At around 11:00 a.m. on August 11, Ms. H, residing in Ngan Son district, Bac Kan province, went to the transaction office of LienVietPostBank, Bac Kan province branch, and asked the teller to withdraw money from her savings account at the bank in the amount of 150 million VND, with the purpose of depositing money into the account to transfer money to the securities investment package that Ms. H had just participated in.
During the process of requesting to withdraw savings, suspecting that Ms. H's request to withdraw savings to invest in securities had signs of fraud, the bank's transaction officer, Ms. Trinh Thi Phuong, reminded Ms. H about the possibility of being scammed. However, Ms. H still requested to withdraw the savings to transfer for investment and transferred the money to account number 768550875 under the name of NGUYEN THI NGOC TRINH opened at VIB Bank.
Realizing signs of fraud, Ms. Phuong reported to the leaders of LienVietPostBank Bac Kan branch, contacted the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department, and Bac Kan Provincial Police to coordinate in resolving the matter.
After being explained by officers from the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department and officers from LienVietPostBank Bac Kan branch, Ms. H realized that her investment money transfer showed signs of fraud and property appropriation, so she stopped all transactions and money transfers.
However, before that, on August 10, 2023, Ms. H transferred money from her bank account opened at another bank with the amount of 90 VND to account number 768550875 under the name NGUYEN THI NGOC TRINH opened at VIB bank, then the subjects asked Ms. H to continue transferring money.
At noon on August 11, 2023, Ms. H went to LienVietPostBank Bac Kan branch to withdraw money to transfer money to the subjects. Fortunately, the bank's transaction officers and officers of the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department, Bac Kan Provincial Police promptly discovered and prevented it, helping Ms. H avoid being scammed out of more money.
Through the above incident, the police agency recommends that people need to raise awareness and be vigilant against sophisticated scams of subjects on cyberspace, limit sharing personal information on social networks to avoid information theft by bad guys and immediately notify the nearest police agency to coordinate prevention and handling when an incident occurs. Absolutely do not transfer money at the request of the subjects.
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