Nghe An police instruct local students to prevent “online kidnapping”

During the program, students and lecturers were updated on common approaches, methods and tricks employed by cybercriminals to kidnap people, especially young ones, online, as well as learnt preventive measures and strategies to respond to situations of being isolated or coerced in cyberspace.

Police officers also narrated several real-life “online kidnapping” cases, which had occurred in Nghe An province, including the one involving students at Vinh University, helping participants recognize potential risks and know how deal with each situation.

In addition to raising the public awareness of preventing online kidnapping, police officers also guided participants toward the safe, effective and lawful use of social networks, as well as provided them with key legal regulations and acts of violations in cyberspace.

Through the event, the police aimed to warn the community about cybercrime dangers, particularly “online kidnapping,” helping educational institutions and students — a group of population increasingly targeted by cybercrime, enhance their vigilance against the type of crime.