Many shops in Vung Tau 'accuse' foreigners of cheating and taking their change

Người khách nước ngoài lừa đảo, lấy tiền của chị Hạnh đang bước ra khỏi quán - Ảnh chụp lại từ camera — The foreign customer who scammed and took money from Ms. Hanh is walking out of the shop - Photo captured from camera

Ms. Hanh - a beer and coffee shop employee on Vo Truong Toan Street, Ward 9, Vung Tau City - said that she had just been scammed by a foreigner who took 470,000 VND. Specifically, at around 4:30 p.m. on May 23, a foreigner came to her shop to buy a bottle of beer for 30,000 VND, and gave her a 500,000 VND bill. She gave the customer the bottle of beer and returned the 470,000 VND change.

But this customer started speaking in a foreign language, asking for another bottle of beer. Then he bought another bottle of beer. At this time, although he had not yet paid for the new bottle of beer, the customer asked for his change back.

Ms. Hanh was confused and forgot, so she returned the money to this customer again. When she suddenly remembered "something was wrong", this person had already left.

On the same day, at around 9:55 p.m., the same customer scammed a coffee shop on Trung Nhi Street, Ward 1, Vung Tau out of 463,000 VND.

The owner of the tea shop said that the customer initially came in to buy a cup of strawberry tea and handed over a 500,000 VND bill. While asking for the bill, the customer randomly pointed at the menu. Then, he changed his mind and did not buy it. The staff had to return the 500,000 VND bill to the customer.

Nhân viên quán trả lại tờ tiền mệnh giá 500.000 đồng cho khách nước ngoài - Ảnh cắt từ camera an ninh — Restaurant staff returned a 500,000 VND bill to a foreign customer - Photo cut from security camera

Nhưng sau đó đã đưa thêm tiền cho người này - Ảnh cắt từ camera an ninh — But then gave more money to this person - Photo cut from security camera

But right after receiving the money back, the customer said that he had reconsidered and wanted to buy it. At this time, the salesperson gave the customer nearly 500,000 VND. But in fact, the salesperson had not received the customer's money because he had returned it earlier.

Not only the two cases above, in the past few days, many small businesses in Vung Tau have fallen into the trap and "magic" tricks of the above-mentioned customer. Many people have posted pictures and clips on social networks to denounce.

According to the victims, the above customer often targets shops with only one employee.

Some netizens posted images from security cameras showing the above customer with another person, also a foreigner. When one person entered the shop to cheat and take the money, the other person stopped his motorbike outside and waited.

A foreigner has been prosecuted for fraud using money exchange tricks.

On the afternoon of May 26, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Luyen - Chief of Vung Tau City Police - said that not long ago, the investigation agency prosecuted a foreigner with Iranian nationality for fraud in Vung Tau. This person committed fraud by exchanging foreign currency into Vietnamese currency.

When reporters informed about the above cases, Lieutenant Colonel Luyen said he would direct the situation to be investigated and the fraud cases to be handled according to regulations. We have forwarded the images and clips to the leaders of Vung Tau City Police.

A shop owner said they have not yet reported it to the police because the amount of money they were scammed was small. However, if all the scams were added up, the amount would be enough to warrant criminal prosecution.