300 people fell into the trap of 'dating apps and prostitutes' and lost more than 200 billion VND

On October 3, information from the Criminal Police Department of Dak Lak Province Police said that they had just arrested Vu Duy Son (26 years old), residing in Van Quan Ward, Ha Dong District (Hanoi City) to investigate the act of "fraud and appropriation of property".

Son is said to be a very important link in a fraud ring that defrauded more than 300 people through dating apps and prostitutes to appropriate over 200 billion VND.

Initial investigation results show that on February 19, Mr. H., residing in Buon Ma Thuot City, went to the police station to report that a group of scammers had appropriated his property.

According to the report, Mr. H. went on social media and accessed the link Henho.bio to get instructions on finding someone of the opposite sex to confide in on the "prostitute" app.

After that, Mr. H. researched and followed the instructions of the customer service staff and was scammed out of more than 1 billion VND.

After a period of active investigation, the Criminal Police Department of Dak Lak Province Police clarified that Son was a member of the above fraud ring and proceeded to arrest him.

At the police station, Son confessed that around mid-October 2022, through social networks, Son got to know Hung and Minh (unknown background) who were living in Dubai city.

In December 2022, Minh contacted Son via Telegram and assigned Son to receive money transfers from others. Minh paid Son 12 million VND/month.

Hearing that, Son asked what the money was and whose it belonged to. Minh said it was the money transferred by the people who were tricked by Minh's group into participating in the dating app and the prostitutes.

To carry out the act, Minh gave Son 6 mobile phones and 31 bank accounts. Every day, through dating and prostitute apps, the subjects in Minh's group would lure players to participate.

After that, the subjects advise the player to deposit more money to become a VIP member. If the deposit is larger and the login is successful, the company will refund the player the amount of money deposited and receive a certain amount of interest.

After Minh's group members lured players to pay, they would inform Son to provide the account number for the players to deposit money into. Son transferred all the money to Minh.

With the above trick, from December 2022 to now, Son has helped Minh's group cheat money from more than 300 dating app players and prostitutes, appropriating over 200 billion VND. Son alone has earned about 300 million VND.