Old woman was scammed out of nearly 2 billion VND by a man impersonating a police officer
The person impersonating a police officer informed Ms. T. in Hanoi that she was involved in a drug case and asked her to transfer money to an account provided by the subject to prove the legality of her assets. She transferred nearly 2 billion VND to the subject's account.
On October 16, Long Bien District Police (Hanoi) said they are verifying and investigating a case of impersonating a police officer to defraud and appropriate nearly 2 billion VND of property from an elderly woman in the area.
Specifically, on September 30, Bo De Ward Police (Long Bien District) received a complaint from Ms. T. (born in 1946), residing in Long Bien District. In the complaint, Ms. T. said that she received a phone call from a subject claiming to be a Long Bien District Police officer.
This subject informed Ms. T. that she was involved in a drug case and asked her to transfer money to the account that the subject provided to prove the legality of the assets. Believing him, she transferred nearly 2 billion VND to the scammer's account. After realizing that she had been scammed, Ms. T. went to the police station to report.
Hanoi City Police recommend that people need to be more vigilant and educate their relatives and friends about this trick, especially the elderly in the family.
The police will work with citizens through sending invitations and summonses directly or through local police, and absolutely will not ask citizens to transfer money into bank accounts.
When detecting suspected fraud cases like the above, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency.