolutely keep personal information confidential, and advise parents and students not to post personal information on social networks.

Also today, the Ministry of Education and Training issued a document warning about the methods of criminal gangs who take advantage of cyberspace to "kidnap students online" and then ask their families to transfer ransom money.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that, according to information from the Criminal Police Department ( Ministry of Public Security ), recently, in some provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City... there have been consecutive cases of subjects impersonating the police force, the prosecutor's office, the court, calling to threaten and manipulate the psychology of students, saying they are involved in a case under investigation, then asking their families to transfer ransom money with a trick called " online kidnapping ".

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/so-gd-dt-tphcm-phat-canh-bao-thu-doan-lua-dao-hoc-sinh-185250812210155304.htm