The truth about the 'super scam' that has trapped many new female graduates

After getting to know young girls, Vien invited them out, bought things and went out to eat to commit fraud.

Recently, the Investigation Police Agency - Son Tay Police, Hanoi City prosecuted and detained suspect Dinh Ngoc Vien (born 1979, residing in Thang Tri village, Minh Tri commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi) to investigate the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

The truth about super fraud

It is worth mentioning that the victims in this case are mostly young, gullible girls. The form of fraud was carried out by Dinh Ngoc Vien through using Zalo network, using fake names to log in to social networks.

With just one "click" on Zalo's "search nearby" utility, Vien can find his "prey". After identifying the target, Vien proactively makes friends by all means and introduces himself with a fake name, younger than his actual age.

During the process of getting to know each other, Vien "advertised" that his family was living in a big street, in Cau Giay district, Hanoi. What was special was that Vien always proactively introduced himself as single. With his fluent and eloquent speaking ability, it was difficult for the young girls who talked to Vien to escape the traps he had set.

In just a short period of time (early 2018 to July 16, 2018), Vien committed dozens of frauds to appropriate property. Not only that, many young girls also mistook Vien's feelings for him with sweet words and unwittingly gave him their "virginity".

During the investigation of the case, it was found that, in addition to the tricks Dinh Ngoc Vien used, according to the investigation agency's documents, Vien is a super scammer.

When technology was not yet developed, Vien took advantage of the daily advertisement section of a newspaper with the column “jobs looking for people, people looking for jobs”, and carried out dozens of spectacular scams. Like the victims this time, the previous victims were all female students who had just graduated and were looking for jobs.

Dinh Ngoc Vien's criminal behavior was later accused by the Ba Dinh District People's Procuracy of "Fraudulent appropriation of property". On December 25, 2008, the Ba Dinh District People's Court opened a trial for Dinh Ngoc Vien and sentenced him to 4 years and 6 months in prison for the above crime.

However, after completing his prison term and returning to his hometown, with his playful and lazy nature, Vien continued to go back to his wrong path. Vien divorced his first wife and married a woman he knew who was in the same situation while he was serving his sentence. Vien often left home to rent a room alone and used Zalo to scam gullible girls.

Up to the time Vien was arrested in this case, the subject confessed to having committed nearly 20 frauds, appropriating many motorbikes and cell phones from victims.

Fall into the trap!

According to the investigation agency's documents, every day, through the "job seekers, jobs looking for people" section of a newspaper in Hanoi, Dinh Ngoc Vien learned that Ms. Ly Thanh H (born 1983, in Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi) was looking for a job as an accountant. At about 9:00 a.m. on June 16, 2008, Vien called Ms. H to say he was looking for an accountant and asked Ms. H to come to a coffee shop on Doi Can street, Ba Dinh district to talk.

Even though he had a criminal record for "fraudulent appropriation of property", after serving his prison term, Vien fell into the same old rut to have money to spend.

At around 11am the same day, Ms. H arrived as scheduled and was informed by Vien that there was a restaurant that wanted to hire an accountant with a salary of 2.5 million VND and Ms. H agreed. At the first meeting, wanting to show that he had connections, Vien made up a story that he had an appointment with a tax official and invited Ms. H to go with him.

Using the excuse that he didn't have to go by car, Vien proactively asked Ms. H to give him her motorbike key so he could drive her to the meeting point. When they arrived, Vien told Ms. H to go to the second floor of a coffee shop and he would come up later. Here, using the excuse that his phone was out of battery, Vien borrowed Ms. H's phone, pretended to go to the shop door to make a call, then went down to the first floor, took Ms. H's motorbike and drove straight home in Tan Dan commune, Soc Son district.

In addition to the above incident, Vien also confessed that, using similar methods, he had committed more than 10 other cases of fraud and property appropriation in Hanoi, also through the "job seekers, jobs looking for people" of the above newspaper.

Through that, Vien learned the names and phone numbers of female students who had just graduated and were looking for jobs, so he proactively called them, introduced himself by his fake name and title as Director or owner of a large restaurant or hotel... that needed to recruit staff, then made an appointment to come to the restaurant or hotel that Vien had arranged in advance for an interview.

After the interview, Vien agreed to take the job, then told these people to go entertain clients or buy office equipment. Before leaving, Vien pretended that his car was broken or that he did not have a car and told the "employee" to give him the car keys and drive him to a fancy restaurant that Vien had chosen...

Vien pretended to set up a dining table upstairs and told his new “employee” to wait there for customers. While waiting, Vien used the excuse that his phone was out of battery, borrowed the phone of a new employee, then sneaked down to the first floor to get a motorbike and escape. In cases where Vien saw the victim using a cheap phone, he only tricked them into taking the motorbike.

Among the nearly 20 scams Vien committed, a typical example was on August 29, 2008, on the 2nd floor of a hotel on Dao Tan Street, Ba Dinh District, Vien introduced himself to Ms. Vo Thi P (born 1984, from Ha Tinh) as Huy, currently the Director of this hotel.

During the interview, Vien lied that his phone was out of battery and borrowed Ms. P's phone to call the hotel staff to make a labor contract. However, after Ms. P gave the phone to Vien, he pretended to make a call and went outside, then quickly ran down to the first floor of the hotel and disappeared.

Using the same trick, on April 28, 2008, at a coffee shop on Hoang Quoc Viet Street (Cau Giay District, Hanoi), Vien introduced himself to Ms. Dang Thi H (born 1992, from Thanh Hoa), his name is Nam, the owner of this coffee shop.

After the “interview”, Vien agreed to hire Ms. H and asked her to take him to buy some office equipment. Vien proactively asked Ms. H to give him the motorbike key so he could drive. When Vien and Ms. H stopped in front of a restaurant on Tran Vu Street, Truc Bach Ward, Ba Dinh District, Vien told Ms. H to go inside first. Seeing Ms. H disappear from sight, Vien quickly got on his motorbike and sped away.

In this scam, Vien took possession of a motorbike worth 10 million VND and a phone worth about 500,000 VND from Ms. H, then sold them to a person in Tan Dan commune, Soc Son district to get money to spend.