Man lost more than 2.2 billion VND after call from man claiming to be police
The man received threatening phone calls from scammers related to money laundering and drug trafficking. Out of fear, the victim followed the instructions and was robbed of more than 2.2 billion VND.
The Vung Tau City Police Department announced that it has decided to prosecute the case.Fraudulent appropriation of property, to continue investigating the case of a man who was scammed out of more than 2.2 billion VND online by a group of people.
Previously, on March 15, Mr. LVT (61 years old, residing in Thang Nhat ward, Vung Tau city) went to Vung Tau city police to report being scammed out of more than 2.2 billion VND, after a call from a subject claiming to be a police officer.
Mr. T. said that on March 11, he received a call from an unknown number from a subject claiming to be a police officer working at the Investigation Police Department of Da Nang City Police, threatening him with involvement in a money laundering and drug trafficking case with a penalty of 10 to 15 years in prison.
After that, this subject used the Zalo account "Tran Ngoc Hai" to make friends with Mr. T. and sent a picture of the "detention decision" to Mr. T. Next, the subject instructed Mr. T. to download the Quicksupport application and security software.
Mr. T. said that through the conversation, this subject said that the money he was saving had the same serial number as the money that the police were seizing, and the file was being sent to the Procuracy and the inspection agency for clarification.
Along with that, the subject gave Mr. T. a phone number of a person named "Xuan", claiming to be the Chief Prosecutor, so that Mr. T. could call to prove that the money in the savings account was not related to the case.
Then, the scammers instructed Mr. T. to transfer his savings at VietinBank to his own account number at Vietcombank.
Out of fear, on March 12, Mr. T. went to VietinBank and transferred all of the more than 2.1 billion VND in his savings card to his Vietcombank account.
After completing the transfer, the subject named Zalo "Tran Ngoc Hai" sent 7 links to Mr. T's Zalo, then told him to click on each link and follow the instructions.
Trusting, Mr. T. did as the subject requested.
On the afternoon of March 15, Mr. T. went to the ATM to withdraw money but could not. Upon checking, he discovered that the entire amount of more than 2.2 billion VND had been lost from his card account. At this time, Mr. T. realized that he had been scammed, so he rushed to the police station to report it.
