Impersonating the Ministry of Public Security's investigation agency, defrauding more than 4 billion VND

The subjects impersonated officials from the Ministry of Public Security, the prosecutor's office... and called subscribers, saying they were investigating a major drug trafficking and money laundering case, asking for cooperation, and threatening subscribers to transfer money.

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On the evening of October 9, Colonel Phan Van Nhan, head of Duc Pho District Police, Quang Ngai, confirmed that Mr. TVL (67 years old, Pho Van Commune, Duc Pho District) was defrauded of 4.3 billion VND by a person impersonating an investigator.

Accordingly, from September 27 to 29, the subjects impersonated officers of the Ministry of Public Security, the Procuracy... to call landline numbers or mobile phone numbers of the people, pretending to be investigators, detectives of the Ministry of Public Security investigating a major drug trafficking and money laundering case, asking Mr. L. to cooperate with the investigation and asking Mr. L. to transfer money to prove his assets. Falling into the trap, Mr. L. transferred 4.3 billion VND to this subject.

On September 28, Mr. PVP (residing in Duc Pho town, Duc Pho district) also received a call from a strange phone number claiming to be an investigator from the Ministry of Public Security. This person said that Mr. P. was involved in a drug trafficking and money laundering ring.

To prove his innocence, the subject asked him to declare his assets for the purpose of investigation and asked Mr. P. to transfer money to a bank account to coordinate the verification and capture of criminals.

Mr. P. then went to a bank branch and transferred money to two bank accounts in Hanoi and Binh Duong, with a total amount of 500 million VND.

As soon as the transfer was completed, the victim realized he had been scammed and immediately reported it to the police. Duc Pho District Police coordinated with the bank to block the transactions of the two transfers and recovered the entire property and returned it to Mr. P.

According to Tuoi Tre