Recently, due to grasping information about methods and tricks of criminals impersonating police... to defraud and appropriate property.
Typically, on June 22, Ms. Th., residing in Group 16, Duc Giang Ward (Long Bien, Hanoi) received a call from a person, claiming to be a Long Bien District Police officer, demanding that Ms. Th. pay off her savings of about more than 3 billion VND, and then immediately transfer that amount to an account provided by this subject.
Next, Ms. Th. went to the BIDV Thanh Do Bank Transaction Office (Long Bien, Hanoi) to comply with the subject's request. During the process of receiving Ms. Th.'s request, because they had been informed about the criminals' fraudulent methods and at the same time, they noticed that Ms. Th. was showing unusual signs, so the staff of the BIDV Thanh Do Bank Transaction Office immediately reported it to the police.
Immediately after receiving the information, Duc Giang Ward Police sent officers to the bank's transaction office to meet, explain, and propagate so that Ms. Th. could clearly understand the methods and tricks of criminals using high technology to defraud and appropriate property. Thanks to that, the incident was promptly prevented.
Similarly, on June 21, Ms. N, residing in Yen Ky village, Phu Son commune (Ba Vi, Hanoi) received a call from a strange phone number, claiming to be an officer of Binh Dinh Provincial Police, informing her that Ms. N. was involved in a large drug trafficking ring. This person then instructed Ms. N. to open a bank account and transfer money into that account to serve the investigation, otherwise she would be arrested.
Out of fear, Ms. N. went to Agribank alone to withdraw money from her savings book and open an account to transfer money into that account according to the scammer's instructions. When she arrived at Agribank Ba Vi branch, Ms. N. requested to withdraw 260 million VND from her savings book, with a tired face and a confused state of mind.
Noticing that she was showing unusual signs, the bank staff quickly contacted the Ba Vi District Police. Immediately afterwards, the Ba Vi District Police received the information and handled the case; together with the staff of Agribank Ba Vi District Branch, they clearly explained to Ms. N the methods and tricks of fraud and property appropriation of these types of criminals.
Faced with the above methods and tricks, Hanoi City Police continue to advise people to be vigilant, not to transfer money or provide personal information to strangers over the phone, to avoid falling into the trap of criminals.
According to Hanoi City Police, to work with citizens, the police will directly send invitations, summonses or send them through the commune or town police; There is absolutely no case of the police calling citizens to request money transfer to bank accounts.
When detecting cases with signs of fraud as above, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency for timely support and resolution.
According to VNA