Exposing a motorcycle buying and selling scam ring via Facebook
To reassure buyers, they arranged for someone pretending to be a delivery person to call and inform them that the car was being delivered, and urged them to transfer money to complete the car delivery procedures.
On April 21, the Criminal Police Department (PC45), Hai Duong Provincial Police confirmed that they had just arrested 3 subjects who used the social network Facebook to commit fraud and appropriate property.
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| Subjects at the investigation agency. Photo: Contributor |
Previously, through basic professional work, Department PC45, Hai Duong Provincial Police discovered a group of subjects committing fraud and appropriation of property.
Since January 2018, they have been searching the internet for and downloading images of motorbikes and posting them for sale on fake Facebook accounts or social media buying and selling groups at prices much lower than the actual market value of the motorbikes.
When the "prey" enters the trap, they ask that person to transfer a deposit and a photo of their ID card or citizen identification card to complete the procedures and paperwork. Then, they use editing software to create a fake vehicle registration and send it back to the buyer, at the same time asking the buyer to send the remaining amount as agreed to transfer the vehicle.
To reassure buyers, they arranged for someone pretending to be a delivery person to call and inform them that the car was being delivered, and urged them to transfer money to complete the car delivery procedures.
Using that trick, this group of people defrauded more than 10 "gullible" people in Hai Duong and neighboring provinces.
Quickly "exposing" and bringing the subjects to light, handling them according to the law, the police force arrested: Nguyen Van Tuan (in Nam Phuoc town, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam); Nguyen Van Thien (in Tam An town, Hiep Duc district, Quang Nam) and Nguyen Phuoc (in Hiep Hoa Bac, Lien Chieu district, Da Nang city).
At the investigation agency, the subjects confessed to their crimes. In Hai Duong province alone, the subjects successfully sold cars to 4 people, with the amount of money they appropriated amounting to over 100 million VND.
Currently, Hai Duong Provincial Police continue to investigate, expand the case and handle it according to the law.
