Lost nearly 2.4 billion VND after answering the phone

Ms. Nguyen is one of five victims who fell into the trap of fraudsters impersonating law enforcement agencies, losing nearly 2.4 billion VND after answering the phone.

On November 13, the Hanoi City Police Department announced that it had completed the investigation into the case of Fraudulent Appropriation of Property that occurred in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Lang Son Province; and transferred the case file to the Hanoi City People's Procuracy to propose prosecuting 4 defendants for the above-mentioned crime.

The proposed suspects for prosecution include Ma Thieu Quan, To Van Bao, Vuong Quang Dang and Hoang Thi Luyen, all residing in Van Lang district, Lang Son province.

The main subjects in the case.

The investigation agency determined that around May 2016, Hoang Chan Lam (who was abroad) contacted and discussed with Ma Thieu Quan, To Van Bao, Vuong Quang Dang and Hoang Thi Luyen to use their ID cards to make ATM cards at several banks in Lang Son City.

Lam agreed that after opening an ATM card and providing information about account number, full name... he would pay 600,000 VND/day/person to withdraw money from the account.

Following Lam's instructions, Quan, Bao, and Dang each made 8 ATM cards; and Luyen and Loc Thi Loan (Luyen's friend) each opened 6 accounts.

During the period from June 2, 2016 to July 8, 2016, by impersonating the police investigating phone debt, money laundering... this group successfully defrauded 5 victims (4 people in Ho Chi Minh City, 1 person in Hanoi) with the amount of more than 6.3 billion VND.

Among them, the scam that this group earned the most money was up to nearly 2.4 billion VND. That day was noon on July 4, 2016, Ms. Nguyen, residing in Ward 10, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, was at home when she received a phone call.

The person on the other end of the line informed her that she owed nearly 9 million VND in phone bills from a phone number registered on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi City; if she had any questions, she could contact 0906092…and press 0 for answers.

Following the above instructions, Ms. Nguyen talked to a person who claimed to be Major Ly Hoang Phong - working at the Hanoi Police. The person named Phong asserted that Ms. Nguyen was involved in an organized crime ring, and the police have now arrested many suspects.

Phong then connected Ms. Nguyen to continue talking to a person who identified himself as Colonel Tran Trung Kien. Kien asked Ms. Nguyen if she had any bank accounts.

Shocked, Ms. Nguyen replied that she was depositing 10 savings books at S. Bank with a total amount of 2.38 billion VND. After listening, Kien asked Ms. Nguyen to cooperate to "clarify the criminal network", and at the same time requested that all of this money be transferred to the account number specified by him.

Kien promised that if it was proven that Ms. Nguyen was not involved, within 24 hours the investigation agency would return the full amount; otherwise, Ms. Nguyen would be arrested and detained for 3 months for investigation.

In total, Ms. Nguyen transferred nearly 2.4 billion VND to the account requested by Kien three times. A few days later, realizing that she had been scammed, Ms. Nguyen filed a complaint with the police.

The investigation agency determined that in this case, Ma Thieu Quan was given 24 million VND by the leaders for making ATM cards to withdraw money; Vuong Quang Dang received more than 10 million VND, To Van Bao received nearly 15 million VND and Hoang Thi Luyen received about 1.8 million VND.

Regarding the mastermind Hoang Chan Lam, because his identity and background have not been determined, the Investigation Police decided to separate the documents for later investigation and handling.

According to Capital Security