{"id":7955,"date":"2021-07-06T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/?p=7955"},"modified":"2021-07-06T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T08:34:47","slug":"maid-steals-credit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/maid-steals-credit-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Maid Steals Employer’s Credit Card Info To Repay Debts, Turns Herself In 3 Days Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maid uses employer\u2019s credit card to pay her debt<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Every employer of a domestic helper wants to find a suitable worker and keep them for a long period of time. However, as maids are increasingly becoming an integral part of many Vietnamese households, their integrity is an uppermost issue in employers\u2019 minds.<\/span><\/p>\n

3 months into helping out at her Hanoi employer\u2019s home, a 34-year-old maid did the unthinkable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She secretly gathered details of her employer\u2019s credit card information, bank account number, and social security number. After successfully <\/span>signing into her boss\u2019 bank account, <\/b>she <\/span>transferred VND21,000,000 (~USD912.71) <\/b>to her debtor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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She stole her employer\u2019s credit card information\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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In March 2021, 34-year-old Cao Thi Minh Phuong<\/b> started working in a household in Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, as a domestic worker.<\/p>\n

Deep in debt at the moment, Phuong came up with the idea of robbing valuables from her boss.<\/span><\/p>\n

During her stay in the family, she tried to sign into a credit card assigned to her employer by collecting essential information such as the social security number, bank account number, birth dates, and PINs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe helper stole her employer’s credit card information<\/em>
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There was a high chance that she also remembered her employer\u2019s smartphone passcode, if there was any, so that she could obtain the one-time password sent via SMS when making any transactions with the account.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 11th June, Phuong accessed her boss\u2019 credit account and transferred <\/span>VND21,000,000 (~USD912.71) <\/b>into her debtor\u2019s bank account.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Employer is alerted and contacts police about the shady transfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Surprisingly, someone who exerted that much effort in remembering her employer\u2019s credit account information couldn\u2019t have thought that every card transaction results in alerts via SMS or emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

After receiving alerts from her card issuer about a transfer that she didn\u2019t initiate, Phuong\u2019s employer contacted the police immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowing that she couldn\u2019t get away with her crime, Phuong went to the police station and turned herself in on 14th June.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Trust, but verify<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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When we welcome a new member into our home, we should keep the communication line open and have faith in their goodwill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Though we trust, we still need to verify.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you think that a case of dishonest misappropriation of assets<\/a> occurs in your living environment, don\u2019t jump the gun to condemn anyone but conduct a thorough investigation first.<\/span><\/p>\n

On top of that, make sure you have a clear conversation with your helper at the job interview and sort out any complexities before employing their service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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