On April 16th, Hanoi City Police announced that recently, this woman was scammed out of 82 billion VND when investing in online gold trading on a fake foreign bank platform.

The victim was introduced to invest in high-yield gold through a trading platform linked to "U.S. State Street Bank," promising stable, absolutely safe profits.
Subsequently, the scammers lured the victim to invest, depositing small amounts as a test.
At this point, the system displayed rapidly increasing profits and successfully allowed withdrawals to reinforce trust.
When the woman invested a large sum, the scammers provided a series of reasons to request additional payments, such as: international currency exchange fees; international account opening fees; legal entity account opening fees; transaction insurance fees; financial document and certificate issuance fees; tax fees; anti-money laundering verification fees.
After each fee payment, the system continued to cite new reasons to prevent withdrawal.
The victim invested 82 billion VND into the system but was unable to withdraw the money.
To prevent scams, Hanoi Police recommend that people only participate in investments through legally licensed financial organizations; do not trust high-yield investment invitations with guaranteed profits.
Hanoi Police also advise the public never to transfer money when asked to pay fees to withdraw or for "technical processing"; if suspicious signs are detected, immediately report to the authorities to handle the case according to regulations.
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(*) Source: Znews