Old car selling scam of a guy in debt
In debt due to business losses, Phuc came up with the idea of fraudulently appropriating property. The car dealer's method was to go to used car sales websites to get information and pictures of the car, then offer it to those in need and then appropriate the money to pay off debts and spend.
On July 2, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Nguyen Duy Phuc (born 1997), residing in Yen Thanh commune (Van Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district), Nghe An province, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
Nguyen Duy Phuc works in the used car business, so he often buys and sells cars with many people across the country. Since the beginning of 2024, due to business losses and debt, Phuc has had the idea of appropriating other people's property.
The car dealer's trick is to go to used car sales websites to get information and pictures of the car, then offer it to people in need.
To make customers trust and transfer money, Phuc sold at a lower price than the price Phuc agreed to buy in order to get money in advance from customers.
On June 23, 2024, through a used car sales page online, Phuc saw a person wanting to sell a Hyundai Accent car for 350 million VND, so he texted to buy it and deposited 5 million VND for this person to send information and pictures of the car.
When he got information about the car, Phuc posted an article, pictures, and the car registration certificate to sell the car. At the same time, Phuc texted Nguyen Hai L. (born in 1982, residing in Hung Yen province) to offer the car for sale at 340 million VND.
On the afternoon of June 26, knowing that Mr. L. had agreed to buy the car before and because he needed more money, Phuc offered to sell another car for 295 million VND.
When the customer agreed to buy 2 cars, Phuc asked for half of the deposit to be transferred in advance in order to appropriate the money. Trusting him, Mr. L. transferred 395 million VND to Phuc in advance. Nguyen Duy Phuc used this amount to pay off debts for many people.
After receiving the money, Phuc repeatedly lied to the customer about sending the car out. Phuc sent photos of the two cars and told Mr. L. that the cars were being transported.
A few days later, when the car still had not arrived, Mr. L. asked Phuc to send him the phone number of the driver who was transporting the car so he could contact him. At this time, Phuc asked a friend to claim to be the driver who was transporting the two cars for the customer.
Continuing to wait for the car to return, Mr. L. went to Di An City (Binh Duong) to meet Phuc. At this time, Phuc lied again but the incident was exposed. After many times of asking for the money back without success, Mr. L. filed a complaint against Phuc with the police.
On September 20, 2024, the police arrested Nguyen Duy Phuc on an emergency basis.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to his crime. Phuc said that due to business losses and debt, he took the risk of defrauding others. The defendant apologized to the victim and asked the court to consider reducing his sentence.
After a comprehensive review of the case, the People's Court sentenced Nguyen Duy Phuc to 3 years in prison for "Fraudulent appropriation of property".