Tag: "online scam"
Elderly Vietnamese woman narrowly escapes $800,000 ‘international gift’ scam

Elderly Vietnamese woman narrowly escapes $800,000 ‘international gift’ scam

Vietnam News 08:18 13/02/2026

A 72-year-old woman in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam, has narrowly avoided losing her life savings after falling victim to an online scam involving a purported ‘international gift’ worth US$800,000.

205 Vietnamese arrested in Cambodia-based online scam ring led by Chinese

205 Vietnamese arrested in Cambodia-based online scam ring led by Chinese

Vietnam News 16:22 15/01/2026

Vietnamese police have dismantled a large transnational online fraud network in Cambodia, arresting 205 Vietnamese nationals and repatriating 74 of them so far, authorities in Tuyen Quang Province, northern Vietnam said on Thursday.