Tet holiday: Sweet-talking scams on the streets.

Ms. Quyen, who works at a media company, was on her way home from work when a man on an old, broken-down blue Ware Alpha motorbike approached her and explained his situation: "I just had a motorbike accident, the fairing is completely broken, the brakes are broken and no longer working, and I've run out of gas. I don't have any money on me. Can you lend me some money to fix the brakes?"

Seeing that Ms. Quyen hadn't stopped to give him the money, the young man looked embarrassed: "I'm really embarrassed! This is the first time I've encountered this situation. If you don't mind, could you lend me some money? Wait until I finish repairing it, then come to my place so I can give you the money."

Seeing his pleading demeanor and the fact that his motorbike looked like it had just fallen over, and that he was going very slowly because his brakes were broken and he didn't dare go faster, Ms. Quyen couldn't bring herself to ignore him. However, not having much money in her pocket, Ms. Quyen honestly shared, "I don't have any money left either."

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Before he could finish speaking, the stranger added, "I really need it. I feel embarrassed having to borrow money from a stranger on the street like this, but I don't know what else to do. If you only have a little, could you lend me a little? I'm not lying to you, I'll definitely pay you back."

Unable to bring herself to do it, she reluctantly gave the person 100.000.đdongAfter receiving the money, the other person didn't forget to thank me and ask for my phone number to arrange a repayment date. After taking the money, he disappeared without a trace. Luckily, I only had a little money on me; if I had more, I might have lent him even more.

Interestingly, the very next day while walking on Tran Cung Street, Ms. Quyen encountered another person asking to borrow money in the same way.

Không gặp đối tượng lừa tiền như chị Quyên nhưng chị Hương làm việc tại một bệnh viện trên đường Tràng Thi vừa mất chiếc điện thoại mới mua hơn 3 triệu vì thương người. Chị kể lại: tan tầm đi làm về đang đứng chờ xe bus, thấy có bạn hỏi: “chị ơi cho em mượn điện thoại, em gọi điện cho chị em ra đón, em vừa ở quê lên mà điện thoại của em bị sập nguồn , giờ không biết gọi chị ấy bằng cách nào mà em lại không biết đường”.

To reassure Huong, the girl even showed her dead, old-fashioned cell phone as proof. Without a hint of suspicion, Huong lent her the phone to call a relative to pick her up. Strangely, before she could even take it from her hand, the girl ran frantically to a waiting motorbike not far away, and the two sped off. Unable to react, Huong stood there, stunned, blaming herself for being too trusting!

Hương nói: nhiều hôm đứng chờ xe Bus có người "xin 5.000 vì không có tiền" mình cũng cho luôn nhưng nhiều lần gặp trường hợp đó nên thấy nản quá!

The period leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year) is a time when many scammers operate in various forms and target all age groups. These scammers often target women because they are more compassionate and trusting.

Người dân cần cảnh giác đối với những trường hợp vay tiền và mượn đồ ngoài đường, ngoài chợ để tránh bị những đối tượng này lợi dụng lừa đảo, cướp tài sản.

According to Lan Nguyen/Infonet