Losses Due To Scam Capai Rp7 Trillion, Here's Komdigi And Opsel's Efforts

Director General of Digital Ecosystems, Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs Edwin Hidayat Abdullah (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - Director General of Digital Ecosystems of the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, Edwin Hidayat Abdullah, said that 93,819 accounts were blocked due to online scams, with a loss of IDR 7 trillion.

Meanwhile, reports from the Asia 2024 Global Anti-Scam Alliance GASA, show that 65% of Indonesians experience fraudulent attempts every week.

"This is the only Rp7 trillion that has been reported, yes, we don't know what is not reported. Usually, if people are not affected by urban areas, it doesn't report it," said Edwin at the Ngopi Bareng Komdigi event on Friday, November 14.

Of the total losses, Edwin said that only Rp367 billion was successfully returned, or only about 5.4%. Thus, he assessed that these figures show how vulnerable the Indonesian people are to digital crime.

For this reason, Edwin emphasized the importance of the role of cellular operators in efforts to deal with scams. According to him, the telecommunications industry must start carrying out business responsibilities more seriously to protect customers.

"This is one of the important things that we are working on, how to pay for Telco's industry is not only healthy, but also strong responsibility for maintaining its customers," he said.

In the near future, Edwin added, the Minister of Communication and Digo, Meutya Hafid, will announce an official step requiring cellular operators to build infrastructure and anti-scam technology.

"In the near future, the Minister himself will announce that they are asked to build infrastructure or anti-scam their technology. So to protect it, don't use masking spam calls. The numbers that are masked," he said.