2 Groups Of Fraudsters From South Sulawesi Arrested, Baim Wong's Quiz Mode

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JAKARTA - The police arrested two gangs of fraudsters from South Sulawesi. In their action, the two gangs used a quiz mode using the name of the artist Baim Wong.

"So he usually blasts first, blasts them all at random. Later, if someone gets stuck there," said Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Yusri Yunus, to reporters, Tuesday, September 7.

"The contents are congratulations that your mobile number has been chosen to get a prize of 50 million from the give away from Baim Wong.id_andaspr27c7," he continued.

In the first group, there were two suspects. They have the initials BHU alias H and H alias W.

Meanwhile, the second group consisted of eight suspects with the initials J, DA, E, AAR, MR, A, RT, and T. Both groups came from South Sulawesi.

"So it just so happened that the perpetrators and two incidents with the same modus operandi were all in South Sulawesi there," said Yusri.

In their action, these two groups also tricked the victim, who had the initials AL, by giving various conditions if he wanted to take 50 million rupiah. For example, paying registration fees and others.

"For example, asking for a transfer for administrative activities, then again the insurance winning tax, asking for another name for coverage on existing private TV with predetermined amounts. The total loss was more than Rp. 10 million, almost Rp. 11 million," said Yusri. .

This fraudulent act also took place in June and August 2021. Then this fraud was reported by Baim Wong and the victim. In the end, the perpetrators were caught.

Currently, the perpetrators are already behind bars. They are suspected of under Article 378 of the Criminal Code and are threatened with 4 years in prison.