police finally dismantled one of the text messages common scams in the book; Meanwhile, the country's biggest corruption scandal could just be swept under the carpet.
In recent years, almost everyone with a mobile phone in Indonesia have received a text message along the lines of: " Mama minta pulsa, tolong kirimkan pulsa Rp 50 ribu baru ke Nomor 081 212 345 678 . " which means:. "Mom wants phone credit, please send Rp.50,000 to his new number 081212345678." which means it is a scam
How scammers make money after prompting people transferring phone credit to their numbers? They sell it to electronic phone credit providers.
the scam has been around since at least 2010. It has become so well known that in 2012 it gave birth to a horror comedy film, Mama Minta Pulsa . Like most local films in this genre, it was absolute rubbish, although it could have been good if it had dropped comedy and rather concentrate on people who die for the transfer or posting spam text.
Virant off topic here, the actress favorite movie busty Shinta Bachir, who was appointed at the recent trial Robby Abbas. Robby, you may remember news earlier this year, ran a high class prostitution ring that provided the models and actresses with big spenders government officials, legislators, and tycoons.
When Robby was sentenced Oct. 26 to one year and four months in prison, the presiding judge said that Shinta Bachir was on the books of the pimp for a fee of Rp.40 million. Shinta, who did not have to attend the trial, denied being a prostitute separately but did not attempt to sue the judge for defamation.
Anyway, back to the scam short message service (SMS). Police November 3 arrested the alleged leader of a union "mama minta pulsa 'Effendi (36), while driving with his wife and son in his home province of South Sulawesi.
Effendi, who uses the alias Lekeng and Kenz, was sent to Jakarta because most complaints about scams via SMS had been filed in the national capital. Police seized the house of 600 square meters of the suspect, two cars and two motorcycles, claiming they were bought with his ill-gotten gain. Effendi insisted the house was a gift from his wife's parents.
Some local media have painted a picture of Effendi as the brain of every single SMS scam, a life of great wealth and luxury. His wealth is minor peanuts compared to the wealth of politicians who divert and extort money, but more about them later.
Effendi said he had learned the scam friends. He sent fraudulent text messages for two years and had five employees, who managed a syndicate of fraudsters based in the West Java capital of Bandung and the suburb of Cianjur. In one day, they could send about 6,000 messages, usually using spamming software called SMSCaster. They had a rate of about 1 percent success.
The gang Effendi provided with daily earnings of Rp.3 million Rp.7 million, of which he kept 75 percent and the rest was paid to its employees.
Effendi said the gang had stopped sending " mama minta pulsa " because the public had wised up to the scam. Instead, scammers sent messages claiming the recipient had won the draw from a bank or prizes. Victims would be given instructions to redeem their prize by transferring money via ATM to false bank accounts operated by the gang. Other messages stated "grandmother wants phone credit, she is in the hospital" or "mom needs phone credit, it is the police station and using a borrowed phone."
Police arrested more than a dozen SMS scammers in Bandung and Cianjur, and November 21 raided Pasar Pramuka notorious district of Jakarta, arresting 23 people who made false identity cards and certificates birth which were used to open bank accounts, which were sold to the union. A cost Rp.500,000 false identity, while a bank account in a false name Rp.2.5 cost millions.
House of Representatives speaker shares Setya Novanto asked for gold and copper mining giant Freeport Indonesia, apparently on behalf of President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
The recent arrests have prompted the creation of an internet meme 'Mama Minta Pulsa, Papa Minta Saham', the last part (which means "Papa wants Shares") in reference to the revelation mid- November, that the House of representatives President Setya Novanto, asked shares of gold mines and copper giant Freeport Indonesia, apparently on behalf of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
Setya, which has long been dogged by corruption scandals and is a party leader Golkar, had on June 8 met at the Ritz-Cartlon Jakarta hotel with CEO Maroef Sjamsuddin Freeport Indonesia and import pivot fuel Muhammad Riza Chalid, a man who wields enormous influence among politicians. Maroef secretly recorded the meeting, which discussed the desire to Freeport to increase its operating contract for the massive Grasberg mine in Papua province from 2021 to 2041.
