Police managed to uncover the action of customer theft syndicate theft with skimming mode by arresting five suspects. Four foreign nationals and a woman Indonesian citizen from Bandung, West Java. This syndicate has managed to drain a lot of bank customer savings in 21 countries.
As shown Patrol Indosiar, Monday (19/3/2018), quick steps the police revealed the theft of ATM balances was greeted happily by many people. Because Indonesia is the second largest victim country of several countries targeted perpetrators.
The suspects broke customers in 13 banks across Indonesia with the technique of attaching pin data recorders of customers at ATM machines, then scanned, and sent to their counterparts in Turkey. From Turkey, the balance of the customers is drained away.
"The methodology they do is to install a tool at any ATM, if someone has entered the card, the data will be recorded so that the perpetrator can move the data," said Director of Polda Metro Jaya Police Commissioner Nico Afinta.
In Indonesia, the work of this syndicate was revealed after the Police cooperated with the immigration and banking authorities.
Police Public Relations Division Inspector General of Police Setyo Wasisto said the action of this plot was originally revealed by the police of Bali Police. Police detect the movement of actors ranging from the installation of skimmer tools in ATM machines, scanning process until the customer pin data delivery to in Turkey. Of the perpetrators, the police managed to secure 1480 ATM cards that have been filled with stolen data, six surveillance cameras, four ATM mouths, two passports, and one tool deep skimmer.
According to Bank Indonesia, if you want to be safe when transacting at an ATM, pay attention to three things. First, make sure the ATM card has chips. Second, do the transaction at the ATM that there is guard. Third always keep the pin number and do the transaction in the ATM machine by closing the hand.
