eternal black dollar scam is back in the news. This time, the apparent victim is a naval officer who was arrested for drugs. It's bad enough that a member of the army could fall for such a well known scam. What is worse is that some police and some media seem to think the money in question could be real.
The scam of the black dollar feeds the greed and stupidity. A scammer carries a box full of absolutely no value pieces of black paper cut to the size of American hundred dollar bills. Some are two-sided US $ photocopies on paper of gray construction paper or blackened.
The scammer will ask is "money that has been dyed black to avoid detection by customs at airports."
After finding someone gullible enough to believe this nonsense, the scammer displays one or two real $ 100 bills that were previously coated iodine dye and glue to make them black. He will explain that the "dollars" can be washed with an extremely expensive chemical, commonly called SSD Solution. A demonstration is performed -. Dipping the genuine note in a solution of water and vitamin C, which washes iodine
If the victims have put aside their greed for a moment and thought carefully about the transaction, they would realize that it makes no sense. If "dollars" were authentic, the scammer may simply use its existing offering of SSD Solution for washing enough to buy more chemicals -. Instead of the split half the money with a stranger
Scammers try to give credit to this con placing ads for DDI Solution in the press and online. A . search for the words "black money Jakarta" shows two sponsored ads for websites that claim to sell SSD Solution and other nonsense such as "activation powder" and "fluid separation." The locations - ssdsolution.milton-laboratories.com and rueworldwidelaboratory.com - are ridiculously amateur. It illegally used company logos such as ConocoPhillips, DuPont and Honeywell.
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the scam of the black dollar was around Indonesia for over a decade. the authors are generally Africans. given the long history the scam, surely the media and the Indonesian Police should be aware that black money are wrong? Unfortunately, the answer is no.
the last case reported by the police and the army on March 13 , from a drug bust. Western Fleet Detachment naval Intelligence in February had received information on drug abuse involving a naval officer, Major Zaid Joko Utomo, serving on amphibious ships. A team of investigators on March 3 followed Zaid a nightclub in his home in Navy housing complex in Sunter, North Jakarta.
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Dance music was heard coming from the house, the Navy military Police raided at 02:30 on March 4. Zaid was in a room on the second floor and refused to unlock her door until 7:30. Officers seized syringes and pipes used for crystal methamphetamine, as well as an undisclosed amount of meth. They also found three large boxes containing 69,000 pieces of black paper stacked packages. Some paper US $ 100 Notes vaguely resembled.
Zaid was arrested and tested positive for methamphetamine. He says that black dollars came a Balinese man, I Made Gede, who gave them to a woman named Ketut Srianing. Police arrested taken March 6 in Jakarta, and Srianing in Bali's capital, Denpasar on March 11. Srianing confessed to own black dollars.
Nine days after the raid, the army presented the packet of black paper to the police for investigation. The transfer was followed by no less than General Moeldoko military commander and interim national police chief Badrodin Haiti. This is when the media revealed a staggering failure to understand the scam.
headline The Jakarta Post every day mentioning "black dollars worth $ 69,000" (while 69,000 tickets a hundred dollars would be worth 6.9 $ millions) was the least of his errors. The Post reported: "A thorough inspection is needed to see if the [sic ] tickets are original or counterfeit" Not true No thorough inspection is needed because the black rectangles.. paper are not banknotes They are not even passable counterfeit
this is the first news portal online of the country, Detikcom, had to say on paper packets worthless.. " the only police can not say whether these black dollars are genuine or counterfeit. Because actually black dollars are just a tool of criminals crooks. However, the police still have not received information on how authors have the impression, so there is a small chance the black dollars are real money. "
top cop in the nation, Badrodin Haiti, said forensic tests would be conducted to verify the authenticity of the "currency" - even if the serial numbers indicated that it is false. "From serial numbers that are present, we suspect it is not. But we have to check with the forensic laboratory," he was quoted as saying by the Kompas every day. He said the chemicals were needed to clean the black dye off the "money" and counterfeiting investigators Bank Indonesia would be consulted.
The most stupid statement came from BeritaSatu TV, which ran a news article, now on Youtube -asserting that black money are "different fake money" because "they have numbers series as those issued by a central bank "and" may also be traded legally and generally. "the report went on to claim that black money is typically used for drug transactions, while" white dollars "are used to finance acts of war and terrorism. absolute rubbish. State news agency Antara reported that black money is commonly used for money laundering.
other reports have said confidently that black money is counterfeit money, contraband in airports, and return to their original color when washing. the Pikiran Rakyat according everyday that black money is still in production . BeritaSatu.com also reported that black money are "dollars that are not yet complete and still dark. When immersed in water, the black disappears and the money will be like a real dollar bill. "
Someone in authority needs to educate the media to educate the public about scams. Moeldoko claims the military does not tolerate drug use by its members. Zero tolerance for misinformation on scams would also be useful.