Ca Mau woman lost 650 million VND after call from "fake" police, warning of sophisticated scam

After listening to a phone call from a person pretending to be a police officer, Ms. N. was informed about the money laundering case and needed to transfer money to her account to get bail. Because she was so scared, Mrs. N. quickly did as the thief said.

According to information from Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, on October 10, the Criminal Police Department of Ca Mau Provincial Police prosecuted the accused and banned Le Tran Phuong Duy from leaving his residence (born 1988; residing in Tran Van district). Thoi, Ca Mau province) to investigate the act of "Illegal collection, storage, exchange, trading, and publicization of bank account information".

Previously, on April 17, Ms. NHN (residing in Ca Mau City, Ca Mau Province) received a call from a person claiming to be working at Ho Chi Minh City Police informing her that this woman was involved in a drug case. drugs and money laundering.

Next, a person claiming to be a prosecutor continued to call and said that Ms. N. had to be arrested. However, a guarantee will be provided if full bank account information is provided.

Due to fear of the subjects' threats, Ms. N. transferred 650 million VND to an account named Nguyen Bich Ng. in the afternoon of the same day. After being asked to transfer more money, Ms. N. suspected fraud and reported it to the police.

During the investigation, Ca Mau Provincial Police determined that the account Ms. N. transferred belonged to Nguyen Bich Ng. (living in ward 9, Ca Mau city).

At the authorities, MVC admitted that he used Ng's wife's information. and some family members created 11 bank accounts and sold them to Duy for 2.5 million VND/account.

In August 2023, Duy returned to his hometown from Cambodia and was invited to work by the police. Here, Duy admitted that in addition to buying C.'s accounts, the subject also bought 80 additional accounts from 2 other contacts in Ca Mau province.

After that, Duy sold it to a person named Ken he knew on Telegram for 3 million VND/account to gain illegal profits.

Currently, the situation of impersonating state officials, most commonly judicial agencies such as: Police, Procuracy, Court... making threatening phone calls, with the aim of fraudulently appropriating property, is continuing. to act.

In addition, nowadays criminals are even more sophisticated when using collaged images of video calls and wearing police uniforms to trick unsuspecting people. Therefore, people need to improve their knowledge and awareness level to avoid becoming victims of fraudulent calls.

Recently, although there have been many warnings about fraudulent tricks to appropriate property over the phone, there are still people who fall into the trap. Most victims are people who rarely update social and press information. When an incident occurs, because of fear of losing reputation, some people do not report it to the police, causing difficulties in the investigation.

Faced with the above situation, the Ministry of Public Security has advised that organizations and individuals need to be vigilant when receiving phone calls from strangers claiming to be officials of state agencies and judicial agencies. , conduct criminal proceedings, to notify or request investigation of a case by phone or impersonate a bank, postal, insurance, inspection, customs employee... request to receive money, postal gifts products of great value or pay fees or pay unspecified debts.

At the same time, absolutely do not provide personal information, phone number, ID card number, place of residence, bank account number, or code. OTP on personal phone... for anyone you don't know or whose identity and background are unknown. When encountering messages through social networking sites to borrow money, ask to buy phone cards, or request money transfer to verify accounts; Using a bank account to receive money from abroad... you need to be especially careful and absolutely do not do so; Quickly contact or call and talk directly to that person to check the information.

When receiving phone calls with the above signs, people need to stay calm, not afraid, and quickly contact relatives and friends for support. In case of suspicion of fraudulent property appropriation, promptly notify the police.

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