Many people have lost hundreds of millions of VND as they were too trusting of invitations on social media to make financial investments. They have lost property when accessing unfamiliar links.

As many as 113,384 fraudulent websites were reported in 2021 in Vietnam. Of these, 22,000 websites were put on a black list after verification.

Online scams have been climbing steadily in recent years as more people are taken in by "easy money" tricks.

With nothing obtained and losses incurred, the victims of the dating app scam have been left in the depths of despair.

Online scams have become more and more common in recent years, causing a great deal of anxiety in society.