Don't lose billions due to online financial investments
Taking advantage of victims' gullibility, gullibility, and need to make money quickly, without qualifications or experience, scammers guide them to invest in finance and virtual currency to appropriate billions of dong.
On April 26, Dong Nai Provincial Police informed that the provincial authorities were processing a report from a victim about the appropriation of more than 9 billion VND when participating in financial investment.
Specifically, in mid-December 2023, Mr. P.D.H (residing in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai) made friends with someone on social networks through Zalo. This person introduced himself as a former classmate at Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry.
After discussing work and family, the fraudster guided Mr. H. on how to invest financially.
Through research, Mr. H. found this job simple and highly profitable, so he agreed and was guided by the subject to register an account with a strange link that displayed information on the "DREAM" app to start doing it. currently trading.
Once successfully registered, the subject continued to instruct the victim how to deposit money into the account. Every time before transferring money to make a transaction, the other person contacted Mr. H. to instruct him on the time and type of securities to buy to get a high profit.
From December 12, 2023 to January 16, Mr. H. transferred a total amount of more than 9 billion VND for financial investment transactions.
However, when the victim went to the "DREAM" app to withdraw money, the app said it could not withdraw money and asked to pay taxes due to high profits. At this time, Mr. H. realized that he had been deceived, so he went to the police to report.
Similarly, a resident in Hanoi just reported to the police that more than 2 billion VND was appropriated when investing in virtual currency. This person, introduced by an old friend, within just 2 days, the victim deposited money into the ACO dold system and won 226,000 USD.
When wanting to withdraw money, the subjects asked the victim to deposit more money with the reasons "deposit money authentically", "upgrade VIP account", "safe risk money"... In total, the victim made 15 transactions and was appropriated more than 2 billion VND.
