Threatened by "fake police" to be convicted of drug crimes, woman transfers over 1 billion VND to prove

On June 3, Hanoi City Police said that Hoan Kiem District Police are investigating and verifying a case of a bad guy impersonating a police officer to defraud people of more than 1 billion VND.

Specifically, on May 24, Dong Xuan Ward Police, Hoan Kiem District received a report from Ms. N. (71 years old, residing in Hoan Kiem District) about her property being stolen.

Ms. N. said she received a phone call from a person claiming to be a police officer. This person informed her that she was involved in a drug trafficking and money laundering ring, and asked her to provide her bank account to prove that she was not involved.

Out of fear, Ms. N. transferred 1.1 billion VND to the subjects' accounts for verification. After that, Ms. N. realized she had been scammed, so she went to the police to report.

According to Hanoi City Police, impersonating police officers to make phone calls to defraud and appropriate property is not a new trick, but many people are still not vigilant and fall into the traps of these subjects.

The police advise people to be vigilant and inform their relatives and friends about the above tricks to avoid falling into the trap of bad guys. To work with people, the police will directly send invitations, summonses or send them through local police and absolutely do not ask people to provide bank account information or transfer money to bank accounts.

When detecting cases with signs of fraud as above, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency.