Police Urge The Public Not To Be Tempted By Illegal Investments

Head of Public Relations of the Gorontalo Police, Kombes Pol. Wahyu Tri Cahyono/Photo: Antara

GORONTALO - Head of Public Relations of the Gorontalo Regional Police Kombes Pol Wahyu Tri Cahyono appealed to the public not to be tempted by the lure of large profits from various investments under the guise of forex or social gathering. bad and not a victim of fraud," said Wahyu in Gorontalo, Tuesday, February 8. Because in investing, said the Head of Public Relations, the greater the profit, the greater the risk that could arise. Of course, this is not only the role of the Police in providing education, but according to him all elements of society, local governments and related agencies participate in providing education to the public to be more careful in choosing investments.

"The OJK itself has provided education but has returned to the community again because when they want to expect instant quick profits sometimes it blinds everything, because seeing other people have succeeded," he said. and technology, on the positive side it makes everything easier and also the negative side that the public must understand. "People should not be easily tempted, especially if you get an offer through social media or through the telegram application, there are investment offers with the lure of very high returns and not fair," he said, again. He added that currently we live in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) situation. "So, VUCA is a situation or condition of the business environment that is experiencing turmoil or volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Or in other words the situation and environment are constantly changing and hard to predict," he concluded.