Woman lost 4.5 billion VND after receiving a call from the 'Investigative Agency'

Recently, although there have been many warnings about the trick of impersonating the police agency to commit crimes,fraud and appropriation of propertyproperty but there are still many people falling into the trap of the subjects. Recently, Tay Ho District Police, Hanoi City is investigating and verifying the case of impersonating a police officer, defrauding and appropriating property with the amount of 4.5 billion VND.

Accordingly, on January 18, 2024, Ms. N (born in 1960), residing in Tay Ho district, received a phone call from a subject claiming to be a police officer. The subject said that Ms. N was involved in money laundering and drug trafficking. To serve the investigation, the subject asked her to declare her assets to prove that she was not involved. Out of fear, Ms. N transferred 4.5 billion VND to the subject's account. After that, Ms. N realized that she had been scammed, so she reported it to the police.

Hanoi City Police recommends that people be vigilant and inform their relatives and friends about the above tricks to avoid falling into the trap of bad guys. To work with people, the police will directly send invitations, summonses or send them through the local police; absolutely do not ask citizens to transfer money to bank accounts. When detecting cases with signs of fraud as above, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency.