Indonesia Ladang Empuk Operation Syndicate Fraud Investment Bodong

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JAKARTA - The Grand Opening event of Simonida Media's regional office at the Trans Luxury Hotel Auditorium, Bandung, at the end of last October was lively. Attended by a number of well-known figures and representatives of VIP members from the company. They even presented several community leaders such as Ceu Popon, a former member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the Golkar Party who was present to give a speech. The event was also attended by religious leaders to give tausiah religious lectures.

The event was also enlivened by dance and music performances. That was the moment when Simonida Media hypnotized his members and potential customers. Images that want to be formed as bonafit and capitalized companies to trap and ensnare their customers following their fraudulent investment programs.

It was Vito Valnino John, a musician from Bandung who along with 20 family members including his wife and in-laws had to become victims of Simonida Media's fraudulent investment. Though Vito had time to become a singer at the event. He had communicated with one of Simonida Media's frontmen to fill his event on stage.

Vito saw that the company was so profitable because it agreed to the price he put forward as a performer, without making an offer. So Vito, who was initially willing to participate in the investment, was because his convection business was sluggish, was getting more and more confident in investing in the company.

"Calculation for children's snacks, investment of Rp. 6 million at the beginning, get Rp. 150 per day, from working on websites, Facebook, Tiktok and Instagram", Vito said.

This income will be even greater if you are willing to increase the amount of investment. At first, he was a little hesitant about such investment, so he did not dare to invest a large amount and only invested Rp 6 million, he explained that with an income of Rp 150 per day he could return to capital in 2 months.

But not with relatives and friends. They directly invested up to tens of millions and some even sold their vehicles to catch the promised bonus income which was getting bigger as the investment was invested.

Vito has finally increased the number of investments, including inviting his family to reach 20 people to invest. He and his wife invested up to 32 million. Meanwhile, the entire family of 20 people has invested money worth IDR 135 million.

Referring to Rayu Admin and Tangisan Korban Belakangan, it is known that the company Simonida Media turned out to be a fraudulent company with a ponzi scheme that argued social media services. Instead of recruiting people to become real viewers, not robots. Furthermore, trapping victims to become VIP customers by depositing some funds. The membership can be increased, and registered members are encouraged to continue to increase their deposits with the lure of increasing their investment deposits will increase their income in a day and bonuses.

The job is not quite difficult by just doing social media. They determine the class members from VIP 1 to VIP 8, the number of classes determines the number of jobs and income that will be received every day.

In addition to daily income withdrawn with a minimum of 20 dollars. They are also lured with gifts by lottery gold eggs. The gold egg lottery is valid at certain times, the prize depends on the type of class. The higher the class, the bigger the prize is given, from mobile phones, motorbikes, cars to Umrah prizes. In addition to daily salary income, prizes, they are also lured with the investment money to be returned in full after 1 year of participation.

"How can they not be interested in the offer," Vito said when met by VOI at his family's residence in Depok.

Including himself, who initially joined for fun then became interested in increasing his investment in order to increase his income. Especially after being provoked by admin Simonida in the telegram group. The admin seems to have suspected Vito, who is known to be a musician, to bring influence to the artist circles.

Admin, who claims to be named Andi, a foreigner from Switzerland and claims to be domiciled in Singapore, asked Vito to increase his investment class. Even the foreigner one day offers a discount. Only by increasing funds by 400 thousand he can be in VIP 5, which in revenue can be IDR 1 million per day.

Vito thought, maybe at the end of the year they will give a year-end promo. So he was interested in adding deposits, up to 1000 dollars at the Grand Opening at the Trans Hotel, Bandung.

But in just a matter of days from the event, there was a scam. Suddenly the telegram group that is usually active suddenly disappeared. The admin disappeared unable to be contacted and the top brass disappeared. Some of the administrators who are still wandering around acting, blowing up issues as if the application was damaged by hacker attacks. They then offered another application under the pretext of pursuing lost income. Of course, customers who are disappointed to refuse raw offers, but not a few of them are tempted to follow the illegal investment scheme.

Vito regrets ignoring the warnings of a number of people. He admitted that he was nervous, hesitant about the investment. However, Simonida's admins always wash their brains to focus on investment goals. They always advertise that Simonida is a legal company, in contrast to investments outside. According to Vito, they also package the activities of companies with charity and social and even their motto for eradicating poverty in the world. Because the jargon and the impression that Simonida wants to separate the company from similar outside investments. So customer recruitment activities are also asked only from friends and close family around them, the reason is so as not to be polluted by other fraudulent investments.

When the application occurs and can no longer be operated, the admins still offer other schemes. It turns out that their mode of closing an application takes away funds and raises a new company, to return to looking for prey. As a result of Simonida's fraud, it is estimated that customer losses reach trillions of rupiah. This value is based on the number of Simonida customers who reach 10 thousand people throughout Indonesia.

Although there are many victims, but according to Vito, no one is willing to report to the authorities. The victim's report, Simonida Media, was heard from the residents of Pacitan, who reported it to the Pacitan Police. From there they were asked to the East Java Regional Police, considering the ability of inadequate equipment at the Pacitan Police level. Meanwhile, in Bandung itself, Vito admitted that no party had reported it.