Woman falls into virtual currency exchange trap, loses nearly 8 billion VND
Receiving a message inviting her to invest in virtual currency, Ms. T. immediately transferred nearly 8 billion with the expectation of receiving high interest rates, but the entire amount was later appropriated.
The Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Hanoi City Police has just received a report from a victim who was robbed of nearly VND8 billion while investing in virtual currency.
According to the report, Ms. T. (45 years old, residing in Thanh Xuan district) received a message via Messenger application inviting her to joininvest in virtual currencyvia website: xspacezone.com.
After that, Ms. T. followed the instructions to create an account and transfer money to invest for high profits. Ms. T. invested nearly 8 billion VND and had all of that money taken away.
Recently, Hanoi City Police have warned that many virtual currency trading floors have appeared, attracting many investors with the potential risk of fraud. The floors are introduced as projects with high interest rates, committed to paying profits to players, and sharing high commissions when attracting new investors. This is also an opportunity for scammers to "set traps".
To avoid fraud, Hanoi City Police advise people to research carefully and only invest through official channels recognized by law. People absolutely do not participate in investing in virtual currency through websites of unknown origin, especially advertising platforms that promise high profits or attractive investment opportunities to appropriate victims' assets.
People do not believe investment invitations from strangers on social networks, Telegram, Zalo, Facebook... to avoid risks of property damage and unfortunate incidents.
If fraud is discovered, people need to immediately report it to the police to quickly verify, prevent and handle violators according to the law.
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