Arrested 2 "female monsters" who caused 7 consecutive scams in Vinh Phuc

On November 27, Vinh Phuc Provincial Police announced that Yen Lac District Police had just arrested 2 "female monsters" who committed 7 cases of fraud and property appropriation through forging bank messages.

Accordingly, Bui Thi Trang (23 years old, in Dong Xuan commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi) and Nguyen Thu Linh (22 years old, in Quang Chau commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province) were arrested by the authorities to investigate their collusion to fake bank messages and commit 7 frauds, appropriating 250 million VND from many people.

According to investigation documents, at around 9:10 a.m. on November 20, at Anh Duc gold and silver store owned by Mr. NLT, in Tam Hong town, Yen Lac district, a female customer came to buy 1 tael of gold and agreed to pay by bank transfer.

After discussing the purchase, this person asked to borrow Mr. T's phone to call his family. About 15 minutes later, the customer informed Mr. T that the transfer order to pay for the gold purchase had been successfully completed.

After checking his phone, Mr. T. read a new message from a phone number saved in his contacts named "Vietinbank" informing him that 60 million VND had been added to his Vietinbank account, so Mr. T. believed that he had received the money.

Mr. NLT enthusiastically assisted the female customer in choosing a 3-chi square ring, 2 round rings each weighing 1 chi, and a 5-chi necklace of 9999 gold. The female customer received the gold the store owner gave her and quickly drove away on her motorbike.

At this point, Mr. NLT logged into his bank account to check and was shocked to find that no money had actually been transferred to his account. Knowing that he had encountered a scammer, Mr. NLT went to the police to report the incident.

Immediately after receiving the report, the Investigation Police Agency of Yen Lac District mobilized forces to deploy synchronous professional measures to organize the investigation. After 2 days, the police identified Bui Thi Trang as the suspect in the above-mentioned fraud and property appropriation, and Nguyen Thu Linh as an accomplice.

On November 24, the Investigation Police Agency of Yen Lac District Police arrested Trang and Linh, confiscating evidence including 2 motorbikes with fake license plates, 2 mobile phones, 1 gold necklace and other related evidence.

At the police station, the subjects confessed that they had agreed on a scenario to commit the fraud and appropriate property. Specifically, Trang went directly to Anh Duc gold shop to buy gold, then borrowed Mr. NLT's phone to get his bank account information. Trang also saved the phone number provided by Linh in Mr. NLT's phone contacts under the name "Vietinbank".

After that, Trang informed Linh to compose a fake text message from Vietinbank and send it to Mr. NLT's phone with the content of the account balance change plus 60 million VND. After receiving the phone from Trang and checking that there was a new text message informing about the amount of money received, Mr. NLT trusted and gave the gold to Trang.

Yen Lac District Police determined that from September 2023 to present, with the same "scenario" as above, Trang and Linh have committed 7 fraud cases, appropriating assets worth a total of 250 million VND. Of which, 2 cases were in Tam Hong town, Yen Lac and 5 cases were in Hanoi. Trang and Linh divided the fraudulently appropriated money for personal use.