On the evening of September 12, Branch Head of the Tax Branch in Tuyen Hoa - Minh Hoa area (Quang Binh province) Doan Ngoc Anh said that he had just received a report from Mr. H.V.L in the area about the loss of 260 million VND.
According to Mr. L's report, on September 8, a person called and introduced himself as Hung, working at the Tax Branch in the Tuyen Hoa - Minh Hoa area.
Then, this person gave a phone number introduced by the name Nhi, asking Mr. L to call and follow the instructions to terminate the electronic information portal.
Mr. L then called a person named Nhi, who introduced himself as working on the 2nd floor, Tax Branch in Tuyen Hoa - Minh Hoa area.
This person sent Mr. L a page named Vietnam@.com, sent his ID card, tax code... for verification. After providing the information, about 1 hour later, Mr. L discovered that there was no more money in his account. His phone was hacked and the banking software was deleted. The amount of money Mr. L lost was 260 million VND.
After discovering the loss of the above amount of money, Mr. L sent a report to the authorities for investigation and clarification.
“In the past, we have sent warnings many times to help people not provide personal information or click on strange links to avoid risks.
This case is being investigated by the authorities. Hopefully people will be more alert when passing information to strangers," Mr. Anh said.
