40 people fell into the 'online financial investment' trap and lost more than 64 billion VND
Dozens of people have been scammed out of more than 64 billion VND by unknown individuals using the trick of “online financial investment”. The police are currently investigating.
On January 2, information from the Criminal Police Department of Dak Lak Province Police said that the unit is investigating a case of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" through social networks on a large scale by calling for "financial investment" and then appropriating tens of billions of dong from the victims.
Initial investigation results show that recently, Dak Lak Provincial Police have continuously received reports from victims about being scammed and having their property appropriated through the form of "financial investment" on social networks.
Specifically, on March 6, 2023, Ms. D. (residing in Buon Ma Thuot City) saw an advertisement on Facebook with the content "No one goes bankrupt with 300,000 VND, but with the 300,000 VND you invest, you can earn several hundred thousand per day".
Curious, Ms. D. clicked to view and left her information, then a stranger added her on Zalo and invited her to invest. Ms. D. followed the instructions, tried to deposit 300,000 VND and received 500,000 VND.
After that, Ms. D. was instructed and invited by the subject to participate in an investment package of 100 million VND and would receive 4.8 billion VND.
After Ms. D. deposited a total of more than 1.1 billion VND into her bank account as instructed, the money was stolen.
Similarly, in August 2023, Mr. T. (residing in Krong Bong district) received a phone call inviting him to join an investment fund to receive profit shares.
Mr. T. followed the instructions and deposited a total of 5.4 billion VND into his bank account, but the money was stolen. According to Dak Lak Provincial Police, from 2020 to 2023, through social networks Facebook, Zalo, Telegram, subjects with unknown identities and backgrounds made friends and invited many people to participate in online financial investments.
Initially, the victims followed the instructions and tried to invest a small amount of money, then saw a profit and were able to withdraw the money. Later, the subjects asked the victims to transfer a larger amount of money, but received a notification that a large profit had been made, but when they withdrew the money, they were unable to do so.
At this time, the subjects gave many different reasons asking the victims to pay more money to receive all the principal and profits. However, when the victims complied, all the money they had paid was taken.
Up to now, Dak Lak provincial police have received complaints from 44 people who were scammed and had more than 64 billion VND appropriated.
