At around 3:30 p.m. on August 26, Thanh Oai Commune Police, Hanoi City received information from the Vietnam Post Office (Vietnam Post) Thanh Oai Branch about a citizen with signs of being scammed online, coming to work at the branch.
Immediately after receiving the report, Thanh Oai Commune Police officer Le Tuan Dat quickly arrived and directly recorded the incident.
Through verification, the customer was Mr. Vuong Nguyen H (born in 1945, residing in Tam Hung commune, Hanoi), depositing savings at Thanh Oai Post Office with an amount of about 500 million VND.
According to Mr. H, on the morning of August 26, he received a call from a strange phone number, claiming to be a police officer of Da Nang City Police. The subject informed that the money in Mr. H's savings book was related to "illegal money laundering" activities, and at the same time asked Mr. H to transfer all this money to an account provided by them to "serve the investigation". Strangers also threatened him with absolutely not reporting to anyone.
Believing the subject's words, in the afternoon of the same day, Mr. H went to Thanh Oai Post Office to complete the withdrawal procedures to transfer as requested. Fortunately, the incident was promptly discovered by post office staff and reported to Thanh Oai Commune Police.
Thanh Oai Commune Police officers directly propagated and explained to Mr. H. to clearly understand the sophisticated fraud tricks of high-tech criminals, preventing him from transferring money to the subject. At the same time, Thanh Oai Commune Police also notified his family to coordinate in preventing risks.
After being explained, Mr. H was fully aware of the incident and expressed his gratitude to the police officers and post office staff for promptly detecting and preventing it, helping him avoid losing the large amount of savings he had accumulated all his life.
Thanh Oai Commune Police recommends that people should be vigilant, absolutely do not believe in calls and messages claiming to be police agencies, the Procuracy, the Court... requesting money transfers to "serve the investigation". When receiving suspicious information, it is necessary to immediately report it to the nearest police agency for timely guidance and handling.
