Ho Chi Minh City: again appeared a trick message

In recent days, many mobile phone users in Ho Chi Minh City have been deceived by messages and have lost money unfairly. Specifically, mobile phone users accidentally receive messages sent from 998 switchboard with the content ' Congratulations: please congratulate you for receiving 50,000d in your account. To deposit money into your account, please write the following message: and send to 8730 '(unsigned message - NV).

On the afternoon of December 14, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Bao, director of VTC Mobile Company (belonging to VTC Multimedia Communications Corporation) - the unit is using and exploiting the messaging service on the 8730, saying this is news. trick message. The crook took advantage of the messaging function from PBX 998 (like texting from the Internet) to trick customers and when following that message, customers will be charged. VTC Mobile has also contacted mobile network providers to find ways to prevent this type of trick - Bao said. When texting to participate in games on the phone to 87xx switchboard, players will be deducted VND 15,000 / message.

NAM HUNG