Registering for '2024 Junior Army Summer Camp', woman was scammed of more than 1 billion
Registering for "2024 Junior Army Summer Camp" for her child on Facebook, in just 5 hours, Ms. M. made a money transfer and was scammed out of more than 1 billion VND.
Hanoi City Police said that Ms. M. (in Hoang Mai, Hanoi) went on Facebook to find a summer course for her child and saw many pages advertising participation in the "2024 Military Semester".
These pages introduce and connect military units. Participants experience the training environment of the armed forces, receive food support, uniforms and certification from the military unit...
When seeing that Ms. M. had a need, the subject enticed the victim to give her phone number and switched to texting on Zalo and Telegram.
Ms. M. was asked to take a “survey” to achieve a high credit score. She participated in “survey 1” for more than 3 million VND, “survey 2” for more than 10 million VND, and was refunded her money and paid a small survey fee.
When participating in “survey 3” with the amount of 35 million VND, Ms. M. did not receive the money back. The subjects used different reasons to ask her to transfer money to get back the amount that had not been refunded. Within just 5 hours, Ms. M. made the money transfer transactions and the group of subjects appropriated more than 1 billion VND.
To avoid fraud, Hanoi City Police recommends that people be vigilant against the above tricks. When wanting to register their children for experience and skills courses, parents should contact or call schools and units to ask and verify clearly.
Registration should be done in person instead of online or by bank transfer. Never follow instructions to transfer money to anyone for any reason if you have not yet determined the exact identity of the recipient. In case of fraud or property appropriation, immediately report to the nearest police station for reception and guidance.
