Personal Data Hacked For Fraud, Woman In Banyuwangi Reports To Police

BANYUWANGI - A woman named Ullifatul Umroh (37) reported a WhatsApp account to the police. This woman from Klatak Village, Kalipuro District did not accept it because the WhatsApp account had misused her data.

The account hacked Ullifatul's personal data from Facebook. The account used her photos to commit fraud. The victim reported with his lawyers Aris Hutomo and Irham Kusuma to the Banyuwangi Police Headquarters.

Aris said this case began when a person with the initials M wanted to sell a car and uploaded it on social media Facebook. In that post, M also included a WhatsApp number.

M then received a WhatsApp message from a foreign number that posted Ullifatul's profile photo. The account claimed to be interested and bid on the car being sold.

After bargaining, an agreement emerged. For the WhatsApp account deal, he also admitted to transferring some money to the man with the initials M.

"Then the account asked M to transfer the excess amount to an account called Devi Hartanto. The account admitted that his ATM was in trouble. The man with the initial M did not suspect anything, because Ullifatul was a college friend," said Aris, Friday, December 10.

The man with the new initial M, began to realize after he checked the balance in his account. It turned out that the proof of transfer sent was fictitious or edited.

"As a result, M suffered a loss of approximately Rp. 4.2 million," he said.

Finally M was, then looked for Ullifatul's original number. He asked about buying and selling cars.

"Ullifatul, who did not know anything, denied that he had made a car sale and purchase transaction," Aris continued.

Even Ullifatul, who was furious because his data was hacked, chose to report the fraudster's account and account number to Mapolresta.

"Finally our client reported the account and the name of the account. He did not accept that his name was tarnished due to the actions of fraudsters who used his personal data," he said.