From an order of 30,000 VND, a young man in Hanoi was scammed by a fake shipper for more than 180 million VND.

The Criminal Police Department of Hanoi City Police is coordinating with professional units to investigate the case of a young man who was scammed out of more than 180 million VND by a fake shipper.

At around 9am on October 15, Mr. PMC (born in 1991, residing in Dan Phuong district, Hanoi) was at work when he received a phone call from someone claiming to be a delivery person (shipper).

At that time, Mr. C. was not at home, so he told the shipper to leave the goods at the gate and then transfer the payment of 30,000 VND.

About 30 minutes later, Mr. C. received a call informing him that he had mistakenly transferred the above amount to the account number of the Savings Delivery Company to register as a member of the company. If Mr. C. did not cancel the contract, he would be fined 3.5 million VND per month.

After that, Mr. C. was instructed to log in to the link provided by the subject on Messenger "Economic Delivery". After logging in, Mr. C. received a call via Messenger from the above application and instructed Mr. C. to access the Techcombank banking application on his phone, enter the code "183.668.391" to remove the penalty cancellation contract.

The trick of impersonating shippers to defraud and appropriate property has flourished recently. (Illustration photo)

Mr. C. followed the instructions. A moment later, Mr. C. received a notice from the bank that the amount of 183,668,391 VND in his account was transferred to the account number "CT LTD TM DVL VIET VN".

Knowing that he had been defrauded of his property, Mr. C. went to the police station to report.

Giving a warning about this new scam, Lieutenant Colonel Phan Quang Vinh, Captain of the Team for Prevention and Combating Property Crimes (PC02, Criminal Police Department - Hanoi City Police) said that to avoid falling into the trap of fraud, people need to verify information related to orders and delivery services; absolutely do not leave personal information such as phone numbers, addresses... public on social networks; do not transfer money when not sure that the goods have been received; absolutely do not click on strange links, do not provide OTP codes to anyone.

People should not accept any orders that they did not order, transfer money or pay for orders that do not have a clear photo of the bill of lading code or recipient information. When detecting any unusual signs, people should immediately stop the transaction and report to the authorities.

Minh Tue

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