Threatened with involvement in drug ring, old woman in Hanoi lost nearly 100 million VND

According to the Hanoi City Police information portal on September 2, Long Bien District Police are verifying and investigating a case of impersonating a police officer to defraud and appropriate property.

Specifically, on August 8, Sai Dong Ward Police (Long Bien District) received a complaint from Ms. N. (born in 1951) stating that she received a phone call from a person claiming to be a police officer. This person said that she was involved in a drug trafficking ring and had to transfer money to assist in the investigation.

Out of fear, Ms. N. sold the 13 taels of gold she had saved and transferred nearly 100 million VND to the account that the other person had instructed her to. Later, she discovered that she had been scammed and reported it to the police.

Hanoi City Police recommend that people be vigilant and inform their relatives and friends about the above tricks to avoid falling into the traps of bad guys.

Recently, although there have been many warnings about the trick of impersonating police agencies to defraud and appropriate property, there are still people who "fall into the trap", most of whom are people who do not update social and press information.

Hanoi City Police said that to work with people, the authorities always directly send invitations, summonses or send them through local police; absolutely do not ask citizens to transfer money to bank accounts. When detecting cases with signs of fraud as above, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency.

English

Source: https://vtc.vn/bi-doa-lien-quan-den-duong-day-ma-tuy-cu-ba-o-ha-noi-mat-gan-100-trieu-dong-ar817223.html