On the morning of March 22, information from Bac Giang Provincial Police said that at 11:30 a.m. on March 21, 2025, Viet Lap Commune Police received a request from Mr. P.V.X residing in Viet Lap Commune, Tan Yen District, Bac Giang Province about: on March 20, 2025, his bank account received 7 billion VND transferred by another account, Mr. X came to Viet Lap Commune Police to request verification support to transfer the above amount back.
Immediately after receiving the information, Viet Lap Commune Police reported and was instructed to command and officers of the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control of the Provincial Police to directly come to support the coordination in verifying the incident.
At 2:00 p.m. on March 21, 2025, Ms. T.T.B.X, representative of the unit that transferred the money by mistake and representative of the bank, went to the headquarters of Viet Lap Commune Police to work and provide documents related to being supported to receive the above amount.
Mr. X said that he and his family also regularly research knowledge and read and listen to articles and newsletters to propagate the prevention of fraud and property appropriation on the internet, including a propaganda article about "A warning about the trick of fraud and mistaken money transfer", so when receiving the money on Mr. X, he went to the police to be coordinated and supported.
By 4:30 p.m. the same day, at the bank's headquarters, Bac Giang branch, in the presence of the authorities, the parties involved had completed the procedures and fully transferred the money to the above enterprise.
After receiving the mistaken transferred money, Ms. T.T.B.X was very touched and directly sent her thanks to Mr. X and officers and soldiers of Viet Lap Commune Police, Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control of Bac Giang Provincial Police.
Through the above incident, it is recommended that people when making money transfers should carefully check their accounts to avoid mistaken transfers; when receiving the mistakenly transferred amount into their accounts, contact the police for support.
