Looking for victims of a group of people who specialize in hijacking Facebook accounts to scam money
From about July 2018 to April 2019, this group of subjects caused about 30 cases of Facebook account hijacking, defrauding about 1.4 billion VND from the victims.
The Investigation Police Agency of Bac Tu Liem District Police (Hanoi) is expanding the investigation into a high-tech fraud case involving the following subjects: Pham Dinh Vuong (born 1992), Mai Chi Cuong (born 1994), Truong Ngoc The (born 1997), all residing in Quang Tri town, Quang Tri province, and Phan Van Vuong (born 1994), residing in Hoa Chau, Hoa Vang, Da Nang city.
Previously, in early April 2019, the Investigation Police Department of Bac Tu Liem District Police received a report from Ms. Tran Thi H. that her relative's Facebook account had been hijacked and then texted her saying that he was sick and needed money for urgent treatment, and asked Ms. H. to transfer 30 million VND to account number 3955877 under the name of Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh. The news was true, Ms. H. transferred the above amount to her relative.
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| Four suspects in a high-tech fraud group have just been prosecuted and investigated by the Bac Tu Liem District Police. |
From Ms. H.'s report, through professional measures and investigation, the Investigation Police Department of Bac Tu Liem District identified the group of subjects who hacked Ms. H.'s Facebook account, texted to trick her into paying money, and promptly arrested the above subjects, extraditing them from Quang Tri and Da Nang to Hanoi for investigation and clarification.
Through the investigation, the subjects confessed that they had taken over the Facebook accounts of many people and then sent messages to a list of friends, fabricating reasons for needing money such as a sick relative... to borrow money and asking the victims to send it to bank accounts under the names: Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh, account number 3955877; Account under the name Pham Thu Ha, account number 3855474; Account under the name Trinh Thi Yen, account number 4858887, all of Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB).
The police agency has clarified that from about July 2018 to April 2019, this group of subjects caused about 30 cases of appropriating Facebook accounts, defrauding and appropriating about 1.4 billion VND from the victims. This is the amount of money that the police agency has seized from 3 account numbers that the group of subjects created for the victims to transfer money to.
On April 17, the Investigation Police Agency of Bac Tu Liem District Police issued an order to temporarily detain the above 4 suspects to investigate the act of fraud and property appropriation.
However, through the struggle, the subjects admitted that the number of victims they cheated was very large, and they could not remember all the cases.
To serve the investigation to expand the case, the Investigation Police Agency of Bac Tu Liem District Police announced that anyone who is a victim of the above group of subjects, please contact the Bac Tu Liem District Police (Hanoi) to report, meet investigator Tran Doan Khai, phone number:0965641777.