The Central Bangka Police Chief’s WhatsApp Account Has Been Hacked. The Hacker Asked To Borrow Money

Central Bangka Police Chief AKBP Slamet Ady Purnomo (Photo: ANTARA / Ahmadi)

JAKARTA - The WhatsApp account of the Central Bangka Police Chief, Slamet Ady Purnomo was hacked by an unknown person for fraud by borrowing money.

"I tell anyone who gets a WhatsApp (WA) message that appears my name, I need to clarify that it was not me, but at that time my WhatsApp account was hijacked or hacked by an unknown person", he said, quoted by Antara, Monday, March 1.

He explained that the fraudulent mode is borrowing some money started when he received an electronic message to reactivate his WA account.

"When I followed the command OK, a code appeared and the code was entered into activation. After entering the code into the activation, the WhatsApp account immediately moved with a phone number, and the account profile immediately stuck to the stranger", he said.

This criminal act was used by unknown people using his phone number and WA account profile to commit fraud borrowing money.

"The perpetrator was in contact with other people on my behalf because the WA account, complete with a profile photo, they had hijacked and controlled it", he said.

He appealed to everyone to be more careful about the fraudulent mode by hijacking the WA account.

"When I found out that my account was hijacked, I immediately called a number of people not to believe the WhatsApp message on behalf of him because it was untrue and pure fraud", he said.

Currently, he said, his WA account has returned to normal and can return to normal communication without any piracy.

"On Sunday, February 28, my account was hijacked and only lasted a few hours, I quickly took care of it, and now it's back to normal", he said.