Saturday, October 08, 2011

INDONESIA - BANKING - Banks wage war on text message-based fraud



Bank Indonesia says it will hold a meeting with several national banks united in the banking mediation working group (WMGP) to discuss ways to fight fraudulent text messages leading to theft via bank transfers.
“The banks joined in WGMP have made commitments to cooperate in taking preventive measures to protect bank customers from such text messages. Bank Indonesia and WGMP members are ready to wage war on people who transfer request texts as a medium for theft,” Bank Indonesia spokesman Difi A. Johansyah says in a press release as quoted by tribunnews.com. (source)


He added that the banks would address customer complaints before taking action on customers found to be using fraudulent identities by severing business relations with those individuals and also seeking to impose legal sanctions.
“There must be an effort to punish these criminals with the help of the police,” he said.
The WMGP member banks currently include Mandiri, BNI, BRI, BCA, CIMB Niaga, Mega, Permata, OCBC NISP, Danamon, BII, Syariah Mandiri and Muamalat.

Source :  http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/10/07/banks-wage-war-text-message-based-fraud.html - Oct 7, 2011

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