By Luu Quy   April 5, 2023 | 08:51 am GMT+7 e.vnexpress.vn

A fake website that masquerade as the Viecombank banking app. Photo by VnExpress/Luu QuyVietnamese citizens have been reporting fake text messages with user interfaces nearly identical to official apps and websites that ask recipients to provide bank information.

Bui Huyen from Hanoi said she nearly lost around VND280 million ($11,930) after receiving a scam text message from a number identified as “Vietcombank.”

The message came on Saturday last week, telling her that her VCB Digibank banking app had been logged into on an unknown device. The message provided a link to log into her account.

Huyen immediately clicked the link to secure her account because the text appeared on an official SMS thread from Vietcombank, so harbored no suspicions.

“The interface for logging in was identical to the app I often use, so I entered my account name and password as requested,” Huyen said.

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