Investing in securities via Facebook, the girl lost 1.3 billion dong

According to the website of the Dong Thap Provincial Police Department, over the past time, some scammers have taken advantage of social networks to appropriate the property of many individuals.

Specifically, they set up stock investment pages on Facebook, enticing people who want to work from home to join. In order to hit the victim’s psychology, they promise this is a simple job, does not take time, and brings high profitability.

Receiving reports from people, the Criminal Police Department of the Dong Thap Province Police Department informed about the case of Ms. N. (living in Hoa An commune, Cao Lanh city, Dong Thap province). Before that, because she needed a part-time job, Ms. N. messaged a group called “Investment Strategy” on Facebook.

Responding to Ms. N’s message was a woman named Linh. Linh identifies herself as a member of ASEAN Securities Joint Stock Company, address: 4th floor, number 18, Ly Thuong Kiet street, Phan Chu Trinh ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi. Linh guides Ms. N. to invest in securities through the website https://bom.so/**** .

Here, Ms. N. was asked to use the Telegram messaging platform to facilitate communication. After providing her phone number, CCCD… to her Telegram account https://t.me/Maikhang**** , Linh introduced Ms. N. to Mr. Tam, accordingly, Mr. Tam will be the guide to Ms. N. . trade on the exchange and make a profit.

Trusting the subject, Ms. N. transferred to the foundation the initial amount of 300,000 VND. These people announced that Ms. N. had successfully traded and achieved a profit of up to 1,040,900 VND. Ms. N. made a withdrawal order and collected 576,000 VND in her account.

Next, the target group asked Ms. N. to choose a higher value investment package. Ms. N. selected the package of 30,000,000 VND and transferred this amount to BIDV via account number 199110001010596 NGUYEN THANH LOC.

Ms. N. continued to receive notification of successful transaction and received a profit of 1,282,861,253 VND. However, the subject said that because the interest was too much, in order to withdraw the money, Ms. N. had to pay 58,040,874 VND as an excess of the interest rate.

Ms. N. followed the instructions but still did not receive the money. Subjects asked to do it again and Ms. N. again transferred them another amount of 58,040.874 VND.

At this point, the target group used the reason that Ms. N.’s account was faulty, besides, there was a phone number claiming to be an inspector of the Ministry of Finance. This person showed how to let Ms. N. get the principal and interest, totaling up to 3,683,161,189 VND. Continuing to believe strangers, Ms. N. transferred them 12 times with the amount of VND 1,356,595,416.

After many times of transferring money, but still being asked to transfer more, Ms. N. became suspicious and went to the police station to report.

According to Dong Thap Provincial Police, to avoid being scammed in the same way, people absolutely must not provide personal information such as CCCD, phone number, ATM card account number. In particular, people should not transfer money to designated accounts without knowing the account owner.

In addition, people should be alert, do not listen to strange phone numbers, people claiming to be state officials or authorities call to notify or request investigation of the case… If working with citizens, Authorities will work directly at the office, not online.

People absolutely do not make friends, text with strangers, be wary of objects that promise to give, reward large sums of money, expensive items. When detecting signs of crime, people need to quickly notify the nearest police agency for handling.