Many people pretend to be fraudulent airlines
On December 19, Vietnam Airlines said that recently, the act of pretending to be the airline’s partner to give gifts to customers has been happening more and more.
Accordingly, taking advantage of customers’ trust in Vietnam Airlines, subjects create chat groups from the list of available phone numbers or join groups on Zalo, Viber, Facebook,… and impersonate as partners of the company. Vietnam Airlines. The subjects will invite customers to increase interaction on social networks with an agreement to pay commissions for each assigned task. Participants will have to make friends with the fake object to receive the reward.
Vietnam Airlines recommends being alert to acts of impersonating a company giving gifts. Photo: Gia Linh
In addition, these subjects also asked to send pictures of receiving money to create trust, continue to scam new groups of customers and use time-limited tricks, stimulating participants to take immediate action. .
These “tasks” are the premise for subjects to steal personal information, bank accounts, OTP codes,… and the ultimate goal is to appropriate property.
Passengers should be wary of fraudulent airline impersonations. Photo: Gia Linh
A representative of Vietnam Airlines affirmed that the airline does not organize or coordinate programs to pay commissions to individuals to increase the number of interactions with the airline in any form.
To protect themselves from these fraudulent acts, Vietnam Airlines reminds customers to carefully research information about contests and events before participating and not provide personal information, bank accounts, OTP code,… for others. Especially at the end of the year when people’s demand for flying increases.
“Although the phenomenon of online fraud to appropriate property in this form is no longer new, the use of old tricks under the “label” of a reputable brand like Vietnam Airlines still continues to “trap” people. gullible customers,” the company representative informed.
