At the beginning of 2020, the South Sulawesi Police Cyber Sub-Directorate received reports regarding fraudulent practices by pretending to provide online loans to victims and asking for administration money as an initial commitment from borrowers. Unfortunately, after the victim transferred the administrative money, the perpetrator tried to cut off communication with the victim by blocking the victim's number. Based on the results of the investigation, the South Sulawesi Police Cyber Sub-Directorate found that the perpetrator sent thousands of SMS containing online loan advertisements to many random numbers. When someone responds to the message, the perpetrator begins to approach the victim to become more confident. After that, the perpetrator will make various efforts to get the victim to send some administrative money.

Following up on this, the Cyber Police Sub-Directorate carried out further searches so that the location of the perpetrator could be found. The perpetrator is known to operate in Angkoe Village, Belawa District, Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi Province. They carried out their action in a relatively small house in the middle of a rice field area. Some of the pieces of evidence that were successfully secured were:

• 7 USB ports, 6 chargers,
• 1 box starter card,
• 2 notebooks,
• 5 laptop units and chargers,
• 5 units of smartphones,
• 74 modem units

In order to avoid fraud with this method, people need to be more careful when making online loans. First pay attention to the loan service provider company that interests you, then make sure that the company is registered with the Financial Services Authority (OJK). If the company is not registered, then submit the information via the Patrolisiber.id portal.