Nghe An awards a reward for the project to arrest a group of hackers who took over Facebook accounts and defrauded more than 20 billion VND.
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An Provincial Police leaders assessed that this is a typical case because the form of fraud is common but the process of solving the case is very difficult.
Nghe An: Arrested a group specializing in hacking Facebook, defrauding tens of billions of dong
(Baonghean.vn) - Initial investigation determined that the group of young men led by Tien had taken over more than 500 Facebook accounts to defraud tens of billions of dong.
Police received more than 1,000 calls reporting Facebook hijacking for fraud in 5 days
(Baonghean.vn) - 5 days after Nghe An Newspaper published the investigator's phone number to receive information about Facebook account hijacking to defraud money, Vinh City Police received more than 1,000 calls to report.
On the morning of May 3, Nghe An Provincial Police and Vinh City awarded 15 million VND to Vinh City Police for successfully breaking up an online fraud case led by Nguyen Huu Tien (24 years old, residing in Quang Tri town).
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| Scene of the ceremony. Photo: Tien Hung |
Speaking at the ceremony, Colonel Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director of Nghe An Provincial Police said that this is a typical case because this form of fraud is very popular nowadays, however, hacker groups operate very discreetly and professionally.
"Many other units and localities also accept cases, but not everyone can solve cases like this," said the Head of the Nghe An Police Investigation Agency.
Nearly a week after solving the case, Vinh City Police received more than 1,000 phone calls reporting being scammed by similar methods. Among the victims were people living and working abroad.
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| Provincial Police leaders award the project team. Photo: Tien Hung |
According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Cuong - Deputy Chief of Vinh City Police, up to now, the investigation team has determined that this group of young men has taken over the use of more than 500 Facebook accounts to send messages asking to borrow money, scratch cards... The amount of money this group has defrauded is up to more than 20 billion VND. However, the amount of money and victims of this group have not stopped here.
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| Nguyen Huu Tien (far left), with a group of young men from Quang Tri at Vinh City Police Station. Photo: Tien Hung |
Previously, as reported by Nghe An Newspaper, on April 27, Vinh City Police temporarily detained 13 young men from Quang Tri. The whole group was arrested in Da Nang City. 3 of them were later temporarily released because it was determined that they did not participate in the fraud.
“The group’s method is to hack Facebook, change the password, take over the account, and then text the account owner’s relatives and friends to ask for money. Each scam they take is worth an average of 50-100 million VND, but there are also some cases where it’s more than 300 million VND,” said Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Cuong.
During the arrest, the investigation agency seized 750 million VND and many bank accounts of Tien. In addition, the detectives also seized 8 pink pills.
Recognizing that there are many victims of this group, both domestic and foreign, through Nghe An Newspaper, Vinh City Police announced that anyone who is a victim of this group of scammers should contact the phone number0936.237.999, met investigator Tran Hong Ha.
The case is under further investigation.