Dear Riau Islands Residents, Never Open Instant Messages Containing Fine Violation Information, It's A Fraud!

Fill in the ticket fraud mode asking victims to download the application (ANTARA/HO-Polda Kepri)

The Riau Islands Police's Directorate of Traffic (Ditlantas) appealed to all residents to be aware of the mode of fraudulent ticketing via instant messaging applications. In the message, the perpetrator asked the public to download the application. The Director of Traffic of the Riau Islands Police, Kombes Tri Yulianto, said that in carrying out the action, the perpetrator sent an instant message pretending to be a police officer by sending the application extension file to the victim and asking to click and download the application. " “ So we urge all residents to be more careful with the banking crime mode. The public is advised to be more careful and not to download or access the unofficial application,” he said when contacted in Batam, Riau Islands, Antara, Friday, March 17. He explained that if the public had clicked and downloaded the short message, then the result of which was confidential personal data in the victim's phone could be stolen by the perpetrator. The stolen data can vary, personal data, and information that comes in via messages on the phone, including banking data such as OTP (one time password) and other data can be retrieved by fraudster,” he said. He emphasized that until now the National Police, especially the Directorate of Traffic, had not issued a ticket application to violators. Until now, his party is still sending a ticket through the Post Office. "Jadi nggak ada itu, kami tidak ada menggunakan aplikasi,” kata dia." For this reason, he asked the public to increase vigilance by not providing confidential personal data or banking data to any party. "If the public has already installed the unknown application, then they are advised to immediately delete the application," he said.