Bac Giang: Commune police help return 7 billion VND due to mistaken transfer

At 11:30 a.m. on March 21, Viet Lap Commune Police, Tan Yen District, Bac Giang Province received a request from Mr. Pham Van Xuan, born in 1982, in Hang Com Village, Viet Lap Commune, Tan Yen District, Bac Giang Province regarding: On March 20, 2025, his bank account received an amount of 7 billion VND from an account transferred by Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank. Mr. Xuan came to Viet Lap Commune Police to request support in verifying to transfer back the above amount.

Immediately after receiving the information, Viet Lap Commune Police reported and were directly assisted by the commander and officers of the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Bac Giang Provincial Police to coordinate and verify the incident.

At 2:00 p.m. the same day, Ms. X., who has a permanent residence in Hanoi and is the owner of the above account number - representing a company and a representative of the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Dong Do Branch) went to the headquarters of the Viet Lap Commune Police to work and provide documents related to receiving support to receive the above amount of money.

Mr. Xuan said that he and his family regularly learn knowledge and read and listen to articles and news about preventing fraud and property appropriation crimes on the Internet, including the article about "Warning about fraudulent tricks of transferring money by mistake", so when he received the above amount of money, Mr. Xuan went to the police agency for coordination and support.

At 4:30 p.m. the same day, at the headquarters of Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Bac Giang Branch, in the presence of the authorities, the relevant parties completed the procedures and fully transferred 7 billion VND to the above Company.

After receiving the mistakenly transferred money, Ms. X. was very moved and directly thanked Mr. Xuan and the officers and soldiers of Viet Lap Commune Police, the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department, Bac Giang Provincial Police for helping and supporting the Company to receive the above amount.

Through the above incident, it is recommended that people when making money transfer transactions should pay attention to carefully checking account information to avoid transferring to the wrong account; when receiving money transferred to your account by mistake, please contact the nearest police agency for support.