40,000 Vietnamese duped into $16M money-making scam on AI livestream platform

VNExpress - Oct 26, 2026

More than 40,000 Vietnamese were allegedly tricked into paying VND407 billion (US$16 million) into Tatao Live, a purported AI-powered livestream shopping platform.

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