Nguyen Thanh Phuc befriended a landlord on social media, posing as a police officer to inquire about renting a room, then promised to help resolve a dispute to defraud the landlord of money.

Two young women in Can Tho, Vietnam, were targeted by scammers impersonating police officers, leading to their families being extorted.

A student befriended a supposed delivery driver on Zalo to check on a package, but then received a video call from someone impersonating a police officer. She was threatened and forced to transfer 800 million VND and cut off contact with everyone.