Claiming To Be Bank Employees In UK, Nigerians Trick South Kalimantan Residents For Hundreds Of Millions Of Rupiah

BANJARMASIN - South Kalimantan Police dismantled Nigeria's online fraud syndicate by arresting one suspected foreign (WNA) national from the African continent.

"Suspects with initials AS foreigners from Nigeria we arrested in Bogor area, West Java", said Head of South Kalimantan Police Directorate V Cyber Detective Unit AKBP Zaenal Arifien in Banjarmasin quoted Antara, Thursday, April 8.

The disclosure of the act of deception of foreigners with the mode of buying and selling imported luxury goods and investments began the report of a citizen in South Kalimantan to the Police.

The victim claimed to have lost hundreds of millions of rupiah after his business agreement with the WNA turned out to be mere fraud.

"So this suspect mode of looking for victims through social media Facebook. He pretends to be a bank employee in the UK who offers all sorts of business cooperation", Zaenal said.

As for the victims who report to the South Kalimantan Police, intend to buy imported luxury goods. But later, the goods ordered were reported by the perpetrators confiscated customs and had to redeem for management.

"Terrified victims then transfer money hundreds of millions of rupiah so as not to be processed by law. But this is just a mode of tricking perpetrators", he explained.

Based on the victim's report, the police searched cyberspace until finally managed to detect the whereabouts of the perpetrator.

"In our arrest assisted by The Regional Police. Now the case continues to be developed because it is strongly suspected that there are still other perpetrators of one network", Zaenal said.

The suspect is now being held in Jail South Kalimantan Police Station. While the evidence seized is several mobile phones, ATM cards, passbooks, and passports. The suspect's savings account was also blocked.