Tricks of the biggest job scam ring in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - Understanding the psychology of many unemployed graduates, these subjects have formed a job-hunting scam ring. Hundreds of people desperate for jobs have "fallen into the trap" of the ring, with the amount of money they were scammed out of "job-hunting" up to over 10 billion VND...

» Clip of testimony of the leader of the 'job-running' ring into hospitals

Every year, universities, colleges and intermediate schools in Nghe An train 19,000-20,000 students, the number of unemployed graduates is currently about 20,000 people.

The pressure to apply for jobs in government agencies is huge, but the recruitment level is limited. Therefore, many families try to find ways to "get jobs" for their children by all means. "Where there is demand, there is supply", grasping that need, a network of "getting" jobs at medical facilities in Nghe An province has been formed. The leader of the network is Tran Thi Phuong (born in 1962, residing in Hung Binh, Vinh City).

To create trust for those who need to "run errands", those involved in this ring said they have "wide connections" and can apply for jobs at medical facilities. When necessary, these subjects even call and speak directly with the hospital director to testify.

With just this simple trick, hundreds of people after graduating from medical colleges and universities and still having no jobs for several years have "fallen into the trap" of this network.

Job application - illustration.

Since 2012, information about the "job-running network that can get you into the province's top hospital" has spread widely. Thanks to that, in 2013, 2014 and 2015, the subjects continuously expanded the area to receive applications and the "job-running" fee was also increased from 150 million VND to 300 million VND/application.

From 2012 to 2016, the subjects received job applications from hundreds of people, each person from 150-300 million VND to apply for jobs at hospitals in Nghe An. The total amount of money collected to "run jobs" was up to over 10 billion VND.

Ms. Nguyen Thi T in Quynh Luu said: "At the end of 2014, through a relative's introduction, I learned that Ms. Phuong was capable of "taking care of" getting a job at the Provincial General Friendship Hospital. Parents' psychology is that raising their children to study is already extremely expensive, but after graduating, their children still do not have a job, so they are impatient.

Thinking that borrowing a few hundred million more to take care of my child was also the right thing to do. So my mother and I went to Mrs. Phuong's house to give the money and received a paper promising "that we will get Ms. T's child a job at the Provincial General Hospital". But waiting for a long time did not bring any results, every time I called Mrs. Phuong, she said that I had to wait a while longer, until there was a recruitment period, then she would give priority to my child. Now that I know that Mrs. Phuong has been arrested, my only wish is to get back the money I gave to Mrs. Phuong".

Like Ms. T's family, through relationships, many families sold pigs, cows, and even borrowed money at high interest rates to get money to "run jobs" for Tran Thi Phuong. After receiving the money, Phuong always wrote a receipt with the content: "I received money from Mr., Mrs. ... to ask for my child .... who graduated from ... to work at the Provincial General Hospital of Friendship. I guarantee that from the time I apply to work until I am signed a contract, a long-term contract or on the payroll. If I cannot do it, I will take full responsibility before the law."

Searching the house of suspect Tran Thi Phuong

Lieutenant Colonel Dang Van Hoat - Deputy Head of the Economic and Official Crime Investigation Department of Nghe An Police said that with such a way of writing, Phuong quickly deceived the trust of many people. Because according to investigative experience, usually in similar cases, the subject will only write that he borrowed from Mr. A, Mrs. B to do something but does not dare to write specifically like that.

Through investigation, the victims said: After a long time of making promises but not getting a job, the victims came to ask for money and these subjects threatened: "It is best not to file a complaint, whoever files a complaint will not only not get a job, but we will not return the money."

Therefore, some victims thought that if they did not report the case, they would still have a chance to get their money back. Only now, when they heard that Ms. Phuong had been arrested, did they go to the police to report it.

Duc Dung - Canh Nam