Ho Chi Minh City: Thanh My Tay police quickly rescued a student who was 'kidnapped online'

With urgent and synchronous coordination, Thanh My Tay Ward Police quickly rescued and promptly prevented the 'online kidnapping' and property fraud of a male TPTr student (18 years old) 90 minutes after receiving the report.

The incident started at 1:00 p.m. on October 31. TPTr's relatives contacted Mr. HVT (37 years old, in Dong Nai province, manager of a boarding house on Nguyen Van Thuong street, Thanh My Tay ward, Ho Chi Minh City) and asked Mr. T. to go to Thanh My Tay ward police station to report that Tr. had signs of being scammed and kidnapped.

Thanh My Tay Ward Police successfully rescued a kidnapped male student 90 minutes after receiving the report.

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Mr. T. said that Tr. was a student renting a room at his house. He left the room at 11 p.m. on October 30 and did not know where he went.

At 11:00 a.m. on October 31, Tr.'s relatives called Mr. T. to report the incident to the Thanh My Tay Ward Police Station because Tr.'s relatives received text messages saying that he was staying at a hotel and had borrowed 150 million VND, suspecting signs of kidnapping and property fraud.

Immediately upon receiving the news, the Crime Prevention Team - Thanh My Tay Ward Police mobilized all forces, coordinating with professional units of Ho Chi Minh City Police.

The police have checked all the relationships and information about the male student TPTr. At the same time, they quickly contacted Tr.'s relatives in Binh Phuoc province to work. The command also assigned patrol teams to increase patrols on the roads to find Tr.

Midnight, received a call and left the motel

The investigation focused on Tr.'s last movements. At around 2 p.m., through checking and analyzing the camera system, it was discovered that at 10:11 p.m. on October 30, Tr. left the motel. The final destination was determined to be Road 20, An Khanh Ward. This is a key detail, determining the suspected area.

The command board assessed the situation and immediately sent a working group to the destination to approach Tr. as soon as possible to avoid any bad situations.

Another working group contacted An Khanh Ward Police to coordinate the handling. At the time the police force raided the hotel room to check, Tr. was panicking and worried because the subject manipulated his mind and pressured him to quickly transfer money.

At exactly 2:30 p.m., just 90 minutes after receiving the information from his family, Tr. was rescued.

Thanks to this quick and precise "rescue" work, the scammer's plot was stopped. The TPTr male student did not have time to make any money transfer transactions. The record-breaking speed of solving the case showed the timely, decisive response and smooth coordination of the Crime Prevention Team.

Fake police film handcuffed people to threaten victims

At the police station, Tr. said he received a phone call claiming to be a warehouse employee, then redirected the victim to connect to Zalo with another number named "Nguyen Van A". . The scammer often reminds and threatens, urging the victim to transfer money quickly.

Tr. was required to go to a quiet hotel to work and absolutely not tell anyone else about this. . Out of panic, Tr. followed suit, booked a ride-hailing service himself, and randomly chose a hotel in An Khanh ward.

When connecting via Zalo, this group immediately used fake images of police and handcuffed people to threaten and accuse Tr. of being involved in drug trafficking and money laundering .

After entering the hotel room, Tr. continued to interact with "Nguyen Van A" and the subject asked Tr. to log into the Zoom app, enter a chat room with a person with the nickname "investigator" and required Tr. to have a balance of 150 million VND to prove that Tr. is a person with conditions and does not have to participate in criminal activities to make money.

The subject enticed him to transfer the money to the account designated by "Nguyen Van A" when he had enough 150 million VND, and then check and return it. Tr. texted many friends and relatives to borrow money. Tr. also texted his family saying he needed 150 million VND to apply to study in Germany and that he needed to transfer the money immediately.

Male student who was "kidnapped online" has returned to his family

"Nguyen Van A" often reminded and threatened Tr. to quickly transfer the money. During that time, Tr. only stayed in the hotel and did not go out, eating cookies that were available in Tr.'s backpack.

After being rescued, Tr.'s family and he was moved to send a thank you letter to Thanh My Tay Ward Police.

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After 90 minutes of successfully rescuing the male student, Thanh My Tay Ward Police handed Tr. over to his relatives. The whole family was very moved and happy and wrote a letter of thanks to Thanh My Tay Ward Police.

Recently, in Ho Chi Minh City, there have been many cases of online kidnapping and property fraud. The method of the subjects is to call people and inform them that they are related to drug crime organizations or transnational money laundering.

The subject then asked people to connect to Zalo and Zoom to turn on the phone camera mode to see the police arresting criminals, then concluded that the people were involved in the crime and asked to transfer money to the subject's account. The amount of money appropriated ranged from several hundred million to several billion VND.

In particular, there are many cases where when people do not transfer money, the subject takes over the people's social network to contact their relatives to demand ransom. There have been cases where people have been controlled and detained by the subject to demand ransom.

Thanh My Tay Ward Police (Ho Chi Minh City Police) warned people to be extremely careful and not to follow the subject's requests. Stay calm and immediately report to your family and the nearest police station.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tphcm-cong-an-thanh-my-tay-giai-cuu-than-toc-sinh-vien-bi-bat-coc-online-185251119115413468.htm