VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-six Chinese and Taiwanese arrested in Vietnam for their involvement in a sophisticated internet scam have been deported, Ho Chi Minh City Police report.

Early on July 14, the immigration department in coordination with Ho Chi Minh City police caught 26 foreigners red-handed using tricks with high-tech equipment and the Internet to execute scams.

Searching house at 158 Nguyen Van Huong Street, they seized 14 laptops, two desktop computers, telecom devices and dozens of documents detailing more than 50 “swindling” scenarios.

The offenders claimed they were asked by their Taiwanese boss to pose as bank employees and tell victims they were selected as VIP bank members.  The catch was the membership would cost them fees.

The offenders then manipulated the victim into using their ATM cards and machines to refuse VIP membership and avoid the fees.

As a consequence, the offenders gained access to the victims’ bank accounts, allowing for monies to be deducted from the victims’ accounts and pocketed by the cheaters.

The con artists said their Taiwanese boss paid each of them NT$5,000-6,000 (VND3.5-5 million) per month for the scheme.

Source: VOV