The woman was cheated to lose 300 million dong after a strange phone call
April 14, 2022 10:09 GMT+7
The scammer shouted: “You are a commoner or in a money laundering organization The police are investigating, asking you to go to the bank to withdraw all your savings and transfer it to your account to monitor…”
On the afternoon of April 13, discussing with us, Ms. HTA (living in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City), was urgent: Around 2pm on April 12, A. was working when she received a call from a woman from Strange phone number claiming to be an officer of the Investigation Police agency of the Ministry of Public Security and is investigating a money laundering case led by Nguyen Van Nam. A.’s name and identification number are on the suspect list of the criminal group.
Subject requested A. to listen and follow instructions to work with the Ministry of Public Security to crack the money laundering project. A. said he didn’t know about the transnational money laundering organization. The subject growled, saying: “You are a commoner or in a money laundering organization that the police are investigating, asking you to go to the bank to withdraw all your savings and transfer it to your account for monitoring.”
Next, the subject asked Ms. A. not to tell the incident to others, otherwise she would be prosecuted and severely handled in accordance with the law. The savings must be transferred to Le Van T’s account, for the police to keep. After completing the investigation, if it is proved that A. did not participate in the money laundering case, the transferred amount will be refunded.
Frightened, Ms. A brought her 300 million dong savings book to the bank to withdraw money, then transferred it to Le Van T’s account number according to the instructions of the fraud group without informing her relatives. On the same day, Ms. A. suspected that she had been cheated, so she went to Binh Chanh District Police, Ho Chi Minh City to report. Fortunately, thanks to the timely support of the police and the bank, Ms. A’s money was not appropriated by them.
Requesting people to raise their vigilance when receiving incoming calls with strange phone numbers, claiming to be the Police, Procuracy, and Court to scam. In particular, do not listen to the subjects who transfer money to designated accounts or log in to bank accounts on “strange” applications that the bank once recommended…
According to cand.com.vn
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