Recently, the situation of property fraud crimes in the country in general and Thanh Hoa province in particular has become complicated, occurring in both traditional forms of fraud and through the internet and telecommunications, causing great damage to property, causing public outrage, affecting security, order and people's lives.
Through grasping the situation and monitoring the results of the fight, verifying and clarifying acts of fraud and property appropriation in the area, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police have found that there are some common tricks that subjects often take advantage of the gullibility, trust, material greed and fear of victims, especially women and the elderly. The methods and tricks of the subjects are to take advantage of transactions and connections on the internet, social networks, and telecommunications networks to contact victims, then take advantage of the trust, greed or fear of the victims to commit fraud. For this form, some main tricks have emerged, such as: impersonating foreigners to make friends and text the victims, promising to send gifts or USD, EURO to Vietnam. Then impersonating airport, post office , and customs staff to notify and request the recipient to transfer money to pay fees, taxes or customs clearance fees before receiving the gifts in order to appropriate them.
In addition, the subject also impersonated police officers, prosecutors, and courts to call and threaten individuals, informing them that they were involved in a case or violation of the law, requesting them to provide account numbers or transfer money to the account provided by the subject for the purpose of serving the investigation, and that it would be returned when it was completed and not disclosed to others to ensure safety of life. Along with that, the subject also impersonated officers of the Traffic Police Department, police officers of units and localities to notify victims of traffic violations, asking victims to log in to their accounts to pay fines.
In addition, scammers also call for financial investment, virtual currency such as calling on people to invest, buy - sell, trade "virtual currency", "digital currency", "cryptocurrency" (Bitcoin, Etherum, USDT...) on binary options trading floors (Binary Orion - BO), foreign exchange investment floors,... labeled with foreign operating licenses, along with guarantees, promises of large profits, capital insurance... When mobilizing a large enough amount of money, the floor owners will intervene to devalue the virtual currency, adjust the winning - losing transaction results in a sophisticated way or crash the system to appropriate all the investors' money. Along with that, the methods and tricks of the subjects are to take advantage of recruiting sales collaborators on e-commerce floors; fraudulently borrowing capital through apps; fraudulently winning prizes; Online deposit fraud,... According to statistics, in 2022 and the first 3 months of 2023, in Thanh Hoa province, nearly 150 cases of property fraud occurred, causing damage of over 40 billion VND. Of which, nearly 50 cases of traditional fraud occurred, and over 100 cases of cyber fraud occurred.
Faced with the complicated and increasing developments of cyber and telecommunications fraud crimes, the Provincial Police have proactively advised the Party Committee and the Government to strengthen prevention and combat measures. At the same time, direct the police of professional departments and localities to proactively grasp the situation, prevent and combat organizations, networks and individuals who take advantage of high technology to commit crimes. Strengthen the case files, prosecute cases with sufficient signs of constituting crimes. Strengthen the reconnaissance work to grasp the situation, methods and tricks of criminals, focus on fighting against students who have knowledge and passion for information technology; unemployed people who often gather to play games, and people who do business via the internet; subjects with signs of economic irregularities whose activities are related to the fields of information technology, telecommunications, etc. Along with the fight, the police force has stepped up propaganda and dissemination of the situation, methods and tricks of high-tech crime; raised awareness of self-protection of assets of agencies, businesses and individuals, as well as promptly provided information and signs of high-tech crime activities in the process of using information technology, using computers for business and communication. In particular, it is necessary to strengthen propaganda, education and dissemination of laws in high schools, colleges and universities in the area to educate students on law compliance. In addition, the police force has strengthened coordination with agencies and businesses operating in the field of information technology such as post, telecommunications, banking, finance, etc. to exchange crime information, improving the effectiveness of coordination in the fight against high-tech crime.
According to the forecast of the professional agency, in the coming time, the cases of fraud and appropriation of property, especially through the Internet and telecommunications, will continue to be complicated, with many new and more sophisticated forms and tricks. Some subjects take advantage of loopholes and shortcomings in State management, especially information technology, to commit fraud and appropriation of property. In the province, there are also officials and civil servants who, due to gullibility and trust, have had their personal property defrauded by fraudsters... Therefore, in the coming time, the police force in the province will continue to pay attention to propaganda and warnings about new methods and tricks of fraud and appropriation of property so that people can raise their vigilance and denounce criminals. Do a good job of receiving and handling denunciations and reports of crimes and recommending prosecution, investigation and handling of fraud and appropriation of property. Strictly handle criminals before the law for general deterrence and prevention. Continue to maintain the effective operation of self-management models and crime prevention and control clubs at the grassroots level. Implement well the State management of security and order; strengthen the fight against and suppression of all types of crimes; detect and eliminate networks, groups, and subjects engaged in fraudulent property appropriation.
Article and photos: Quoc Huong
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