Impersonating travel company fanpages, scamming nearly 100 people

On May 14, Lang Son Provincial Police said that through professional work, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department of Lang Son Provincial Police discovered a group of subjects organizing illegal drug use and fraudulent appropriation of property on cyberspace.

According to initial investigation, on May 9, in the area of ​​Le Hong Phong Street, Tam Thanh Ward, Lang Son City, the authorities discovered and arrested 4 subjects including: Hua Van Hoi (born 2001), Trieu Van Thuong (born 1999), Hua Van Duoc (born 1997), Luu Van Tinh (born 1998, all residing in Cao Loc District, Lang Son Province) for organizing illegal use of drugs. Conducting a quick test, all 4 subjects tested positive for drugs.

Two subjects Hua Van Hoi and Lanh Van Trong at the police station.

According to the investigation documents, Hua Van Hoi met Lanh Van Trong (born in 1996, residing in Loc Binh district, Lang Son) when they were working for fraudulent companies in Cambodia. At the end of March 2025, both returned to Vietnam and brought some electronic devices and rented a location in Lang Son city to install them to serve the purpose of fraudulent appropriation of property.

In April 2025, by creating fake Facebook fanpages, similar to company pages, tourist destinations developed and ran ads on social networks to attract people with travel and vacation needs. When people interacted and commented expressing their need to travel, the subjects would proactively send private messages, send pictures of tourist areas and offer prices cheaper than the market so that those in need would trust and choose. After negotiating and gaining the trust of those in need, the subjects asked for a deposit. When the victim transferred the money, the subjects informed them that the transfer syntax was incorrect, the money was frozen and asked the victim to transfer money a second time, then the victim would be instructed to contact the company accountant's Facebook to receive the deposit back. After that, the group continued to defraud the victims by paying taxes, paying verification fees due to errors, paying room cancellation fees... Using this trick, the subjects defrauded nearly 100 victims, appropriating over 250 million VND.

Currently, Lang Son Provincial Police are continuing to investigate and expand the case to investigate and handle according to the provisions of law.

According to Nguyen Duy Chien (TPO)

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