KOMPAS.com — Another ATM has been compromised, causing loss on a customer up to millions of rupiahs. The MO was by faking a call center in Semarang, Central Java.
The victim is Erlita Dewi Kristiana, 26, who reported to the Semarang police on Wednesday. She stated that it happened when she was about to withdraw money from a BNI ATM in front of the Sarinah supermarket, in Ngaliyan, Semarang.
"When I put in my ATM card into the machine, the card got stuck halfway, as if something was holding it."
She admitted that she panicked, and then a male stranger who was queueing behind her suggested that she called the call center at the following number: 08139849799, which was also stated on a sticker near the ATM.
"When I contacted that number I spoke to a man, Handoko, who claimed to be from the bank and that he would assist me."
Handoko then asked for the victim's PIN number in order to block her stuck card.
Afterward the victim reported the case to the Karangayu BNI branch. The bank then asked her to make a formal report at the local police station. The police suggested her to include a print out of her transactions. From the print out she later found out that Rp. 5.4 million was missing. The money was withdrawn from a different ATM to the first in seven withdrawals.
A similar MO has happened in Semarang before actually.
It's suspected that the crime is done by an organization that strikes in big cities and keeps on moving to evade the police. (Bnj/Antara/C17-09)
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