ATM "dispenses" money slowly, more than 50 people have their money stolen by thieves
Discovering that the ATM was slow to dispense money, Lam told the person who came to withdraw money that the machine was faulty and could not pay, then waited for the person to take the ATM card and leave, then he took the money.
On the afternoon of January 4, Thuan An City Police arrested Thieu Son Lam (born 1990, from An Giang) to further investigate the act of "Theft and appropriation of property".
According to the investigation agency, after discovering that the ATM in Hoa Lan 2 neighborhood (Thuan Giao ward, Thuan An town) was disbursing money slower than usual, Lam committed a series of scams to trick people into withdrawing money there.
Specifically, Lam "waited" in front of the ATM, when someone came to withdraw money, this subject stood close by, even though the person had completed the transaction, the ATM had returned the card but no money came out, Lam immediately said the machine was faulty, could not withdraw money. When the person withdrawing money left, Lam stayed behind to wait to get money from the machine.
At the police station, Lam confessed that by this method, he had appropriated more than 60 million VND from more than 50 victims.
Thuan An Town Police request that anyone who has been a victim of this incident contact Thuan An Town Police to provide information to handle the subject.
