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View all search resultsNorth Sumatra Police foil scammer syndicate run from prison
A scammer posed as the victim's daughter and asked for money saying it was to buy gold.
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T
he North Sumatra Police’s Cyber Directorate foiled a scamming syndicate run from the Tanjung Gusta Penitentiary in Medan, arresting four people who scammed the Turkish honorary consul general.
Two of the alleged scammers are narcotics convicts, identified as Muhammad Syarifuddin Lubis and Rizal. Two other alleged scammers worked from outside the prison, identified only as IP and TH.
Cyber Directorate chief Sr. Comr. Doni Sembiring said the case began with a report filed by Turkish honorary consul general for Sumatra, Rahmat Syah, who lost Rp 254 million (US$15,327) to the scammers.
In his report, Rahmat said he was scammed through WhatsApp messages, allegedly sent by Syarifuddin who posed as the victim’s daughter, Raline Shah, on Aug. 19.
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Raline is an actress and a special staffer for global partnership and digital education at the Communications and Digital Ministry.
Doni said Syarifuddin allegedly used the Get Contact application to check Rahmat’s phone number and examined Raline’s activities through social media. After ensuring that Raline is Rahmat’s daughter, the suspect allegedly started to contact Rahmat, who is also chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross in North Sumatra.
