This was a task for IT security incident, but read-read again, 2 cases tend to abuse IT for evil.
Rich Widow Facebook Fraudster Passing on hold
Friday, 04 February 2011 | 04: 13 PM
TEMPO interactive, Jakarta-Metro Jaya regional police force arrested a swindler who operate via Facebook. "Under
a false identity, he asked the victim to send money to the billions of
dollars," said the head of the unit of Cyber Crime Metro Polda Jaya
Assistant Commissioner of Hermawan in his Office, last Wednesday.
These are the initials MRGG suspect citizens of Liberia. He
and his partner, B, who is still at large, creating an account on
Facebook under a false identity to find target rich widows in Indonesia.
"His profile on Facebook as a widower who made a
gallant, 40-year old, and finding soul mate," said Hermawan also
suspect put up photos of handsome men recognized as himself was playing
on the beach with his son. "He identifies himself as a family guy that could pull his victims," he said.After his victim feel close, the suspect confessed to being ill and asked for the loan of money for medical treatment. "He also told a child to call victims weeping, and said if he was so critically need money immediately," he added.
By victims, the money is transferred to your account only once a suspect. "Transferred several times, has been handed over in cash, but the time he claimed to be met, as an intermediary," said Hermawan.
There are already two victims who report to Polda Metro Jaya. The first victim was giving money to Rp 8 billion, while the other victim gave money for Rp 5 billion. "They're very neat operating, there must have been other victims," he said.
For
his actions, suspect dijerat Article 372 and 378 Of the Criminal Law
Act of embezzlement and fraud, threatened a prison sentence over the
next five years.
When capturing suspects, at his home in Ciracas, police seized cash in multiple currencies valued at $ 260 million. Some
of the purchased items from suspects fraud money was also seized, an
example is 45 inches flat screen televisions and laptops.
The rest of the money, the fraudulent result mentioned Hermawan, was still in the suspect accounts in Bangkok, Thailand. "We are working closely with Interpol NCB Thailand to block an account of it," he said. In addition, it also incorporates B, a citizen of Liberia, into the red list.
According to him, there have been many cases of crimes in the virtual world is going through social networking, like Facebook. "Always be careful, if you do not know, do not approve the as a friend," he said.
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