JAKARTA - Fraud by telephone is still hanging around, like being hypnotized, victims often lose millions of rupiah in their accounts without realizing it. One of the victims was Luna Maya.
Luna Maya reported that she had just experienced fraud on behalf of a cellular provider on her YouTube channel. Luna admitted that she was not aware that she was deceived because she was busy and was made busy by fraudsters.
"Guys, I just got tricked, guys, I was taking pictures and I was called. I was suspicious at first because the phone number was +1, that's what it means to be Whatsapp, guys," Luna Maya said, quoted by Tribunnews.com from her YouTube channel. , Wednesday, February 2nd.
"I got a call and he said he was from Te*****l point.. I know I have quite a lot of points and I've never used them. I was offered to exchange points with 3 months of free calls, oh well, I think I'm okay right away," he said .
Interested in the offer to exchange points worth Rp800 thousand, Luna also followed all the directions of the fraudsters. Luna felt that she did not have time to think clearly, until finally she sent a sum of Rp. 1.9 million.
"It's like being hypnotized, I think, yes, we seem to be kept busy, being told to do this. It's like it's as if we really want to get it, so we don't have to breathe to think about it either," Luna continued.
While receiving the call, Luna actually realized that it was a scam. "I was asked for an OTP. In my heart, I was actually aware that the OTP should not be given to other people. But stupidly, I was asked and given it. I often say that people who have been tricked are stupid, it's stupid to ask for forgiveness," he said.
Apparently, the first transfer was not enough, the fraudsters also pretended to ask for a second transfer, even the person asked him to send money three times.
"That's why he asked for 3 transfers the first time, fortunately, I realized, 'It's not enough, just once, just take the money, I took it, I know it's a fraud,' I closed it and blocked it," explained Luna.
Luna admitted that she was sad and wanted to cry because she never thought that she would experience such a fraud.
"I'm sad, guys, not because of the nominal, maybe I'm not giving alms and this masnya really needs it, okay," said Luna.
Luna also reminded her YouTube viewers to be careful with customer service with an unpleasant tone of voice.
"This is really dangerous, guys, if someone already calls claiming customer service, the voice is weird and not pleasant to hear, meaning it's a fraud, if CS has a good voice," said Luna Maya.
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