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Nigerian scammers busted
Jakarta Police arrested on Wednesday two Nigerians for online financial criminality
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Jakarta Police arrested on Wednesday two Nigerians for online financial criminality.
The two suspects ' Mallo Gombo aka Peter Nwan Kwo and Vincent Enwere Anuma aka Casey ' conducted the crimes by allegedly setting up a copy of Bank Mandiri's official website.
'The two suspects are being thoroughly investigated,' Jakarta Police chief detective Sr. Comr. Heru Pranoto said Wednesday as quoted by Antara.
Jakarta Police mobile detective (Resmob) chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Didik Sugiarto said the two men had carried out their crimes by sending out links to the false Mandiri website to random targets via email.
He added that the suspects asked their targets to input their usernames and passwords on the counterfeit site.
One victim, who wished to remain anonymous, explained that the emails, which stated that the bank wanted to update the recipient's records, looked like official Mandiri emails.
After obtaining both the username and password, the two men posed as Mandiri employees and contacted the victims to ask for a 'token' number.
The suspects then used the 'token' number to transfer Rp 100 million (US$8,541.1) from each victim's account to another account.
The police said the two men managed to access the accounts of three Bank Mandiri customers, stealing a total of Rp 300 million. While arresting the suspects, the police seized a number of items, including two cell phones, two bank books and two Mandiri ATM cards.
The police aim to charge the men under Article 378 of the Criminal Code (KUHP), which carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison. (dyl/ebf)
