Falling into a scam trap, a coal business couple transferred 95 billion to a 'monster woman'
Bui Thi Luong "boasted" that she had close relationships with "big bosses" and was able to help Ms. P. and her husband in their coal business. Trusting her, Ms. P. and her husband transferred more than 95 billion VND to this "monster" to ask her to take care of the matter.
On the afternoon of March 19, Cau Giay District Police (Hanoi) announced that they had prosecuted and detained Bui Thi Luong (born in 1976, in Khue My Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang City) for fraud and property appropriation.
Police determined that Ms. PTP and her husband (who do business in the coal industry in Quang Ninh province) knew Luong through an acquaintance, Ms. NTN (born in 1965, living in Cau Giay district; working as deputy head of the organization department of a hospital in Hanoi).
In early 2021, Ms. P. and her husband went to visit Ms. N.'s house. There, Ms. P. and her husband met Ms. N.'s acquaintances, Bui Thi Luong and Ms. CTV (born in 1981, in Cau Giay district).
When introduced by an acquaintance, Ms. P. and her husband believed more and more that Luong had a close relationship with the "big bosses" in the central government.
In addition, Luong also "bragged" that he had a "master" who was a high-ranking leader in Ho Chi Minh City, so he was able to help Ms. P. and her husband in their coal trading business as well as some other things.
Trusting him, Ms. P. and her husband repeatedly transferred money to Luong to help with the work. In total, Ms. P. and her husband transferred more than 95 billion VND to Luong, including more than 1.2 billion VND to their acquaintances.
After transferring all the money and after months of discussion, Ms. P. and her husband saw that Luong could not help them, so they asked for a refund. However, Luong used many different reasons to delay the refund.
Asked for money many times, since date27/5 - 29/7/2022, Luong paid Ms. P. and her husband 9.3 billion VND, leaving 86.675 billion VND unpaid.
Luong's acquaintances and Ms. P. and her husband, after receiving the money, could not take care of anything that Ms. P. and her husband had asked them to do.
Upon realizing that there were signs of fraud, Ms. P. and her husband reported the matter to the Cau Giay District Police. Immediately upon receiving the complaint, the police collected all documents and evidence, including images of Ms. P.'s text messages with Luong and statements of money transfer transactions.
The police summoned and brought Bui Thi Luong to the headquarters to clarify the crime. At the investigation agency, Luong confessed to all of her actions as stated above. Luong's statement was consistent with the documents and evidence.
Currently, the case is under further investigation.