Selling Cheap Toyota Hilux, Men From Palembang Trick Prospective Buyers With Unique Mode

DSP, a man from Palembang who sells Toyota Hilux cars below the market price, turns out to be a fraud/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA The South Jakarta Metro Police arrested a man with the initials DSP who was the perpetrator of online car buying and selling fraud. This fraudulent act is unique, because the perpetrator used the victim's friend to withdraw hundreds of millions of money from the victim.

Wakasat Reskrim Polres Jakarta Selatan, Kompol Henrikus Yossi menjelaskan, DSP menjual mobil Toyota Hilux dengan harga di bawah pasar, Rp110 juta. Sehingga ketika diik advertisekan di media sosial, korban berinisial AAS tertarik.

"The victim then contacted the phone number on the social media account and expressed interest in buying the Toyota Hilux car that was advertised by DSP," Yossi told reporters, Wednesday, September 20.

"The black Hilux car in 2010 was valued at IDR 135 million, even though the market price is still far above that," he continued.

Interested, AAS asked for the location of the DSP. However, DSP at that time sent a fake location using an application. DSP sent its position in West Bekasi, even though it was in Palembang, South Sumatra.

Then AAS asked his friend, W, to contact DSP with the aim of wanting to see or check the Toyota Hilux car.

"W contacted the perpetrator and explained to DSP that he was the person AAS asked to check the vehicle. The perpetrator again sent a fake location to W, namely in West Bekasi," he explained.

DSP began to act, changed new numbers and used WhatsApp W profile photos to trick AAS.

"Then the perpetrator contacted the victim AAS with a new phone number and used a profile photo of W. The perpetrator said to AAS that his car was safe and fit for use," he said Feeling confident in W, AAS immediately asked DSP to send the Toyota Hilux car he was selling using a towing. However, DSP disguised as W, asked AAS to send Rp100 million.

"At that time, it was immediately transferred by AAS to the DSP account number. Two transfers, the first 100 million, the second 10 million," Yossi explained.

After the transaction, communication between DSP and AAS was cut off. The car that had been purchased never came.

On that basis, the victim finally reported the incident to the South Jakarta Metro Police. The police who received the report immediately moved and finally the perpetrator was arrested in Palembang, South Sumatra, Thursday, September 17.

DSP has been named a suspect and charged with Article 28 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 45 A of the ITE Law and or Article 378 of the Criminal Code carries a threat of 6 years in prison.