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View all search resultsYogyakarta City Police raid international scam group's local base
A raid mounted by the Yogyakarta City Police on Monday has netted an unknown number of suspects linked to an alleged cyber scam center operating out of a shop-house in Sleman regency.
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A motorcyclist and his passenger drive past an empty shop-house on Jl. Gito Gati in Donorhajo village, Ngaglik district, of Yogyakarta’s Sleman regency on Jan. 6, 2026, the day after the Yogyakarta City Police raided the facility on suspicion it was being used as a base of operations for international scams. (tribunnews.com/Ahmad Syarifudin)
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he Yogyakarta City Police have uncovered an international online scam syndicate after raiding its suspected base of operations on Monday in neighboring Sleman regency, Yogyakarta province.
Yogyakarta City Police chief Sr. Comr. Eva Guna Pandia said officers raided a two-story shophouse on Jl. Gito Gati in Donoharjo village, Ngaglik district, and found an international “love scam” operation capable of generating up to Rp 30 billion ($1.7 million) per month.
"The syndicate operated under the guise of a service company named PT Altair Trans Service and employed around 200 Indonesians to carry out the scam," Eva said on Wednesday, as quoted by Antaranews.
However, police believe the operation was conducted on the orders of a China-based company.
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The scam ring allegedly used a cloned version of the China-based dating app WOW, with employees posing as women to persuade male victims to buy virtual coins and gifts in exchange for explicit photos and pornographic videos.
The group mainly targeted men in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
