Woman robbed of nearly 3 billion VND while researching retreat for her child
While researching summer retreats for her child, Ms. H connected to the Facebook account "Tu Sinh Mua He" to register for her child. She was robbed of nearly 3 billion VND.
On the morning of March 18, information from Hanoi City Police said that Ms. H., while researching summer retreats for her children, fell into a trap and had 2.8 billion VND stolen.
Specifically, when researching summer retreats for her child, Ms. H. (in Hanoi) connected to the Facebook account "Summer Retreat" to register her child. Afterwards, a person claiming to be the "Head of the Retreat Committee" called Ms. H., introduced herself and provided the "Head of the Committee's" ID number and photo to create trust.
The subject brought Ms. H. into a group on the social network Telegram and asked her to buy feng shui items to increase interaction for the feng shui items company, because they were the main sponsor of the retreat.
When purchasing an item, the company will refund the parents after 3-5 minutes. After many purchases and refunds, Ms. H. was asked to transfer a larger amount of money with the following reasons: Wrong operation, no photo of the item, must complete the operation, complete credit score. Within just 2 days, Ms. H. had 2.8 billion VND appropriated by the subjects.
Before the trickCheatThrough the summer retreats that are popular on social networks, the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Hanoi City Police recommends that people be careful when looking for information about courses on social networking sites to avoid being scammed.
Regularly monitor and update crime information for prevention and dissemination to relatives. When detecting cases with signs of fraud and property appropriation, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency to resolve the case according to regulations.