Risks of buying and selling bank accounts

Recently, VTV reporters have reported many lines buy and sell bank accounts destroyed by provincial police. According to the police, bad actors often use these accounts to carry out law-breaking cases. The risk is that, but for the immediate benefit, many people still open many bank accounts to resell for a profit.

200,000 – 400,000 VND per account, unlimited quantity, encouraging people to open multiple accounts… such attractive offers on groups always attract many participants.

A student said that he himself had opened dozens of bank accounts and sold them to earn money to spend. “When I open an account and give it to them, I will get 300,000 VND. If I refer more people to reopen, I will receive a commission, about 200,000 VND”, this student said.

Many lines of buying and selling bank accounts have been busted by provincial police authorities.

According to a VTV reporter, there are currently about 20 groups that often post content to find people to open bank accounts with the participation of about 50,000 people. The majority behind these groups are the objects that specialize in collecting and forging bank cards. In order to create trust and attract account openers, the subjects often pretend to be bank officers running the card opening quota.

Account sellers are usually students, students, and low-income people. It is worth mentioning that even though they only benefited a few hundred thousand dong, the sale of the account left big consequences. For example, a woman was accused of using her bank account to fraudulently purchase and sell consumer electrical equipment in Ha Tinh province. The case is currently being investigated by the police.

The bank account seller said: “The police said that the number of more than 1.7 billion VND in fraud victims was transferred to an account number in my name”.

Although only benefiting a few hundred thousand dong, the sale of the account left huge consequences.

According to the police, the above-sold accounts are used for illegal purposes, most commonly fraud. appropriation of property in cyberspace. When receiving the money, the subjects moved around through these accounts. Because the account is not the owner, the registered sim is also a garbage sim, so it makes it difficult to investigate and handle.

“Banks need to be more vigilant in opening accounts. We will also coordinate with banks to warn people about illegal and suspicious transactions,” said Senior Colonel Vu Van. Dau – Deputy Director of Bac Giang Provincial Police said.

Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security, said: “The Ministry of Public Security has assigned functional units to organize the fight and clarify the organizations that trade and appropriate personal data in Vietnam. Nam. Focus on fighting and disabling websites that provide data trading services in cyberspace.

According to the police, those who buy bank accounts are guilty of the criminal offense of “Illegally collecting, storing, exchanging, buying and selling information about bank accounts”.

Those who open and sell bank accounts to other subjects often fall into double tragedies – being exposed, losing personal information, and being involved in or aiding the fraud group in cases. if discovered.

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