Impersonating a police officer to defraud an old woman of nearly 400 million VND

On November 4, the Economic Security Department, Cyber ​​Security Department and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Dong Nai Provincial Police in coordination with Vietinbank Dong Nai Branch promptly prevented a fraud case of transferring 380 million VND.

In late October and early November 2024, a strange phone number called Ms. H. claiming to be from the police and claiming that she was involved in money laundering, drug trafficking, and funding for terrorist groups...

Then, the person claiming to be a police officer asked Ms. H. to go to the bank to transfer money. Ms. H. said that she did not know that there was cash and did not know how to transfer money on the phone, so this group continuously asked and urged her to go to the bank to withdraw money from her savings book, buy a phone to sign up for the MobileBanking service, then transfer 380 million VND into her account and send the "investigating police" the OTP code for the bank transfer transaction.

When Ms. H. went to the bank to complete the procedures, the bank staff knew that this was a suspected fraud case and reported it to the authorities. Upon receiving the information, the Economic Security Department, the Cyber ​​Security Department and the High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Dong Nai Province Police quickly met with Ms. H. to explain.

After realizing she had been scammed, Ms. H. thanked the Dong Nai Provincial Police and bank staff for promptly preventing the scam.