On the morning of September 20, a representative of Ngo Quyen Commune Police (Thanh Mien) said a local woman almost lost 920 million VND to a scammer if she had not been stopped in time.
On September 18-19, Ms. Nguyen Thi N. (born in 1958) in Pham Xa village, Ngo Quyen commune received a call from a subject claiming to be an officer of the Hanoi City Police.
This person threatened Ms. N. about her involvement in the drug ring, asking her to provide her bank account number and password. After Ms. N. provided her account number and password, the subject asked Ms. N. to transfer all the money she had into that bank account and absolutely not to tell anyone.
On the afternoon of September 19, Ms. N. went to the People's Credit Fund of Ngo Quyen commune to withdraw all of her savings of VND 920 million and then deposited it into the bank account previously provided to the subject. Fortunately, before the subject could log into the account, Ms. N.'s family discovered it and reported it to the commune police.
Upon receiving the news, Ngo Quyen Commune Police quickly coordinated with the Transaction Office of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in Hong Quang Commune to promptly freeze Ms. N's account and retain the entire 920 million VND.
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