Minister of Energy and Resources Sudirman Said mineral November 16 filed a complaint against Setya the ethics of the Board of Trade for misusing the names of the president and vice president. Then an account of the meeting was published.
Setya responded by saying he had joked by asking for the shares. "It was just a joke, light conversation, but Maroef treated seriously. Like when we talked about private jets and to be happy. We were just kidding around," he said Tempo magazine.
Although some people have asked Setya resign or be fired or arrested, many lawmakers and senior politicians have spoken in his defense. There are now growing calls for Jokowi fire Sudirman because he dared to expose the details of the meeting. Sudirman was quickly reported to the Commission for Corruption Eradication (KPK) to have inflicted losses on the state to export copper concentrate Freeport without first developing a smelter. The lawyer Setya threatened to report to the minister of police for damaging "good" name Setya.
Sudirman could become a victim of the scandal shakedown Freeport, then Setya may be too influential to be reduced. "If not going down," said a senior newspaper editor, "he knows so many secrets of the best politicians that could bring many of them with him. So I do not think he will be fired. "
Rather than demand immediate action, Jokowi was happy to even joke on" Daddy Minta Saham 'with journalists. Maybe he's just playing his cards close to his chest, waiting for his time to expose all the rotten elements of the legislature with tangible evidence. Or maybe he is powerless, fearing that he may be dismissed if he tries to eradicate corruption.
KPK chief Taufiequrachman Ruki, way back in 2005 when he headed the commission, acknowledged that the law enforcement in Indonesia can not be .ly insulated from political interference. "We're going after the big fish, but if the fish is too big, my commission could sink," he said prescience.
The public will be satisfied with arrests of small-time crooks, like SMS fraudsters, while the biggest criminals continue laughing on golf courses and in their private jets. And our mobile operators will continue to send spam stupid. Get used to disappointment.
The police eventually dismantled one of the text messages common scams in the book; Meanwhile, the country's biggest corruption scandal could just be swept under the carpet.
In recent years, almost everyone with a mobile phone in Indonesia have received a text message along the lines of: " Mama minta pulsa, tolong kirimkan pulsa Rp 50 ribu baru ke Nomor 081 212 345 678 . " which means:. "Mom wants phone credit, please send Rp.50,000 to his new number 081212345678." which means it is a scam
How scammers make money after prompting people transferring phone credit to their numbers? They sell it to electronic phone credit providers.
the scam has been around since at least 2010. It has become so well known that in 2012 it gave birth to a horror comedy film, Mama Minta Pulsa . Like most local films in this genre, it was absolute rubbish, although it could have been good if it had dropped comedy and rather concentrate on people who die for the transfer or posting spam text.
Virant off topic here, the actress favorite movie busty Shinta Bachir, who was appointed at the recent trial Robby Abbas. Robby, you may remember news earlier this year, ran a high class prostitution ring that provided the models and actresses with big spenders government officials, legislators, and tycoons.
When Robby was sentenced Oct. 26 to one year and four months in prison, the presiding judge said that Shinta Bachir was on the books of the pimp for a fee of Rp.40 million. Shinta, who did not have to attend the trial, denied being a prostitute separately but did not attempt to sue the judge for defamation.
Anyway, back to the scam short message service (SMS). Police November 3 arrested the alleged leader of a union "mama minta pulsa 'Effendi (36), while driving with his wife and son in his home province of South Sulawesi.
Effendi, who uses the alias Lekeng and Kenz, was sent to Jakarta because most complaints about scams via SMS had been filed in the national capital. Police seized the house of 600 square meters of the suspect, two cars and two motorcycles, claiming they were bought with his ill-gotten gain. Effendi insisted the house was a gift from his wife's parents.
