Arrested a scammer selling tracking software, reading messages

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(Baonghean.vn) - Taking advantage of the need of some people to track locations and read messages on other people's personal devices, Phung Viet Hung created websites to sell phone tracking and monitoring software to defraud and appropriate buyers' property.

On June 3, Nghi Loc District Police said that the unit is temporarily detaining Phung Viet Hung (born in 1991), residing in Cao Duong Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi City to investigate and clarify his behavior.Cheatappropriation of property. Hung has a previous conviction for intentional infliction of injury.

Previously, in early December 2021, through the work of grasping the situation on cyberspace, Nghi Loc District Police discovered a number of social networking sites posting information about selling software to track and monitor phones and selling devices to read messages. During the verification, the police identified 02 websites with domain names that regularly posted this content: phanmemtheodoi.com.vn and phanmemtheodoi.net. The owner of these 02 websites is Phung Viet Hung.

Subject Phung Viet Hung. Photo: Hong Ngoc

To attract subscribers, Hung often advertises a “lifetime warranty package” for the software, priced at 1.2 million VND, along with a contact phone number with many features such as: GPS tracking of customers, eavesdropping, eavesdropping on all messages, contacts, contact phone numbers, even all chat content, and images of the person being tracked. When the victim agrees to buy, Hung requires the money to be transferred first before providing an account. However, in reality, the website and software Hung sells cannot track other people's personal devices. After receiving the money, Hung tries to find ways to delay and block the buyer's phone number to appropriate the property.

To clarify the subject's behavior, Nghi Loc District Police had to apply a combination of professional measures, verification, and investigation in many locations inside and outside the province such as Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Bac Giang... At 12:00 on June 1, 2022, in My Dinh 2 Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City, Nghi Loc District Police successfully arrested Phung Viet Hung for fraud and property appropriation.

Evidence seized by the police. Photo: Hong Ngoc

At the police station, Phung Viet Hung confessed that with the above methods and tricks, from 2021 to present, he has defrauded and appropriated property from hundreds of victims nationwide. Each victim was defrauded by Hung from 2 million to 10 million VND. Based on the bank account statements of the subject, the Investigation Committee determined that the transaction amount related to the subject's fraud from 2021 to present is more than 2 billion VND.

Nghi Loc District Police announced that anyone who is a victim of Phung Viet Hung should contact Nghi Loc District Police to provide information and cooperate in the investigation.