Falling into the trap of "herding chickens" to the province to buy land

In a petition sent to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, Ms. Nguyen Kim Lien (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) said that because she needed to buy land worth about 300-400 million VND, at the end of 2023 she went online to find out. She found an advertisement for selling land in Bao Loc (Lam Dong) by Van Dai Thanh Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (Van Dai Thanh, address 116 Pham Van Dong, Hiep Binh Chanh Ward, Thu Duc City) for only 260 million VND/plot. After that, she was contacted by two people named Quan and Truong who claimed to be employees of the company, invited, guided and sent a car to her house to take her to see the land in Bao Loc.

Knowing that she was not familiar with the road, they took her to Tan Lac commune, Bao Lam district, Lam Dong province to introduce a plot of land with an area of ​​356.1 m2 and asked Ms. Lien to deposit 200 million VND. Thinking that the land was worth 260 million VND, Ms. Lien transferred 200 million VND to the account of Mr. Nguyen Hong Vinh, general director of Van Dai Thanh.

After that, the company's staff made an appointment with Ms. Lien to notarize the land documents, and invited her to buy another plot of land next to the one she had deposited, to notarize it all at once. Believing her, Ms. Lien agreed to transfer another 150 million VND with the content "deposit to buy land in Bao Loc".

When she arrived at the company headquarters to complete the procedures, Ms. Lien had to pay another 50 million VND. When it was time to go to the notary, Van Dai Thanh informed her that the land she bought cost 1.8 billion VND, and the 2 plots cost 3.6 billion VND. If she did not buy, the deposit of 400 million VND would be considered lost.

When Ms. Lien said she could not afford to buy, Van Dai Thanh's staff suggested she buy a plot of land in another location for 1.55 billion VND. Ms. Lien did not agree and filed a complaint to get her money back but the matter was not resolved. Currently, she is preparing documents to sue this company.

Attractive advertisements on social networks about cheap land have trapped many people. Photo: SCREENSHOT

Also a victim of the "herding chickens" to buy land in the province at sky-high prices, Mr. Ph.D.C. (living in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province) had to "swallow the bitter pill" to buy a piece of land for 900 million VND instead of 300 million as advertised.

According to the presentation, Mr. C. read an advertisement for land in Bao Loc for only 300 million VND/plot on social networks. Afterwards, Mr. C. was taken by an employee of Truong Hai Real Estate Services Joint Stock Company (Binh Duong) to Bao Lam district (Lam Dong) and then lured to sell the land for up to 1.9 billion VND/plot.

When he saw the land, he still thought the price was 300 million VND/plot, so he agreed to deposit 200 million VND. When he got home and held the contract, Mr. C. was shocked. His family complained and made a big deal out of it, but the company promised to sell Mr. C. another piece of land for 900 million VND.

When Mr. C. said he did not have enough money, the company advised him to borrow the remaining amount from the bank, otherwise he would lose his deposit. Therefore, he and his family agreed to sign the loan. Currently, his whole family is in debt, and he does not know when the land will be sold at a good price.

Talking to us about the above cases, a Thu Duc City Police officer said that when people see signs of being scammed, they should file a report with the police. After that, the relevant units will conduct verification to find out the violations. If there are signs of fraud, they will investigate and handle according to the law.

After receiving Ms. Lien's application, we contacted Van Dai Thanh, specifically Mr. Nguyen Hong Vinh. He did not answer the phone but said he would come to the office of Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper to "clear things up". Later, when he arrived at the headquarters of Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Vinh brought along a person and introduced himself as a "legal representative".

However, when working (including Ms. Lien), Mr. Vinh and the legal representative showed no goodwill in handling the customer's rights, only presenting the deposit contract and insisting: "She signed in black and white as a deposit, if she doesn't buy, she will lose her money", then quickly left.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/sap-bay-lua-ga-di-tinh-mua-dat-nen-19624040121575722.htm