Vietnamese man arrested over ‘black copper’ sale scams, demanding $75bn from 2 companies
He tricked several residents and businesses into buying ‘black copper,’ also known as meteorite stone
Vietnamese woman gets life sentence over $1.9mn fraud
She scammed 15 people and appropriated VND44 billion (US$1.9 million)
Vietnam police warn of smartphone spyware launched by scammers
The application, named ‘Bo Cong An,’ is created by scammers to steal victims’ information and appropriate their property
3 Chinese sentenced to combined 38 years in jail for fraud in Vietnam
They posed as police officers to carry out phone scams and appropriate over US$433,000
Self-proclaimed Viet Kieu woman allegedly appropriates over $990,000 in land fraud
She introduced herself as a wealthy Viet Kieu to earn trust from her victims
Four Vietnamese arrested for coronavirus PPE scam targeting U.S. buyers
The arrests of the four, aged between 22 and 36, were made following a joint investigation by the ministry and U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Homeland Security Investigations
Multinational fraud ring arrested for social media scam targeting Vietnamese
The ring is led by Dalaxy Dave, a Nigerian currently living in Cambodia
African men jailed for scamming Vietnamese women online
The three defendants appropriated some US$69,000 from the victims
Man attempts suicide by gunshot to head following hospital admission in Ho Chi Minh City
His mother said he had lost VND3 billion (US$129,000) to scammers during the sale of a land plot some months ago
Vietnam woman fishes for victims with fake seafood sale on Facebook
She would upload photos found on the Internet to seafood trading Facebook groups to fish for buyers