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Software spoofing application by the Ministry of Public Security – Photo: Ministry of Public Security
Consequently, this spyware was disguised as objects, posing as a mobile application (App) called “Ministry of Public Security”.
This is the trick of using spyware to cheat, steal property, stealing property is especially dangerous. If the user installs this application on the phone, they will take control of the whole phone.
The trick used by the subjects is to use VOIP technology to create virtual phone numbers, fake public phone numbers of law enforcement agencies (only different from prefixes like +0096, +884), to call the victim , inform you that you are being investigated because it is related to a case or specialized case, otherwise you will be arrested and processed.
At the same time, ask the victim to declare the assets, the amount of cash available and the amount of money deposited in the bank accounts. They forged arrest warnings, prosecutions, police summons to intimidate, and then asked victims to switch their phones to use Android phones.
Then, under the excuse of “securing account information, protecting victims from scammers,” the subjects asked the victim to download and install applications to impersonate the software provided by the Ministry of Public Security. The image shown is the police station and bears the name “Ministry of Public Security”.
After the victim installs the application called “Ministry of Public Security” above, according to the instructions of the subjects, the victim will have to fill in the information fields shown in this fake application such as: username, password, account bank, full name, identity card number (citizen card) … These data will be transferred to the server managed by the subjects.
Messages and calls to the victim’s phone will be monitored by spyware and transferred to the server under the management of the object, which is not displayed on the victim’s phone.
More dangerous, the objects can also control the user’s mobile phone remotely such as: compose, send SMS messages, unlock mobile devices, turn the Internet on and off, access WiFi, read, register. Contacts; read and write call history, make calls without the knowledge of the phone owner.
Typically, there was an incident where subjects silently monitor message content, recover account passwords on their own, register Internet banking and smart banking services, and change account transaction limits . , then access the account, transfer the victim’s money abroad.
Messages containing OTP codes and confirmation phone calls from bank staff are transferred directly to the target using spyware. This is the reason for the withdrawal of the cardholder without the victim noticing.
Through the investigation, the police force discovered that dozens of victims in provinces and cities such as Da Nang, Hue, Tuyen Quang, Nghe An, An Giang, Dak Lak … were robbed and occupied by objects. earned hundreds of billions of dong on the bank account.
The Ministry of Public Security recommends that people be on guard against new fraudulent cybercrime tricks; absolutely do not access unofficial news sites; do not install software or applications from unofficial sources.
If an Android phone user has installed the above fake “Ministry of Public Security” application, it is necessary to quickly check, immediately notify the bank via the 24/7 support switchboard and inform the police. nearest place for assistance and handling.
