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HanoiIn one month, 8 young people from Quang Tri are accused of hijacking 4,000 bank accounts to control information, which took more than 2 billion dong.
On December 24, Tran Dao Nghia, 21, Bui Ngoc Hai, 20 and Nguyen Ngoc Hai, 19, Duong Viet Hung, 17, Nguyen Thanh Phuc, 22, Nguyen Chung Tu and Le Doan Duong and Nguyen Minh Luat Phu, from 19 years old, he was prosecuted by the Nam Tu Liem district police and detained to investigate the crime. Using computer networks and electronic means to appropriate property, according to article 290 of the Penal Code.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Manh Cuong, Nam Tu Liem District Criminal Police Chief, said the eight defendants operated separately in three groups, but shared the same tricks to usurp Facebook accounts, banks to cheat.
The three groups rent a room in a motel in Quang Tri City, Quang Tri Province to commit crimes, but they are not related to each other. “The case was discovered from the report of a victim in the district of South Tu Liem. Investigating the clues, we destroyed all. It is estimated that the victims of three groups amounted to about 4,000 people, covering the entire country,” he said Lieutenant Colonel Cuong and said the Specialists Committee issued a notice to find the victims.
The accused group at the investigative agency. Image: Pham Du.
Nghia Group and Bui Ngoc Hai: In early 2019, Nghia created a link on the weebly.xxx website and linked it to a personal email. That is, send this link “disguised” to many other Facebook accounts to receive “likes”. When users access the link, enter their Facebook account name and password, this information will automatically be sent to Nghia’s email. Having data, Nghia immediately changed her password to hijack the account administrator rights.
From there, you pretend to be the account holder to send messages to your friends with the help of receiving money. When the “dam” agrees, Nghia instructs them to log into a bank account on the available link and then takes the right to use the bank account.
A link to collect bank account information, Nghia stated a friend named Thang (unidentified) created for. Users only need to access this link, the information about their bank account like username, password, OTP will be automatically transferred to Nghia email.
Having seized a bank account, Nghia called the owner to ask for the OTP code in order to “confirm receipt of the money.” But in fact, Nghia uses this OTP to transfer money from the victim’s bank account to another.
With the above section, Nghia and Hai have committed more than 10 cases of fraud, but the police can only prove three cases. The money seized more than 100 million VND, Nghia and Hai spent on personal consumption and games, online gambling.
Exhibits in the case. Image: Pham Du.
Nguyen Ngoc Hai, Hung and Phuc Group: Around June, Hung and Hai installed an app on their phone. From this application a “fake” link will be created linked to the email of the suspicious group to collect information from the bank account.
The three suspects then set up multiple virtual Facebook accounts to post homeworker jobs and pay wages through bank accounts. Those in need, Hai and Hung, must link their bank account to the available link for the reason “pay wages for convenience.”
“Prey” just need to log in on the link sent by the suspicious group, 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 they previously bought through social networks or transfer the money to the game account.
Police determined that Hai, Hung and Phuc had carried out at least 4 fraudulent cyber scams.
The Tu, Duong and Phu groups, the police determined that he had hijacked his Facebook account and then sent a text message to his friends transferring money to the game’s virtual money account. When they finished playing, the suspects switched from virtual in-game money to copper money to spend.
Nam Tu Liem District Police described this case as particularly serious; using sophisticated tricks, taking advantage of cyberspace to cheat. The incident continues to be investigated.
