Claiming to know high-ranking officials, scamming people into believing they can get civil service jobs.

Claiming to be acquainted with high-ranking officials, Linh defrauded numerous acquaintances by promising to help them "get into civil service" through illegal means, ultimately stealing their money..

On September 20th, the Ninh Kieu District Police (Can Tho City) announced that the investigative agency had served the decision to initiate criminal proceedings, indict the suspect, and temporarily detain Nguyen Vu Linh (25 years old, residing in Hoa An commune, Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province) to investigate the crime of fraud and appropriation of property.

According to investigators, Linh did not have a stable job and, in order to have money to spend, conceived the idea of ​​defrauding people who wanted to apply for jobs in state agencies. Linh researched information about civil servant recruitment exams at the Department of Internal Affairs of Can Tho City and planned to defraud a series of victims, including acquaintances and former classmates.

In June 2015, Linh met up with her former classmate from the University of Information Technology, Lam Thuy Ngan. After several conversations, Linh learned that Ngan intended to apply for a civil service position at the Department of Internal Affairs of Can Tho City. Linh then boasted about her connections with many high-ranking officials and claimed she could help applicants get the job, but only if a "bribe" was paid.

The suspect has been taken into custody.

Linh quoted Ngân a price of 25 million VND to pass the civil service exam. Because they were friends, Linh reduced the price to 20 million VND and wrote a receipt for 5 million VND upfront. Linh promised to pay the remaining amount upon receiving the results. Later, Ngân introduced another friend, Huỳnh Thị Diễm Quyến, who also wanted to take the civil service exam to work in a government agency. Linh negotiated with Quyến for a passing fee of 30 million VND, receiving 10 million VND in advance.

In early October 2015, Ms. Ngan and Ms. Quyen took the civil service exam at the Can Tho University of Technology examination board. In February 2016, Ms. Ngan and Ms. Quyen checked the results on the Department of Internal Affairs website and learned that both had failed. They contacted Linh again, who replied that "everything has been taken care of." Linh then requested an additional 15 million VND from them, promising to send the results of their civil service exams to their personal email addresses. Subsequently, Ms. Ngan, along with her father, and Ms. Quyen, along with her husband, met with Linh at a coffee shop and handed over the full amount.

After receiving the money, to gain the victims' trust, Linh accessed the website of the Department of Science and Technology of Can Tho City and downloaded notification templates along with signatures and stamps to create job acceptance notices and decisions after the 2015 civil servant recruitment exam results were announced. She then sent these to Ms. Ngan and Ms. Quyen's personal email addresses. Subsequently, Linh continued to forge civil servant recruitment decisions, scheduling work dates and sending them to the two victims.

However, as the date stated in the decision approached, Linh repeatedly called Ms. Ngan and Ms. Quyen to postpone the appointment. Suspecting Linh of fraudulent behavior, on September 8, 2016, the two victims went to the Department of Science and Technology of Can Tho City to inquire about the recruitment information and only then realized they had been deceived, so they reported it to the police. Through investigation, it was revealed that, in addition to the two victims, Linh had defrauded six other people, appropriating between 10 and 15 million VND each.

During questioning at the investigative agency, Linh admitted to using the aforementioned method to defraud eight victims seeking to take civil service exams, appropriating a total of 112 million VND.

According to the People's Police Newspaper