Hack almost 4,000 bank accounts, Facebook to cheat, seized 2 billion

The group accused in the police station – Photo: LISTA

The 24th of December Nam Tu Liem District Police (Hanoi) prosecuted the defendant and arrested and detained Tran Dao Nghia (21 years old), Bui Ngoc Hai (20 years old), Nguyen Ngoc Hai (19 years old), Duong Viet Hung (17 years old), Nguyen Thanh Phuc (22 years old), Nguyen Chung Tu, Le Doan Duong (same 21 years) and Nguyen Minh Luat Phu (19 years) from the same hometown of Quang Tri, to investigate the crime of “using computer networks, electronic means to commit misappropriation of property”, according to article 290 of the Penal Code .

According to the police, the eight defendants above divided into three separate criminal groups, but they all shared the same trick: seizing bank accounts, Facebook to fraudulently seizing property.

“In a period of just 1 month, the defendants have seized about 4,000 bank accounts, Facebook to commit the act of seizing the property in the amount of around 2 billion VND” – Lieutenant Colonel Dang Manh Cuong , Captain, said South Tu Liem District Police.

The police took testimony from the accused – Photo: LIST

According to the investigation, Nghia and Bui Ngoc Hai rented a motel in Quang Tri city to commit online fraud to spend money and gamble online.

In early 2019, Nghia created a link on the weebly.com website and linked it to a personal email. Nghia then sends this “disguised” link to other Facebook accounts to like.

When users access the link, enter their Facebook account name and password, this information will automatically be sent to Nghia’s email. Upon having information, Nghia immediately changed her password to hijack the account’s administrator rights.

From there, pretending to be the owner of the account to send messages to your friends with the content of receiving help. When the victim agrees, Nghia will guide the login to their bank account on the link created and then take the right to use their bank account.

Having won a bank account, Nghia called the account holder and asked him to give the OTP the reason for “confirming receipt of money.” But in fact, Nghia uses this OTP to transfer money from the victim’s bank account to another.

With the above tricks, Nghia and Bui Ngoc Hai have committed more than 10 cases of fraud, but the police can only prove three cases.

Police exhibits seized from the accused – Photo: LIST

For the Nguyen Ngoc Hai, Hung and Phuc group, around June 2020, a friend installed Hung and Hai for the Weebly app on the phone. From this application a “fake” link will be created linked to the email of the defendant group to collect bank account information.

Then the three defendants set up many fake Facebook accounts to post recruiting people to work from home, pay wages through bank accounts. Those in need, Hai and Hung ask them to link their bank account with an available link to pay wages for convenience.

The victim just needs to log in to the accused group link, the account login information, password and OTP will be transferred to Hai and Hung’s email. From there, this group executes the order to transfer money to the bank account that the defendant previously bought through social networks or transfer the money to the game account.

The police have determined that Hai, Hung and Phuc have committed at least 4 cases of fraudulent cyber appropriation.

With regard to the criminal acts of the groups Tu, Duong and Phu, the police determined that this group had taken the right to use the Facebook account and then sent text messages to friends on that Facebook account. transferring money to your gambling virtual currency account (W88, Kingfun). After the game was over, this group switched from virtual in-game money to Vietnamese spending money.

With the above method, the group You, Duong and Phu committed 2 scams and appropriated money.