Gang colluded with foreigners to defraud many Vietnamese women of love and money

The Criminal Police Department, Ho Chi Minh City Police, informed that they have just discovered a high-tech fraud gang, carried out by Nigerian nationals and domestic subjects.

This line includes: Pham Van Chau (born in 1991, residing in Binh Chanh district), Le Van Nam (born in 1992, from Thanh Hoa), Cao Le Thi Duyen (commonly known as Na, born in 1984, residing in Phu Nhuan district) and Nnamdi (born in 1990, Nigerian nationality, residing in District 1).

According to initial information, on the afternoon of March 11, a person carrying an ID card named LQT (from Phu Yen) went to a bank branch in Binh Hung commune, Binh Chanh district to withdraw 15 million VND. However, not long after, a customer named LQT went to this bank branch to complain that someone had withdrawn 45 million VND from his account.

Suspect someonefakeappropriating customers' money, the bank reported to Binh Chanh District Police.

Subject Le Van Nam.

On March 26, a person with an ID card named VHL also came to the above bank branch to make a transaction. The bank discovered that this person was the one who withdrew 45 million VND from Mr. LQT's account, so they reported it to the police and brought him to the headquarters for questioning.

The subject declared his name as Le Van Nam and admitted to using a fake ID card to withdraw 45 million VND from the account named LQT as mentioned. Nam stated that the fake ID card he used was provided by Pham Van Chau.

Immediately after that, Binh Chanh District Police coordinated with the Criminal Police Department and the Economic Security Department (Ho Chi Minh City Police) to arrest Pham Van Chau. Searching Chau's residence, the police seized more than 400 ID cards, 44 driver's licenses and 80 ATM cards.

Chau confessed that in mid-2020, he met Na and was instructed to do business by finding someone to open a bank account and then sell it to Na for 10 million VND/account.

Chau went online to search for and buy all kinds of ID cards, at 50,000 VND each, then hired Nam and many other people to replace the photo on the ID card so that they could go to banks to open accounts and make ATM cards, paying 500,000 VND/account.

Then, Chau sold it to Na for 10 million VND/account.

Subject Pham Van Chau.

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Based on Chau's statement, the police arrested Na (also known as Duyen). She stated that while living with her husband Obinma (Nigerian nationality) in Malaysia, Na was invited by her husband to join the fraud ring.

Accordingly, Obinma and some other Nigerians will go online to get acquainted, flirt with some women in Vietnam, then use tricks like giving gifts, sending money... Na will pretend to be a customs officer and call the victim to make up a story about the gift and money box being held by the Customs because of its high value, to ask the victim to transfer money... for rescue.

The victims’ money was required to be transferred to bank accounts that Na had bought from Pham Van Chau. Each account, Na only used to receive the scammed money for 2-3 months and then discarded.

According to the agreement, Na received 10% of the money the gang stole from the victims.

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The police agency clarified that these fake accounts had received at least tens of millions of VND in fraud money, and at most 1.5 billion VND. The 50 accounts that Chau sold to Duyen had received a total of more than 10 billion VND in fraud money.

In addition, the police further clarified the role of the Nigerian subject, Nnamdi. Na bought 10 million VND/bank account from Chau and sold it to Nnamdi for 12 million VND so that this subject could use it to receive the scam money.

Nnamdi spent time as a chef at Na's establishment and was also the woman's partner.

Currently, the Criminal Police Department is expanding the investigation to clarify the roles of the subjects in this international fraud ring.