Fake police call to scam, meet real police

According to the Cao Bang Provincial Police website, on June 17, Mr. VQ (an officer of the Cao Bang Provincial Police) was on duty when he received a call from a strange number (0917.463.494), claiming to be an officer of the reception and file processing department of the Hanoi City Police.

The owner of the above phone number informed Mr. VQ that Mr. Q.'s ID number was used to register the phone number 0937.052.342 on March 9, at MobiFone Hanoi City. In addition, the phone number under Mr. Q.'s name made many calls to sell medical equipment and supplies, then asked many people to transfer money to appropriate the property.

Fake police call to scam, meet real police - 1 — Image of the subject used to make Zalo video calls. (Photo: Cao Bang Police).

Next, this person said that he would transfer the call to the Hanoi Police Department, and let Mr. Q. talk to the officer handling the case. After transferring the call, a man claiming to be an officer of the Hanoi Police Department's Investigation Agency asked Mr. VQ. to come to the Hanoi Police Department to report the case and if Mr. Q. could not come, he would make a video call to verify.

Then, the other end of the line asked Mr. Q. to add him as a friend on Zalo and make a video call with an officer named Le Hai Son. While making the video call on Zalo, seeing Mr. VQ wearing a police uniform, Le Hai Son was startled and exclaimed, "I was about to scam him but then I met the police."

Knowing that his scam was unsuccessful, Son lowered his voice and begged Mr. Q. "Please save me." This subject said that he was being locked up in Myanmar and being tortured by bad people every day if he did not complete the "scam call" quota.

Cao Bang Provincial Police said that their scamming methods were very sophisticated. When making Zalo video calls, these subjects used the faces of other people in police uniforms, sitting in a room designed exactly like a police office and had name tags, badges, etc.

They often impersonate the police, calling to inform the victim's phone number and account number that they are involved in serious cases such as drug trafficking and money laundering.

When the victim says he or she is not involved or is not the criminal in question, the scammers will ask for information to verify or say that the victim's personal information may be exploited, asking the victim to follow instructions.

To prove his innocence, the victim agreed to cooperate with the investigation and then the bad guys asked the victim to transfer money to their account for verification, if it was not related, they would transfer it back. They also asked the victim to keep the information absolutely confidential.

As soon as they get the money transferred by the victim, they will take it and cut off all communication.

Cao Bang Provincial Police recommend that people need to be more vigilant against subjects impersonating police officers calling via Zalo to get videos for the purpose of fraud, as well as need to inform relatives and friends about this trick and avoid falling into the trap of bad subjects.

If fraud is detected, people need to immediately report it to the police for verification, prevention and handling according to the law.

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