A man in his 80s lost all of his life’s savings after an elaborate fraud emptied his account and ended his plans for retirement.
The local news station KPRC-2 reported that Hiep Nguyen, 65, of Houston, Texas received a call from the Vietnam Embassy, his country’s embassy.
Nguyen claims that answering the phone led to him losing $500,000, which is his entire life’s worth of work.
Con artists convinced Nguyen his identity had been used for various crimes abroad, such as money laundering. To clear his name the man, who was soon to retire, allegedly needed to transfer his money to a different bank.
Criminals who have not yet been identified used the encrypted messaging application Viber to transmit wire transfer information, as well as fake documents from government agencies to appear more official.
Kathy Nguyen, Nguyen’s daughter, lost everything and now supports him. She is selling her home to survive.
Says Kathy,
Your family is your responsibility. Your mom, dad, grandma, grandpas. You can tell them that this is something they should be aware of.
At the time this article was written, scammers were still at large.
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