Disguised As A Bank Officer, A Fraudster From Palembang Pretends To Normalize The Status Of A Blocked Account

TRENGGALEK - The Trenggalek, East Java Police Satreskrim Cyber Team arrested a man from Palembang, South Sumatra who was suspected of committing fraud by posing as a bank call center officer.

The perpetrator offered to help normalize the activation of the victim's account which was called problematic (blocking status).

"We arrested the perpetrators thanks to good cooperation with the ranks of the South Sumatra Police," said Head of the Trenggalek Police Criminal Investigation Unit Iptu Agus Salim, quoted by Antara, Monday, April 25.

As a result of the perpetrator's crime, the victim, who is a bank customer, suffered a loss of up to Rp. 84 million.

"The case began when a customer received a call from someone claiming to be a bank officer," he said.

To the victim, said Agus, the perpetrator or suspect initiated by AC (28) admitted to being a bank officer.

The perpetrator informed the victim that the Trenggalek resident had a problem with his account and asked for some data on the victim.

The victim was suspicious and decided to look for the bank's "call center" number on the internet.

But the number of the bank's call center on Google, called the police, has been changed by the perpetrator and the network. As a result, the victim falls into the trap of the perpetrator.

"The victim looked for it through the google search engine, from which a telephone number appeared at the address at the city unit bank. It turned out that the number had been changed by the perpetrator with his personal number. The victim who intended to complain about the problem, was trapped. The perpetrator when receiving the call the victim claimed to be a call officer center," he said.

In this fraudulent act, the balance in the victim's account was debited three times with a total loss of Rp. 84 million.

The details are Rp. 9,988,988, Rp. 70 million, and Rp. 3,999,899," he said.

The victim, who realized that he had been the target of a scam, then reported the incident to the Trenggalek Police Headquarters. After receiving the report, the team moved quickly to Palembang after obtaining the identity of the perpetrator and making arrests.