On June 7, the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police Department issued a notice warning people about the trick of impersonating police officers, manipulating victims' psychology to defraud and appropriate more than 200 million VND.
Specifically, at 2:20 a.m. on May 11, the Special Task Force - Team 2, Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police received a report from Mr. M.D.CQ (born in 1976, residing in District 4) about his son M.D.CT (born in 2007) suspected of being kidnapped and held for ransom by a group of people.
Mr. Q's family said that the subjects continuously called, confirming that his son was being held, and demanded that 200 million VND be immediately transferred to "redeem him".
Because he was so scared, Mr. Q. transferred the exact amount of money to his son's bank account, M.D.CT, as requested by the group. However, after transferring the money, Mr. Q. still could not contact his son, while the subjects continued to use many different phone numbers to call and demand more money, then cut off contact.
Receiving the information, Team 2 - Criminal Police Department quickly deployed to investigate. At 3:10 a.m. the same day, the force identified and rescued T. at a hotel in District 7.
Through verification, T. was not kidnapped in the usual sense, but was the victim of a sophisticated scam.
The subjects impersonated police officers, called T. to threaten him about being involved in a drug case, and demanded absolute secrecy and to follow instructions to "resolve the case". This group forced T. to call a technology car to the hotel, rent a room to hide and not listen to any calls other than those from the scam group.
Taking advantage of the victim's state of panic and isolation from relatives, the subjects continued to control T. to transfer the entire amount of 202 million VND to an account under the name Than Vu Tu Uyen.
After the "rescue", Team 2 handed over T. to his family and coordinated with professional units to continue investigating the group of people impersonating police officers to defraud and appropriate property.
From this incident, Ho Chi Minh City Police recommend that the group's methods and tricks are:
Impersonating a police officer , calling the victim, accusing them of being involved in a crime (usually drugs, money laundering...).
Apply psychological pressure, threaten the victim with arrest or criminal prosecution if they do not "cooperate". Force the victim to self-isolate, rent a hotel room, and not have contact or receive phone calls from relatives.
Instructions for transferring money to "settle the case" or to "check the account". Use a bank account in the real name of the victim's relative to increase trust when transferring money.
Ho Chi Minh City Police recommends to people:
The police do not work over the phone and do not ask people to transfer money themselves to verify the investigation.
When receiving a strange call claiming to be from the police, prosecutor's office, court..., absolutely do not provide personal information, bank account, OTP code.
Do not go to hotels, strange places or self-isolate when requested by phone.
If in doubt, calmly hang up, call the Ho Chi Minh City Police hotline (113) or go directly to the nearest police headquarters for verification.
Educate children, pupils and students about online fraud, especially online kidnapping - remote control.
Staying alert – staying calm – contacting the authorities is the key to not becoming the next victim of this sophisticated cybercrime.
Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/doi-dac-nhiem-hinh-su-cong-an-tp-hcm-giai-cuu-thieu-nien-bi-bat-coc-thao-tung-tam-ly-1018872.html
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