Online scam to sell cheap clothes, stealing hundreds of millions of dong
Taking advantage of the psychology of many people who like to buy cheap clothes near Tet via social networks, the subject has deceived many victims across the country, appropriating more than 250 million VND.
On the afternoon of February 9, the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Tay Ninh Provincial Police coordinated with Duong Minh Chau District Police and Dong Thap Provincial Police to invite Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh (born 2004, residing in An Giang) to work on her behavior.fraud and appropriation of property on the internet.
At the police station, Linh initially confessed that since October 2023, she had the idea of posting cheap clothes online with the intention of stealing other people's money. Next, Linh uploaded pictures of women's pajamas on the Internet and posted wholesale ads for about 50 sets per order. Linh used a Zalo account named "Shop Do Bo Pijama Lua Xuoc" to join groups on Zalo and Facebook. Linh proactively made friends with many people, mainly owners of clothing stores nationwide.
After making friends, Linh added the buyer to Zalo groups (closed groups) created by Linh as the group leader, each group had several hundred members or more. In the closed group, Linh posted information about selling cheap new-model clothes for members to contact and make transactions. After the transaction was successful, Linh asked the buyer to transfer a deposit of up to 5 million VND to a bank account and e-wallet multiple times. After committing the crime, Linh blocked contact, unfriended the victim via social networks, and logged out of the closed group.
With the above tricks, Linh has defrauded and appropriated money from many victims nationwide with a total transaction amount via bank accounts and e-wallets of more than 250 million VND. Through investigation, in Tay Ninh, Linh defrauded 1 victim of nearly 3 million VND.
