Warning about the scam of threatening to lock your phone SIM card

Recommendation from the police.

Dong Anh District Police are verifying and investigating the case of impersonating Viettel employees to defraud and appropriate 125 million VND from people. Accordingly, on the morning of June 10, Ms. N (born in 1983; a worker in the area) received a call from a subject introducing herself as a Viettel employee informing her that her SIM card was locked because her phone number was related to violations of the law, money laundering and human trafficking. The subject asked Ms. N to cooperate or the police would arrest her. After that, the subject asked Ms. N to provide her bank account information for verification. When the victim discovered that 125 million VND was missing from her account, she went to the police to report it.

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.

For issues related to phone SIM cards or if problems arise during the use of network services, people need to contact the network hotline or go to the transaction offices for timely advice. Absolutely do not follow any requests from strange numbers calling. When detecting cases with signs of fraud, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency.

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