Timely prevention of man withdrawing savings to transfer to scammers via social networks
(Baonghean.vn) - Information from Thanh Lien Commune Police, Thanh Chuong District said that the authorities promptly guided and prevented a resident from withdrawing his savings book and transferring it to scammers.
That is the case of citizen T.D.T., residing in Lien Son hamlet, Thanh Lien commune, Thanh Chuong district. On October 30, 2023, he received a phone call from a strange number, this person informed that Mr. T.'s phone number was not currently owned by the owner and would be blocked in both directions in 2 hours. They asked to make friends on Zalo for instructions. After Mr. T. agreed to make friends, they asked Mr. T. to provide his ID card number and asked if Mr. T. had any savings?
During the video call via Zalo, they repeatedly asked Mr. T. to close the door and not tell anyone about this conversation. The conversation between the subjects and Mr. T. lasted nearly 2 hours.
After that, Mr. T. said he had 3 savings books worth 290 million VND. They said that through checking the information, Mr. T. was related to a bank account in Da Nang, with a very large amount of money that was suspected to be related to drug crimes... Then they connected with another person, claiming to be a prosecutor of the Da Nang City Procuracy and continued to threaten that if Mr. T. did not comply, he would be arrested.
They asked Mr. T. to go to the bank to withdraw 290 million VND and transfer that amount to the account number they provided and would return it to Mr. T. if he was not involved.drug.
Out of fear and also to prove that he was not involved in the drug ring that they said, Mr. T. quietly took his 3 savings books to the bank to withdraw money and transfer it to them. Fortunately, Mr. T.'s wife came home and discovered something unusual and questioned her. Knowing the incident, Mr. T.'s wife reported it to the Thanh Lien Commune Police. The commune police instructed and asked Mr. T. to return to the commune for inspection. While Mr. T. was at the commune headquarters, they continued to call and met with the Commune Police Chief, but they turned off and locked the phone.
It is known that recently, many people in Thanh Chuong district have been scammed by some people by phone calls, the victims are mainly women and the elderly... Thanh Chuong district police in general and Thanh Lien commune police recommend that all people be vigilant, when receiving strange phone calls with similar tricks, call the nearest police station for instructions, handling, to avoid losing money unjustly...
