Female bank employee detects fraud in time
According to Ha Tinh Police, recently, the Can Loc district police and the VietinBank Can Loc transaction office (Ha Tinh) have cooperated to timely prevent a fraud case.
Earlier on February 29, Mr. N.D.Q. (born in 1958), residing in Nghen town, came to the VietinBank Can Loc transaction office to transfer VND 65 million to another person’s account. During the transaction process, the bank employee noticed unusual signs from Mr. Q.
The bank employee suspected that the man was being scammed and explained. They also provided information on similar incidents for Mr. Q to realize the risk of being deceived and losing money.
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Afterwards, the bank employee immediately contacted the Can Loc district police to report the incident. Understanding the situation, the police and the bank officials explained, guided, and warned Mr. Q about the methods and tricks of the scammers.
While working with the police, Mr. Q stated that he himself received a phone call from a person claiming to be a Ha Tinh provincial police officer investigating a money laundering case and that he was related to a sum of VND 2 billion.
The perpetrator requested Mr. Q to transfer all the money from his savings account to the account provided by them, and at the same time, not to disclose the incident to anyone. Due to fear, Mr. Q went to the VietinBank Can Loc transaction office to transfer VND 65 million to the scammers.
After being explained by the Can Loc district police and bank officials, publicized about the methods and tricks of fraud crimes, Mr. Q understood and stopped the transaction.
Multiple cases of sophisticated fraud have emerged
Recently, cases like Mr. Q’s are not uncommon. According to Ha Tinh Police, earlier, an Agribank employee at Thach Ha Branch (Ha Tinh province) received a customer, Mrs. Tran Thi Tu (born in 1946), who came to transfer nearly VND 400 million with a worried and uneasy state of mind.
The bank employee suspected that Mrs. T was being scammed, so they temporarily suspended the transaction activities and contacted the police for assistance. Through the working process with the police, Mrs. T stated that she had received a strange call claiming that her ID card number was connected to a drug trafficking ring and that she would be sentenced to 15 years in prison if she did not pay a fine. Believing the information, she quietly sold 3 taels of gold and withdrew 2 savings books to prepare for the money transfer. After being explained by the police, she stopped and did not proceed with the money transfer.
Not long ago, Ha Tinh Police also announced that the employees of BIDV Can Loc transaction office timely prevented Mrs. Dang Thi Chuong (born in 1963) from transferring VND 270 million to a stranger. Previously, this woman received a threatening phone call claiming that her son was involved in a large drug trafficking ring and needed money to escape the charges.
According to the Ha Tinh provincial police, the methods of sophisticated fraud are complex. To make it easier for victims to fall into their traps, the perpetrators often thoroughly research the victims’ situations, especially targeting the elderly, people with children, relatives studying abroad or living in areas related to legal violations in order to set up their fraudulent traps. With the increasing number of fraud cases, the public security forces advise people to increase their vigilance against the fraudulent tricks of criminals.
