Arrested a group of young people who swindled loans via Facebook of more than 4 billion VND
Nam, Hung and Tinh stole Facebook passwords of hundreds of people and impersonated them to borrow nearly 4 billion VND in one month.
On February 28, Nhu Xuan District Police arrested Le Quang Nam (25 years old), Le Dinh Hung (24 years old) and Tran Minh Tinh (26 years old, all from Trieu Phong District, Quang Tri Province) to investigate fraud and property appropriation.
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| From left, three suspects Nam, Hung and Tinh at the investigation agency. Photo: T.Thanh. |
According to authorities, three suspects took control of Facebook accounts of Vietnamese community pages in Japan and Singapore by guessing passwords or creating fake Facebook accounts with similar interfaces.
By obtaining personal information and chat history of each account owner, they impersonate and send messages to their relatives in Vietnam to borrow money, buy things, buy phone cards or send money to pay tuition... Many victims, thinking it was real, transferred money to the account numbers they sent.
Authorities estimate that in February, three suspects defrauded hundreds of people of nearly VND4 billion.
Anyone who is a victim should contact the police of Nhu Xuan district (Thanh Hoa) for support.
