Child working in Japan had his Facebook hacked, mother in Nghe An was scammed out of 38 million VND

According to Ms. Thai Thi H: At about 9:00 p.m. on September 8, 2020, her daughter, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ng. wentlabor export in Japan, sent a message via Facebook Messenger saying that she urgently needed 38 million VND to lend to a co-worker at the company. Ms. Ng. said that her friend was in a very difficult situation and needed money urgently while her family was poor and could not manage. She and her husband were also suspicious and called their child via Messenger to verify.

The scammer hacked Nguyen Thi Ng's daughter's Facebook account to defraud Thai Thi H. of 38 million VND. Photo: Van Truong

Nguyen Thi Ng. called back with a video call, but the image was blurry and the voice was unclear. Then Nguyen Thi Ng. said that the network here was weak, so I could only text. Ng. said, "Send it to their account number and take a picture of the receipt for me."

Hearing her son's message that after finishing the job, his friend would return the money in full. Thinking that her son was living in a foreign land and needed friends to help him in times of trouble, Mrs. Thai Thi H. and Mr. Nguyen Tho S. decided to follow her wishes.

On the morning of September 9, Ms. Thai Thi H. brought 38 million VND saved from selling buffaloes to the Yen Thanh town post office to send to the account number sent via Facebook Messenger of her daughter. After sending the money, Ms. H. texted her daughter to ask if she had received the money, but Ng.'s Facebook account was turned off and she could not be contacted. Only then did Ms. H. realize she had been scammed.

On the same day, September 9, Ms. Thai Thi H. reported the incident to Yen Thanh District Police. Here, Yen Thanh Police informed Ms. H. that her daughter Nguyen Thi Ng.'s Facebook account had been hacked.fraud and appropriation of property

Currently, Yen Thanh District Police are coordinating with relevant units to investigate and expand the case.

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The Criminal Police Department, Thua Thien Hue Provincial Police, has just arrested 7 Nigerians and 4 Vietnamese for "Fraudulent and appropriating property via the internet".

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