Continuously being scammed because of believing in "debt collection" services online
Through social networks, the subject texted Mr. T. and claimed to be a “debt collector” who could possibly get back the money he had lost. The subject instructed Mr. T. to download the Telegram application to join a group of people who had been scammed.
On May 27, Thanh Binh District Police, Dong Thap Province, said they were verifying a case where a citizen reported being scammed out of more than VND200 million when participating in an online “mission” and transferring money to “collect debt”.
According to the report, Mr. T. (residing locally) agreed to work from home and perform “tasks” online to receive commissions. Mr. T. trusted and transferred money as instructed, totaling 92 million VND.
Through social networks, the subjects instructed Mr. T. to download the “Shopnew” application and install it, withdrawing money through this application. Mr. T. performed the “task” as instructed and when he reached a certain limit, the application reported an error and could not withdraw money.
Mr. T. found out he was scammed online but did not report it to the police but instead tried to find a solution himself through social networks.
Through social networks, the subject texted Mr. T. and claimed to be a “debt collector” who could possibly get back the money he had lost. The subject instructed Mr. T. to download the Telegram application to join a group of people who had been scammed.
In this group, someone sent a private message to Mr. T and asked him to follow the steps and transfer money to complete the procedure to get back the lost money. Mr. T trusted him so he transferred many times with an amount of over 117 million VND. The total amount of money that Mr. T reported being scammed was over 200 million VND.
According to Dong Thap Provincial Police, crimes of fraud and property appropriation on cyberspace continue to operate strongly, including the use of advertising services such as "support for recovering suspended capital", "retrieving scammed money"... Many victims have been "trapped", not being able to get their scammed money back but being scammed a second time.
