According to the People's Procuracy of Bac Ninh province, the authorities determined that from the end of 2023 to the beginning of 2024, a fraud organization to appropriate property was established and operated by a number of Chinese people (information and background unknown) in the Tam Thai Tu area, Ba Vet city, Svay Rieng province, Cambodia.
This organization operates by impersonating ward and district police officers and calling victims to request that they update their citizen identification information online by installing an application containing malicious code on Android phones.
From there, they took over the phone and appropriated money in the victim's bank account.
The fraud organization is divided into 3 groups: Scratch 1, Scratch 2, Scratch 3 and assigned specific tasks.
In which, Scratch 1 is provided with a desktop computer, a device connected to the computer with a calling function.
Every day, Cao 1 receives a data file containing information of 80-100 people. This group impersonates ward and commune police officers to call the victims to inform them of information related to personal identification codes, procedures for declaring citizen identification cards, synchronizing citizen identification data on the national data system... and then asks them to contact district-level police officers (impersonated by Cao 2) for instructions on how to proceed with the next procedure.
Scratch 2 impersonates officers of the District Police Administrative Management Team, Provincial Police Administrative Management Department to support and guide people in carrying out procedures related to citizen identification through the online public administration application.
Once gaining trust, Cao 2 asked the victim to use an Android phone to access links impersonating government websites, for example chinhphu.khaibaoshktd.com (domain name can be changed) and download an application called "DICH VU CONG" to the device.
If you fill in the information and click confirm, the phone will be immediately taken over. At this time, Cao 2 and Cao 3 will withdraw money from the "prey's" bank account.
Scratch 3 used a computer to access the victim's hijacked phone, logged into banking applications on the phone to steal money.
When the banking application requires biometric authentication by face or fingerprint, Cao 3 coordinates with Cao 2 to find suitable reasons to ask the victim to perform biometric authentication on his own phone without knowing.
Once the money has been appropriated, Cao 3 will transfer it to the money laundering unit accounts (often called Nha Xe) which are the company's partners in Cambodia. After laundering the money, these units will convert it into USDT virtual currency for the boss with a money laundering fee of 7%.
With the embezzled money, the company pays a fixed salary every month depending on the role, position, and task. Normally, each person receives 600 USD/month; the commission for Cao 1 and Cao 2 is 2.5% of the total embezzled money, Cao 3 receives 1%.
In addition, there are bonuses including diligence bonus, daily single bonus of 30 USD, weekly bonus, birthday bonus of 100 USD...
Those working in this scam line are given a code and a phone SIM card by the manager to create an account on the Telegram application to work on the computer.
During work, they are not allowed to use their real names but must use nicknames and employee codes assigned by the company when they first start working. Information exchange, work, and reporting of results are all done on Telegram.
The scam organization also set up many chat groups on Telegram to divide work, information, and receive instructions and guidance from management.
Previously, as Lao Dong reported, on January 22, Bac Ninh Provincial Police presided over and coordinated with the Departments of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, Technical Services, Investigation Security, Ministry of Public Security; Northern Airports Authority, Southern Airports Authority, banking systems, network operators, border gates and Police of the provinces and cities: Tay Ninh, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa, Quang Binh, Ho Chi Minh City... to successfully carry out a project, eliminating a cross-border fraud ring using high technology, with sophisticated tricks, causing particularly serious consequences.
Initially, the police arrested nearly 60 subjects and clarified that from May 2024 to present, the subjects have appropriated nearly 1,000 billion VND from more than 13,000 victims nationwide.
