Using fake female identities on social media to scam people into buying pornographic photos and videos.
A group of people in Quynh Mai ward (Nghe An province) are accused of using provocative images downloaded from the internet to create fake female accounts on social media platforms like X and Telegram, with the aim of fraudulently selling pornographic photos and videos to extort money.
The Investigation Police Department of Nghe An province has just issued a notice seeking victims related to a "Fraudulent appropriation of property" case that occurred in Nghe An province.
According to the police investigation, around February 2025, Nguyen Van Tinh (19 years old), Nguyen Ba Son (32 years old), and Dinh Thi Lien (29 years old, all residing in Tan Phong block, Quynh Phuong ward, former Hoang Mai town, now Quynh Mai ward, Nghe An province) conceived the idea of using social media account X and Telegram account to defraud and appropriate property.
This group created accounts on social media platform X and Telegram accounts with "suggestive" names to make viewers think the account owners were female.
Subsequently, the group used their account on social media platform X to post articles accompanied by pornographic and obscene images, claiming the people in the photos were themselves, in order to offer paid photo albums and sex chat videos for sale.
When someone messages them to inquire about purchasing pornographic photo albums and sex chat videos, the group asks them to transfer money to an account they designate. However, upon receiving the money, they will not send the photo albums or videos as agreed, but instead request a service fee. They will use the excuse of questioning the victim about incorrect transfer details to get more money, or depending on the flow of the conversation, they may send a few nude photos of other women that they downloaded from the internet to gain trust and then request further payments.
In cases where the victim suggests meeting in person for "sexual relations," the group will pretend to agree and ask the victim to transfer money to a designated account, then continue to invent excuses about needing money to buy birth control pills, aphrodisiacs, etc., to extort more money from the victim.
During the investigation, the police determined that this group used the following bank accounts to receive the fraudulent money: 108883878035, Vietinbank, under the name Ho Thi Hue; 109884149327, Vietinbank, under the name Nguyen Van Tinh; 101883963287, Vietinbank, under the name Nguyen Thi Hoa; 1054352178, Vietcombank, under the name Dinh Thi Lien.
To facilitate the investigation in accordance with the law, the police request that anyone who is a victim of this case come to the commune police station to report directly, or come to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nghe An Provincial Police (address: Hamlet 13B, Vinh Hung Ward, Nghe An Province). For details, please contact investigator Nguyen Van Dung at phone number: 0964.861.212.
