A Gang Of Robbers In The Mode Of Rewarding ATM Cards In Cakung Successfully Disbursed Rp36 Million In Cash Belonging To Victims

Capture CCTV screen at the scene of the incident

JAKARTA - A man named Maman (51) became a victim of burglary of money from the automated teller machine card (ATM) at a minimarket on Jalan Radjiman, Cakung District, East Jakarta.

Victim Maman said the incident began when he intended to withdraw cash to pay bills at ATMs at minimarkets.

Arriving at the minimarket, he was already suspicious of the four men who were standing in front of the minimarket.

"At first I saw four men standing in front of the minimarket, they 'looked at me', but I let it go," Maman told reporters, Sunday, January 21.

After that, a perpetrator of the four men appeared to enter the minimarket and headed to the ATM machine following Maman.

Maman queued behind a man to withdraw his turn in cash. When it was Maman's turn, her ATM card couldn't be put into the machine.

"My flow can't go in, it's like a traffic jam, it's hard and it doesn't come in," he said.

Then, another man who was also in front of the minimarket when the alleged victim came immediately reprimanded Maman in the position behind her while asking what was the problem. Maman also explained that her ATM could not get into the machine.

"I immediately directed the man to try to put his card into the ATM because I couldn't, but when he entered it he said he could, but I didn't see if he could, he said my card had to be pressed more quickly so he could enter, but I was afraid of being broken," he said.

Maman also explained that the man whose ATM card managed to enter immediately offered himself to try to put his card back into the machine. Maman also accepted the offer and immediately gave her ATM card.

"I didn't realize when I gave it to the man, the card could come in, and the man moved places, when I typed the ATM pin, there was another man I saw in front of the minimarket coming in and being beside me, I thought it was going to buy something, it turned out that it was my guess that the man was monitoring my ATM pin," he said.

However, when Maman finished typing her ATM pin number, the engine screen display showed that the card expired. Maman was confused and assessed that her ATM card still had a period of one year out.

"I was surprised, how come my ATM card expired, then I looked for another ATM and kadularsa," he said.

Maman immediately used the Mobile ATM application to make payments.

However, when the payment was being processed, the balance at the ATM had run out, only approximately Rp. 120 thousand remained from the previous Rp. 36 million.

"I checked the ATM, how come my balance ran out, I panicked, when I called the call center, it turned out that there was a previous transaction to several accounts from my ATM, and I just realized that my ATM card was exchanged by the perpetrator when I received an offer to try to enter an ATM card, I didn't realize because the card was exactly the same as me," he said.

Maman, who was weak at that time, knew about the incident, immediately came back to the initial minimarket.

Maman also admitted that he received information from shop employees, apparently found a lighter around the ATM machine, and was suspected of being an ATM card jam.

"When I came to the initial minimarket, it turned out that the employee found a match, so it was suspected that it was for my ATM card," he regretted.

Due to this incident, Maman reported to the Cakung Police. However, because the victim's loss was quite large, Maman was again directed by the police to the East Jakarta Metro Police.