DANA Digital Wallet Fully Supports Kominfo In Eradicating Online Gambling

CEO of DANA Vince Iswara and Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi (photo: dock. DANA)

JAKARTA - Financial losses are one of the most common negative impacts found in online gambling cases, because there are still many who do not realize that online gambling is a form of fraud.

In an audience with and on Thursday, July 25, Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi said that online gambling resulted in public vulnerability to fraud, as well as bringing down many victims from the entire digital economy ecosystem.

This meeting is a tangible manifestation of DANA, which is actively involved in joint discussions with governments, regulators, and other industry players, to share views on online gambling modus operandi patterns and subsequent mitigation measures.

DANA also fully supports Kominfo's efforts to continue to increase public awareness of online gambling fraud. One way is to find out the following various types of content for online gambling fraud:

Online gambling sites with big and easy profit offers

Online gambling is usually done using the site and displays a bombastic offer in the form of a profit offer in a large nominal manner, with relatively minimal efforts.

Online gambling under the guise of online games available in official application stores

Second, online gambling can also be found in the form of game applications, which can usually be obtained easily in official smartphone application stores.

The public must be vigilant, because the appearance that appears is made as similar as usual to online games. In an online gambling application under the guise of a game, online gambling features will be disguised by offering lucrative rewards.

Online gambling ads

Online gambling scams also often use advertisements on social media to attract public attention. Examples of advertisements can be in the form of screenshots in the form of payment transfer notifications, to show as if investment through online gambling has been successful.

Vince Iswara, CEO & Co-Founder of DANA Indonesia emphasized that DANA is committed to preventing transaction abuse and will take firm action against any violations that occur, in accordance with applicable regulations.

"In addition, we will continue to support efforts to eradicate online gambling and become private partners for Kominfo to maintain the hygiene of the national digital ecosystem," Vince said in a statement on Monday, July 29.