Ho Thi Dung, 33 years old, hired a motorbike driver and pretended to be a bank employee to call the person listing the house for sale.
Vietnamese detectives, Dung then asked to pay more than 500 million VND for the appraisal service, with the intention of defrauding this money.
Dung was detained by the police of Dak Lak province, Vietnam for 4 months for fraudulent appropriation of property.
According to the investigation, in May 2023, Mrs. Tran, 41 years old, listed 2 houses for sale for 11.5 billion VND in Dak Lak province, Vietnam.
Dung contacted Ms. Tran to ask for information with the purpose of pretending to buy this house. Mrs. Tran is mortgaging two red books from the bank to borrow 3.3 billion VND.
Dung promised the homeowner would call a bank employee to appraise the two houses to disburse the debt.
Dung bought 2 junk SIM cards and gave them to 2 motorbike taxi drivers posing as VIB bank employees to contact Mrs. Tran.
Dung asked Ms. Tran to give her money for expenses so that VIB bank staff could come down for appraisal.
Mrs. Tran trusted her and transferred a total of 515 million VND to Dung many times.
The case continues to be investigated and clarified by Vietnamese private detective agency https://vietnamdetectives.com