The Billion Dollar Heist: How a Simple Phone Call Drained a Bank Account.

A resident of Tay Ninh fell victim to a scam and lost a staggering 1 billion VND. The individual, pretending to be an officer from the Danang City Police, deceived the unsuspecting victim, highlighting the sophistication and danger of such scams.

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On June 26th, the Investigative Police Agency of Trang Bang town (Tay Ninh province) received a rescue request from Ms. TNN (born in 1973, residing in Gia Loc ward, Trang Bang town) regarding a VND 1 billion fraud through cyberspace.

Ms. N. shared that at 2:10 PM on June 13th, she received a call from the phone number 0588925114. The caller introduced himself as Hung, an investigator from Da Nang City Police. He accused Ms. N. of being involved in a money laundering and illegal drug trafficking ring. He demanded that she send him pictures of her citizen ID, bank account numbers, and passwords to prove that her assets were not related to money laundering.

On June 21st, suspecting that she had been scammed, Ms. N. went to Vietcombank to check her account. She then discovered that VND 1 billion had been stolen from her account by someone impersonating an investigator from the Da Nang City Police.

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