On September 9, Phu Tho Provincial Police said that after mistakenly transferring 20 million VND to the account of an unknown person, a resident in Huong Can commune, Phu Tho province, came to the police to report and request support for verification.
After that, the amount of money is determined and fully refunded to the transferor.
On September 4, 2026, Mr. Nguyen Kim Minh (born in 1976, residing in Dong Tien village, Huong Can commune, Phu Tho province) in the process of bank transactions mistakenly entered the account number and transferred 20 million VND to an unknown person.
Discovering that the transaction was wrong, Mr. Minh went to Huong Can Commune Police to report, requesting support for verification and contacting the recipient to recover the money.
Upon receiving the information, officers of the Regional Police Team directly guided and supported Mr. Minh to work with Agribank Huong Can Branch and Agribank Tu Vu Branch to review transactions and verify account information for receiving money.
Through verification, the police force identified the person who received the mistakenly transferred money as Ms. Nguyen Thi Dung, residing in Tu Vu commune, Phu Tho province.
Huong Can Commune Police then coordinated with Tu Vu Commune Police to contact, verify, propagate, mobilize and agree on a plan to return the money to Mr. Minh.
By the morning of September 7, 2026, Mr. Nguyen Kim Minh had fully received 20 million VND back.
This is one of many cases of citizens being refunded mistakenly transferred money after asking the police to verify in the past time in Phu Tho province.
Through the incident, Phu Tho Provincial Police also recommends that when encountering problems during transactions, people should promptly contact the bank and the Police agency for guidance and support in verifying and handling according to regulations.
