Arrested young man who scammed people by borrowing cash and forging money transfer messages

On December 23, Muong Xen Town Police (Ky Son) said that the unit had just handed over to Tuong Duong District Police the subject Cao Quang Viet, residing in Minh Son Commune, Do Luong District, to continue investigating and searching for related subjects, suspected of being in the same professional ring.Cheatby borrowing cash, then faking a message that the transfer was successful.

Accordingly, Cao Quang Viet went to Con Cuong, Tuong Duong, and Ky Son districts to scam gullible people or taxi and motorbike taxi drivers. His method was to get acquainted with people, taxi and motorbike taxi drivers, then call another person (on speakerphone for the victim to hear) and say that he was in a hurry to pay for work and asked that person to transfer money to pay for taxi fare (or to buy goods, etc.). Next, Viet asked the victim for their full name, account number, and bank name to transfer money to and showed the victim a picture message on his phone stating that he had transferred money to the victim.

Cao Quang Viet before committing fraud in Muong Xen town (Ky Son). Photo provided by local people

When the victim wonders why they haven't received a notification from the bank that the money has been received, the scammer often says that because the banks' networks are different from each other, the transaction takes time and cannot be reported immediately. As for the bank that transferred the money, they report it quickly, then take the money and use it as an excuse to get in another car and escape.

Taking advantage of this, Viet scammed dozens of people in Con Cuong and Tuong Duong districts with tens of millions of dong. Previously, after scamming some people in Yen Hoa commune (Tuong Duong), Viet took a bus to Ky Son district. While carrying out the above trick to scam a taxi driver in Muong Xen town, he was suspected by this driver and reported to Muong Xen town police, who took him to the police headquarters for questioning. There, CQV confessed to his scams and was handed over by Muong Xen town police to Yen Hoa commune police (Tuong Duong) to continue investigating and prosecuting related subjects.

This is not a new scam, but taking advantage of the gullibility of some people, the subject has successfully carried out many cases. "As the end of the year approaches, scammers often use many sophisticated tricks to scam, so everyone needs to be more vigilant, absolutely do not transfer cash or transfer money to accounts of strangers, otherwise it is easy to fall into their trap", Major Tran The Nghia - Head of Muong Xen Town Police warned.