Da Nang police have charged and detained Phạm Xuân Thưởng (born 1986) for fraud. After meeting Ms. N.T.H. on Tinder in late 2024 and borrowing money from her several times, he claimed from late July to August 2025 that he was trading premium Gmobile SIM numbers and had her pay money to a supposed former colleague. Ms. H. made 41 transfers totalling over 2.58 billion VND, but only 3 SIMs were actually traded according to his statement; he repaid over 1.268 billion VND, leaving more than 1.312 billion VND unreturned. Police say he used the money to invest in gold on a Forex platform and lost it, and they urge anyone with related transactions or information to come forward.
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