Nguyen Van H. reported the incident to Phu Xuan Ward Police.

Accordingly, at around 1:50 p.m. on August 27, Nguyen Van H. (born in 2006, temporarily residing in Phu Xuan ward, a student at a local university) received a phone call from a strange number, claiming to be a police officer, informing him that his personal information and bank account had been leaked and used by bad guys to launder money and buy and sell drugs.

The subject asked H. to prove that she was not involved in the case, not to exchange or disclose information to anyone, and to follow instructions or she would be arrested immediately. The subject instructed H. to install the Zoom application on her phone, then make a video call to "work".

Receiving the video call, H. discovered that in the image content there were many people wearing police uniforms working with a number of subjects related to the money laundering and drug trafficking case, including drug evidence. These subjects impersonating police officers asked H. to provide personal information, permanent residence, temporary residence, occupation, family phone number... and asked her to transfer money to a number of accounts provided by them to prove that she was not related to the case and that this money would be refunded after the investigation was completed.

Knowing that she did not have money to transfer, the subjects created a scenario where H. received a scholarship to study abroad, instructing her family to transfer 460 million VND to her to pay the fee. After receiving the money transferred by her family, at around 10 p.m. on August 27, H. transferred 210 million VND to the subjects and continued to transfer 260 million VND to the subjects at 9 a.m. on August 28.

At around 11:30 a.m. on February 28, the subjects continued to ask H. to rent a motel, separate from everyone around to avoid revealing information about the case. Here, the subjects asked her to take off her clothes to check her tattoos and take pictures, then send these pictures to her family, informing them that she was in debt and had been kidnapped, asking her family to send 400 million VND or they would beat her and sell her to Cambodia. At this time, H.'s family informed the landlord and reported the incident to Phu Xuan Ward Police. After a short time, Phu Xuan Ward Police identified where H. rented a motel. At this time, she was still using her laptop and phone to make video calls with the subjects. The case is currently being handled by Phu Xuan Ward Police.

The police agency recommends that people should raise their vigilance against fraudsters on the internet, especially those impersonating the police, the prosecutor's office, and the court to commit fraud. Please note that the authorities do not work over the phone or on social networks, and do not request money transfers to serve the investigation.

When receiving a notice of prosecution, an arrest warrant... via phone, people need to stay calm, not panic, not provide personal information, bank accounts, OTP codes, not transfer money; do not self-isolate to follow the requests of the subjects. For families, when receiving information about a relative being kidnapped, they need to quickly contact the nearest police agency for support and instructions on how to handle the situation, and not follow the requests of the subjects.

MINH NGUYEN

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