Facebook account recovery scam, appropriating 1.1 billion VND

The Hanoi People's Court has just sentenced defendant Nguyen Manh Can (born in 1997, residing in Thuan Phuoc ward, Hai Chau district, Da Nang city) to 7 years in prison for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" as prescribed in Article 174, Clause 4, Point a - Penal Code 2015.

According to the indictment, Nguyen Manh Can is a freelancer who provides services related to social networks such as increasing interactions, securing Facebook, reopening locked accounts... Can mainly receives customers, then transfers the work to others to do, the defendant only receives the difference.

Subject Nguyen Manh Can.

Although it is not possible to restore theFacebook accountThe money was lost but because he intended to appropriate the money, Can introduced himself as having this ability to appropriate the victim's money.

Because she needed a Facebook account for business and trusted Can's advertisement, Ms. Nguyen Thi HA (born in 1988, residing in Nhat Tan ward, Tay Ho district, Hanoi) asked Can to restore her lost account.

Even though he knew he couldn't get Ms. HA's Facebook account back, Can still accepted the money and promised to do it.

During the period from May 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020, Ms. HA directly transferred or asked relatives to transfer to Nguyen Manh Can's bank account a total amount of more than 1.1 billion VND.

The defendant used the excuse that the account was difficult to recover, added an email, the account was taken over by a hacker in Hanoi, and needed to fly there to recover it... to prolong the time and find a way to get more money from the victim.

After each conversation, Can proactively logged into the account that Ms. HA was using to contact him to delete the conversation and transaction content.

After receiving the money, Can used it for personal expenses, could not restore his Facebook account and did not return the money to Ms. HA.

With the embezzled money, Can spent it personally and opened a savings account at the bank, worth 400 million VND, under the defendant's name.

On October 5, 2020, Nguyen Manh Can was arrested by the Investigation Police Agency, Tay Ho District Police (Hanoi) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

At the trial, the defendant admitted all violations and admitted that he was unable to recover the lost social network accounts./.