In July 2022, when surfing on Facebook, T.V.T, 33, in Ha Tinh City, saw a link that invited people for investments which promised high profits. Because of curiosity, T accessed the link.
T was guided by ‘experts’ on how to open an account for transactions and join an online trading floor on Zalo with thousands of players.
“I was told to follow the ‘experts’ instructions. I had to pay money and then get a commission,” T said.
At first, T paid little money and followed the orders on the trading floors as directed by the members who introduced themselves as ‘experts’, and then got interest via an account.
After some operations, the ‘experts’ won confidence from T and persuaded him to pay bigger amounts of money to receive the interest.
T decided to transfer VND20 million to a strange account and received a message which said he followed the instructions and therefore could receive VND5 million in interest.
“VND25 million worth of capital and interest was transferred to my account just minutes later,” T recalled.
Continuously paying money and enjoying big profits, T was fascinated. At that time, the guide added him to a group of three accounts, including one who called himself a ‘mentor’.
The mentor told T that if T paid VND40 million, he would get a high commission of VND20 million.
T did as guide by the ‘mentor’ and transferred VND40 million into an account. However,…
