After the call, the woman took all her savings to the bank and deposited them with the scammer.
The woman received a call informing her that she was involved with a criminal organization and asked to transfer 300 million VND. Believing the call, the person went to the bank to transfer the money but the authorities promptly stopped it.
On July 3, Nam Duong Ward Police (Hai Chau District, Da Nang) said that they had coordinated with a bank to promptly prevent a woman from transferring 300 million VND to a thief.impersonating a police officer.
Previously, on the afternoon of July 2, Nam Duong Ward Police received a report from the VA Bank branch located on Hoang Dieu Street about unusual transactions.
At that time, Ms. TTN (born in 1958, residing in Thanh Khe district) brought 300 million VND in cash and requested to transfer it to bank account M., account holder name Tong Thi Nhu Quynh.
During the investigation, Ms. N. said that in the afternoon of the same day, a person called claiming to be a police officer and informed her that she was involved with a criminal organization.
To prove her innocence, the subject asked her to deposit 300 million VND into the above account. The subject asked Ms. N. not to tell anyone, otherwise she would be arrested. Ms. N. was afraid and brought her savings to the bank to deposit.
According to the police, Ms. N. lived alone, had no relatives, was in a state of panic, and was afraid of being arrested, so she insisted on transferring money.
Identifying this as the behavior of a group of scammers, the police coordinated with the bank to encourage Ms. N. not to make the transaction. The bank then instructed Ms. N. to open a savings account with the money.
It is known that on June 22, the above bank branch coordinated with Nam Duong Ward Police to promptly prevent another fraud case with the trick of transferring money to receive gifts from abroad to send to Vietnam.
