On September 18, Quang Tri Provincial Police announced that they had just prosecuted Nguyen Nam Binh, a subject who used "virtual" accounts and "nhousing" SIM cards to defraud many victims, appropriating over 1 billion VND.
The Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department (PA05) presided over and coordinated with the Criminal Police Department (PC02) of Quang Tri Provincial Police to fight and clarify the incident.
On September 6, 2025, the Provincial Police Working Group summoned Nguyen Nam Binh (born in 1997, residing at PetroVietNam Landmark Building, No. 65 Mai Chi Tho, Binh Trung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) to investigate the act of fraud to appropriate property.
Initial investigation shows that since the end of 2024, Binh has bought many "junk" bank accounts, "junk" SIMs and then created "virtual" Facebook and Zalo accounts. Subjects participate in groups, find people who need to withdraw money from credit cards in cash and claim to be intermediaries, and negotiate a fee of only 1%.
Binh then contacted the credit card withdrawal service near where the victim lived to bring a POS machine to the transaction. When the victims discovered the actual fee was higher (1.8 - 3%) and wondered, Binh asked them to transfer money to the account provided by him. After receiving the money, the subject immediately cut off contact to appropriate it.
Using this trick, Binh confessed to defrauding many people in many provinces and cities, with an amount of over 1 billion VND. Among them was victim L.T.D (born in 1987, residing in Dong Thuan ward, Quang Tri province).
Searching Binh's residence, the police seized 3 mobile phones along with many related documents and evidence.
The case is continuing to be investigated and expanded to strictly handle related subjects according to the law.
