Preventing social network fraud with a sum of up to 250 million VND

At 3:00 p.m. on June 6, 2022, the Criminal Police Department of Cao Bang Provincial Police received information from the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) Cao Bang branch about a female customer intending to transfer VND 250,000,000 through a payment order at VietinBank.

Through discussion with the customer, the Transaction Officer found that the customer's money transfer showed signs of fraud similar to some methods and tricks of property appropriation fraud on the internet that Cao Bang Police have been promoting recently, so the Transaction Officer temporarily suspended the transaction and contacted the Criminal Police Department of Cao Bang Provincial Police for support.

After being informed and explained about the online fraud by the authorities, the female customer decided to cancel her 250 million VND transfer transaction.

Upon receiving the news, the Criminal Police Department of Cao Bang Province Police sent officers to the above bank counter to inquire about the money transfer of this customer. Through the discussion, the female customer (residing in Cao Bang City) said: Through social networks, she got to know a foreigner. After chatting, this person expressed his desire to send her a gift of great value. A short time later, a phone number contacted her claiming to be a customs officer, asking her to pay a sum of money to receive the gift package mentioned above.

Because of trust, she went to the bank counter to authorize the payment of VND 250,000,000 to the account number provided by the "customs officer". After the police explained some methods and tricks of fraud on the internet in the past, this woman understood and asked the bank to cancel her money transfer./.