On July 15, reporting to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, Ms. Hoang Nga (residing in Khanh Hoi Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) said she had just been scammed out of 10 million VND for a hotel room deposit in Thanh Hoa province.
Be careful, still lose money
According to Ms. Nga, a few days ago, she searched for a 4-5 star resort in the Sam Son beach area (Thanh Hoa) to take her family on a weekend trip. With experience and caution, she consulted all the booking applications to check prices, then found The Victoria Beach Resort FLC Samson.
Seeing that this resort's fanpage on Facebook had many likes, real-life experience videos , pictures, and comments, she texted to ask for room booking information.
"After texting, exchanging messages, attaching room video photos and finalizing the price, the subject sent a professional receipt with full information: full name, booking date and time, number of people, deposit amount, remaining amount. Feeling confident, I transferred a deposit of 10 million VND with the information of the person booking the room and the date of stay" - Ms. Nga said.
The deposit had just been transferred, the subject immediately texted: "The transfer order did not record the transfer content as the deposit receipt" so they suggested transferring the money again, then the company would refund the money to her account. Finding it unreasonable, Ms. Nga began to suspect and when the subject asked her to fill in the information according to the link sent and follow the request... At this time, Ms. Nga realized she had been scammed, and luckily did not follow.
Tourists relax at a resort in Mui Ne ward ( Lam Dong province)
The scammers' tricks against Ms. Nga are not new, and have been frequently warned about. The newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong has also received similar reports from some readers, who lost several million to tens of millions of dong due to the scam of impersonating hotels, resorts, and travel companies during the peak summer season. Many fake fanpages even have a blue tick, making it difficult for customers to distinguish.
Beware of surprisingly cheap tours!
Leaders of many travel companies also said that fraud in the tourism industry is very sophisticated, especially when customers buy tours, airline tickets or book hotel rooms through social networks or websites of unknown origin.
A representative of Viet Tourism Company stated that if there are subjects advertising super cheap tours such as Japan for 9 million VND, Korea for 6 million VND or European tours for about 29 million VND, they are not real. The purpose of the scammers is to take the deposit of the customers and then disappear. Therefore, customers should not be greedy for unusually cheap tour prices.
A hotel in Ho Chi Minh City warns of impersonation
With hotels and resorts, the situation is similar when criminals create a fanpage and take real photos, real addresses, but the zalo number to contact the guests is fake. Guests may lose their deposit or when they arrive at the hotel, they do not have a reservation, lose money, waste time and effort traveling...
On July 15, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Ministry of Public Security) also warned of the emergence of fraud involving impersonating travel agencies, accommodation establishments, hotels, resorts, etc. to advertise information about tourism programs. If you see a newly created or renamed account, be vigilant and carefully check information from many different sources.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/nhieu-nguoi-bi-lua-dat-phong-khach-san-resort-dip-he-196250715174735648.htm
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