Recently, the Department of Finance and Business Registration Office received information reflecting the situation of a number of subjects contacting […]
In recent times, the Department of Finance and Business Registration Office have received information reflecting the situation of a number of subjects contacting via phone, zalo or connecting via other social networking platforms to people and businesses impersonating the Department of Finance and Business Registration Office to steal personal and business information to appropriate property. These subjects often impersonate officers, civil servants, and public employees of the Business Registration Office to request and force people and businesses to buy documents, software, register for training classes, and most recently, contact instructions to install applications containing malicious code to gain control over mobile phones, thereby stealing personal and account information.Bank deposits and carry out money transfer transactions in bank accounts available on the phones of people and businesses.
The Department of Finance and Business Registration Office affirmed that they have no policy and do not appoint civil servants and officials to proactively contact people and businesses by phone or social networking platforms to request buying and selling, transferring money, or installing applications on the phone.
The Department of Finance and Business Registration Office advise people and businesses to increase vigilance and not provide personal information, bank accounts, transfer money or follow unregulated instructions from strangers via phone or social networking platforms.
In case of receiving messages or phone calls showing signs of fraud impersonating state agencies, people and businesses need to save evidence to provide to the police to handle violations of the subjects according to the law.
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