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Five arrested for scamming man with $208M fake meteorite

Five arrested for scamming man with $208M fake meteorite

Five people in southern An Giang Province were arrested Tuesday after tricking a person into selling a fake meteorite for them for VND5 trillion ($208.3 million).
HCMC police raid offices, arrest 86 suspects in credit card scam

HCMC police raid offices, arrest 86 suspects in credit card scam

Hundreds of police officers in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday raided several offices and arrested 86 people masquerading as bank employees, who tried to persuade customers to withdraw money using their credit cards.
December 28, 2022 | 11:08 pm PT
Vietnam huckster gets life for $101M fraud

Vietnam huckster gets life for $101M fraud

A Saigon real estate con man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after swindling around VND2.4 trillion ($101.6 million) from 4,560 people.
December 29, 2022 | 06:52 am PT
As Tet nears, flight ticket fraud thrives on social media

As Tet nears, flight ticket fraud thrives on social media

As year-end travel demands rise, more and more people are getting duped on social media by fake flight tickets that cost thousands of U.S. dollars.
January 12, 2023 | 05:00 am PT
Shoeblack fined $85 for soliciting foreign tourist in Hanoi

Shoeblack fined $85 for soliciting foreign tourist in Hanoi

Authorities in Hanoi's downtown Hoan Kiem District has slapped a fine of VND2 million ($85) on a shoeblack for trying to coerce a foreign tourist to have his shoes shined.
February 15, 2023 | 04:00 am PT
Scammers ask Hanoi parents for money, say children hospitalized

Scammers ask Hanoi parents for money, say children hospitalized

Scammers are tricking people in Hanoi into sending them money by telling them their children are hospitalized and require surgery.
March 15, 2023 | 06:25 pm PT
Hanoi man loses $416,000 in Telegram 'dating club' swindle

Hanoi man loses $416,000 in Telegram 'dating club' swindle

A Hanoi man claims to have been duped out of VND10 billion (US$416,000) when he tried to join a "dating club" on the Telegram messaging app.
August 28, 2023 | 07:53 pm PT
Beauty queen arrested in fake land sale scam

Beauty queen arrested in fake land sale scam

A beauty queen in the Central Highlands' Lam Dong Province has been arrested for allegedly tricking a man in a land sale, stealing VND1.8 billion ($74,120) from him.
September 21, 2023 | 03:11 am PT
Man caught stealing lottery tickets from disabled woman

Man caught stealing lottery tickets from disabled woman

A man was arrested in the southern province of Dong Nai for tricking a disabled woman by swapping the lottery tickets she was selling with around 500 expired ones.
September 26, 2023 | 07:18 am PT
6,600 people lost $354M to real estate developer Tan Hoang Minh's bond scam: police

6,600 people lost $354M to real estate developer Tan Hoang Minh's bond scam: police

Do Anh Dung, chairman of real estate developer Tan Hoang Minh, was accused of issuing nine bond packages through subsidiary firms to steal over VND8.6 trillion (US$353.84 million) from 6,600 investors.
October 1, 2023 | 05:01 am PT
$8M stolen from 300 people via 'dating app'

$8M stolen from 300 people via 'dating app'

Police say that some 300 people in the Central Highlands' Dak Lak Province had a total of over VND200 billion ($8.2 million) stolen from them by a fake "dating app."
October 3, 2023 | 04:49 pm PT
Hanoi group investigated for online tour booking scam

Hanoi group investigated for online tour booking scam

Three people in Hanoi are being investigated for tricking people into paying them for non-existent budget hotel rooms, flight tickets and tours.
October 12, 2023 | 05:20 pm PT
Property developer jailed for life after selling non-existent projects

Property developer jailed for life after selling non-existent projects

Members of a company in the southern Binh Duong Province have received jail terms for selling non-existent projects to 384 people for VND162 billion (US$6.6 million).
November 2, 2023 | 01:46 am PT
Fake police officer cons people wanting to go abroad out of $407,000

Fake police officer cons people wanting to go abroad out of $407,000

A Da Nang man who allegedly impersonated a police officer, and forged documents and seals for the purpose, to scam 17 people seeking to emigrate has been arrested.
November 2, 2023 | 11:12 pm PT
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