Some local media have painted a picture of Effendi as the brain of every single SMS scam, a life of great wealth and luxury. His wealth is minor peanuts compared to the wealth of politicians who divert and extort money, but more about them later.
Effendi said he had learned the scam friends. He sent fraudulent text messages for two years and had five employees, who managed a syndicate of fraudsters based in the West Java capital of Bandung and the suburb of Cianjur. In one day, they could send about 6,000 messages, usually using spamming software called SMSCaster. They had a rate of about 1 percent success.
The gang Effendi provided with daily earnings of Rp.3 million Rp.7 million, of which he kept 75 percent and the rest was paid to its employees.
Effendi said the gang had stopped sending " mama minta pulsa " because the public had wised up to the scam. Instead, scammers sent messages claiming the recipient had won the draw from a bank or prizes. Victims would be given instructions to redeem their prize by transferring money via ATM to false bank accounts operated by the gang. Other messages stated "grandmother wants phone credit, she is in the hospital" or "mom needs phone credit, it is the police station and using a borrowed phone."
Police arrested more than a dozen SMS scammers in Bandung and Cianjur, and November 21 raided Pasar Pramuka notorious district of Jakarta, arresting 23 people who made false identity cards and certificates birth which were used to open bank accounts, which were sold to the union. A cost Rp.500,000 false identity, while a bank account in a false name Rp.2.5 cost millions.
The recent arrests have prompted the creation of an internet meme 'Mama Minta Pulsa, Papa Minta Saham', the last part (which means "Papa wants Shares") in reference to mid-November that the revelation House of representatives Speaker Setya Novanto, asked shares of gold mines and copper giant Freeport Indonesia, apparently on behalf of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
Setya, which has long been dogged by corruption scandals and is a party leader Golkar, had on June 8 met at the Ritz-Cartlon Jakarta hotel with CEO Maroef Sjamsuddin Freeport Indonesia and import pivot fuel Muhammad Riza Chalid, a man who wields enormous influence among politicians. Maroef secretly recorded the meeting, which discussed the desire to Freeport to increase its operating contract for the massive Grasberg mine in Papua province from 2021 to 2041.
Minister of Energy and Resources Sudirman Said mineral November 16 filed a complaint against Setya the ethics of the Board of Trade for misusing the names of the president and vice president. Then an account of the meeting was published.
Setya responded by saying he had joked by asking for the shares. "It was just a joke, light conversation, but Maroef treated seriously. Like when we talked about private jets and to be happy. We were just kidding around," he said Tempo magazine.
Although some people have asked Setya resign or be fired or arrested, many lawmakers and senior politicians have spoken in his defense. There are now growing calls for Jokowi fire Sudirman because he dared to expose the details of the meeting. Sudirman was quickly reported to the Commission for Corruption Eradication (KPK) to have inflicted losses on the state to export copper concentrate Freeport without first developing a smelter. The lawyer Setya threatened to report to the minister of police for damaging "good" name Setya.
Sudirman could become a victim of the scandal shakedown Freeport, then Setya may be too influential to be reduced. "If not going down," said a senior newspaper editor, "he knows so many secrets of the best politicians that could bring many of them with him. So I do not think he will be fired. "
Rather than demand immediate action, Jokowi was happy to even joke on" Daddy Minta Saham 'with journalists. Maybe he's just playing his cards close to his chest, waiting for his time to expose all the rotten elements of the legislature with tangible evidence. Or maybe he is powerless, fearing that he may be dismissed if he tries to eradicate corruption.
KPK chief Taufiequrachman Ruki, way back in 2005 when he headed the commission, acknowledged that the law enforcement in Indonesia can not be .ly insulated from political interference. "We're going after the big fish, but if the fish is too big, my commission could sink," he said prescience.
The public will be satisfied with arrests of small-time crooks, like SMS fraudsters, while the biggest criminals continue laughing on golf courses and in their private jets. And our mobile operators will continue to send spam stupid. Get used to disappointment.