Hijacking Facebook, impersonating acquaintances to scam money from more than 400 people
On the afternoon of August 29, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang City Police announced that it had just discovered 5 subjects who used computer networks, telecommunications networks and electronic means to commit fraud and appropriate property of more than 400 people.
It is known that recently, many victims have come to Da Nang City Police to report that criminals used tricks to take control of Facebook and impersonate them to borrow money and defraud others.
After a period of synchronous application of professional measures, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang Police identified a group of subjects from Quang Tri and Quang Ngai provinces who were renting a house in Ngu Hanh Son district, Da Nang city to live and regularly went to internet cafes to commit crimes.
On August 28, after collecting sufficient documents and evidence, the Criminal Police Department simultaneously searched 4 locations in Ngu Hanh Son, Son Tra, and Hai Chau districts and summoned 5 subjects to the agency for investigation.
Through the investigation, the subjects initially admitted their crimes. According to the initial investigation, from August 2023 to now, this group of subjects has defrauded more than 400 victims nationwide with a total amount of over 1.2 billion VND. All the money appropriated was used by the subjects for personal spending purposes.
On the afternoon of August 29, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang Police issued an emergency arrest warrant and temporarily detained two subjects in the group, including Nguyen Khuynh and Le Cong Phi (21 years old, both residing in Quang Tri), and at the same time released the remaining three subjects on bail while continuing to consolidate documents for handling according to regulations.
