On May 23, Tra On District Police (Vinh Long) said they are coordinating with professional units of Vinh Long Provincial Police to verify and track down the person who posted fabricated information about supporting the "family of the deceased newborn baby". At the same time, they are determining the motive and purpose of the poster to handle it according to the provisions of the law.
The information calling for support for 'family of deceased newborn baby' is fake news
Accordingly, through professional work, the police force discovered that at 1:21 a.m. on May 22, the Facebook account "Truong Phu Ho" posted false information in the group "My Hometown Thoi Hoa - Tra On" on Facebook about supporting "the family of the deceased newborn baby" at Ho Chi Minh City Children's Hospital.
Specifically, the article said that the newborn baby had a terminal illness and was being treated at the Children's Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for more than a month, but the baby did not survive and passed away.
The information also stated that the deceased child’s family was facing difficulties and had no money to hire a car to take the child’s body back to their hometown for burial, and was hoping for help with the cost of taking the child home for burial. The article also included photos, a fake death certificate, a bank account number, the account holder’s name, and a contact phone number.
Verifying the above information, Tra On District Police determined that the above incident was not real. At the same time, they affirmed that this was fake information, false information, created by some people, cut and pasted images, fabricated to defraud and appropriate property.
Tra On District Police informs people not to believe or listen to the content of the above article. When accessing information sources on social networks, people should be really alert, need to verify and verify the accuracy of the information source to avoid becoming victims of scammers on the internet, as well as spreading false information that causes confusion in public opinion.
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