Jakarta police nab 20 in crypto scam targeting women on Tinder and Bumble

Jakarta police dismantled a cryptographic romance scam union that targeted victims over meeting applications and duped them using a false crypto trading platform.

Gambir metro police in central Jakarta arrested 20 suspects as part of a development Cryptographic romance scam who targeted women in the middle class, mainly professionals such as lawyers and Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, according to Vietnam and Thailand, according to local media.

The crooks approached the victims using false profiles on dating platforms like Okcupid, Bumble and Tinder. The bad actors then preceded a romantic interest to gain their confidence before moving the conversations to WhatsApp, where they finally presented a questionable cryptocurrency trading platform nicknamed Wish.

Rezeki R. Respati, Metro Gambir police chief in central Jakarta, said the investment plans had promised yields up to 25%, and the victims were invited to deposit funds via the -fraudulent form.

According to the report, the scam has been active for more than two months, and the total extent of the losses suffered has not yet been determined while the authorities are continuing their investigation. Investigators seized financial files and other evidence related to fraudulent cryptographic transactions.

Among these apprehended, three people are brains behind the program, while the rest has played roles in support of the execution of fraud. The authorities also seek a suspect, AJ, who would be a foreign national from China.

A separate report Jakarta Post suggested that the scam was part of a wider union led by Chinese nationals.

Sociations and cryptographic links with China

Cryptographic scams with alleged Chinese ties overcome several jurisdictions in the past year. Past surveys have discovered Massive rings in the trafficking of human beings, forcing victims to become cyber esclaves performing cryptographic scams for Chinese criminal networks.

Last year, a chinese scam center which exploited cryptography and romance scams was close by the Philippine authorities. During a raid, the authorities arrested 100 people involved.

The Indian authorities closed two major scams in 2024 – the HPZ token scam, which led to the country’s application management deposit An accusation sheet against 299 entities directly controlled by Chinese nationals, and the data trading platform fraud Residents of 10 million INR.

In November, Irish police seized $ 3.42 million in cryptocurrency, considered a booty to scams of pig butcher’s shops operated by a Chinese criminal gang.

November 12, Daren Li, Double Citizen of China and St. Kitts and Nevis guilty To play a role in the laundering of $ 73 million producing cryptographic scams via screens in the United States