"Handsome guy" scammed and appropriated the property of a young woman he met on social media

On June 9, information from the Hoa Vang District Police (Da Nang City) said: The Investigation Police Agency has just issued an emergency arrest warrant for Vo Quoc Dung (born in 1989, residing in Dai Nghia Commune, Dai Loc District, Quang Nam) to continue to clarify the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Previously, through social networks, Dung got to know Ms. TTTH (1989, residing in Dien Quang commune, Dien Ban town, Quang Nam). With his handsome appearance and talent for keyboard chatting, after only 3 months of knowing each other and chatting back and forth, Dung made Ms. TH feel affection and completely "trust" him.

At around 3:30 p.m. on May 28, after receiving a phone call from Dung inviting her to go out for coffee, Ms. TH immediately rode her Air Blade motorbike with license plate 92D1-529.64 to G. shop (Ai Nghia town, Dai Loc district) to talk.

After chatting for a while, Dung told Ms. H. that he needed to go to Da Nang to ask a brother to go back to his hometown to take care of his elderly mother. Hearing that, Ms. H. immediately gave Dung the car to drive, while she sat in the back.

When the car passed the intersection between Duong Son village (Hoa Tien commune, Hoa Vang district) and Highway 605, Dung stopped the car and told Ms. H. to wait while he drove alone to a friend's house nearby to ask for a ride, and conveniently returned the car to Ms. H. so she could go home before it was too late.

Believing him, Ms. H. got out of the car and waited... However, not only did Dung not return to pick her up as promised, but he also turned off his phone and could not be contacted. Realizing that she had been tricked, Ms. H. immediately went to the Hoa Tien Commune Police (Hoa Vang District, Da Nang City) to report the incident.

From the victim’s information, through investigation, Hoa Vang District Police gradually outlined the true identity of the fraudster. Thereby, they discovered that Vo Quoc Dung, also known as Cu Cho, had a criminal record, was sentenced to 7 years in prison by Dai Loc District People’s Court for “Theft of property” and had just completed his prison term in early 2018.

Hoa Vang police also know that Dung has fled to Quang Ngai. By the evening of June 3, the police of the neighboring province reported that in Tran ward (Quang Ngai city), they had detained a person who was high on drugs and climbed into a house and shouted, affecting the local security and order. The identity of this drugged person is very similar to Vo Quoc Dung, as the Hoa Vang (Da Nang) police are looking for.

Immediately, Dung was “invited” to the police station for clarification. After waking up from his high, Dung confessed that after taking Ms. H’s car, he drove it to Nui Thanh district and sold it to an acquaintance for 27 million VND. He spent all of this money on drug addiction until he was arrested…