Experts say that ignorance and greed are major factors that the scammers can count on to lure increasing number of victims into sophisticated traps.
Her eagerness to get a “simple, profitable job that could be done at home” cost Vu Thi Thuong, a 24-year-old pregnant worker in Thu Duc City, HCMC, her entire savings of VND80 million ($3,350).
In mid-June, Thuong accepted an online invitation on social media while she was looking for a part-time job. The job sounded simple and lucrative: getting purchase orders on an e-commerce platform for high commissions. However, after spending tens of millions of Vietnamese dong, she failed to contact the “recruiters.”
“I was fooled,” she told VnExpress. Thuong has not dared to tell her husband what happened yet even, though she is desolate and desperate about recovering the money.
The deceivers have cleverly exploited the popularity of online purchasing platforms. They pretend to be human resource staff from well-known digital commercial companies like Shopee, Lazada, Tiki, and Sendo, luring people by making rewarding offers through SMS and social media platforms. When people agree, they are added to closed groups on Zalo or Telegram for “business practice.”
The people are told to purchase low-value orders with their own money to “increase companies’ inter-activeness.” They would receive their advance payment back with an attractive commission of up to 20%. The scammers would pay good money at first to build trust. Next, higher commissions…
