On the morning of February 27, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet (39 years old, residing in Loc Son ward, Bao Loc city, Lam Dong) coordinated with Loc Son ward police to complete the procedures to return 240 million VND that someone else had mistakenly transferred to his bank account.
The person who mistakenly transferred the address was Mr. Vu Van Luan (37 years old), residing in Chu Se town, Chu Se district, Gia Lai.
Receiving the mistaken transfer, Mr. Vu Van Luan said that his family was in the business of fertilizers and pesticides. Due to the nature of his business, Mr. Luan often transfers and receives money through the bank.
On February 21, while drunk, Mr. Luan transferred money through his account but did not care who transferred it to.
On February 24, when he received a call from the bank, Mr. Luan immediately checked his account and realized that he had mistakenly transferred 240 million VND.
"Now that I have received this amount back, I would like to thank Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet and the authorities," Mr. Luan shared.
Previously, Lao Dong Newspaper reported that at 1506 on February 21, Mr. Viet's account suddenly received an amount of 240 million VND from an account of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV).
The transaction notification message displays the transferor's name, but there is no note. Determining that there were no relatives, friends or colleagues with the above name, Mr. Viet said that this was a confusion.
Immediately afterwards, he reported the incident to Loc Son Ward Police (Bao Loc City) and was instructed to go to the bank to continue verifying and supporting the refund of the money to the transferor.
Mr. Viet shared: "At first, I planned to transfer the money back myself. However, after researching, I realized that this could be a trick of high-tech criminals. Therefore, I reported it to the police and the bank".
