Distribution scam

Distribution scam

Somebody introducing himself as Syamsul Azwar, H. Abdurrahman
Daud, H. Sontri or some other name, saying he is from the
Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises, the State
Logistics Agency (Bulog) or the Indonesian Distribution
Cooperative (KDI), has telephoned a number of BMT Cooperatives at
various places in Indonesia and also the center for micro
enterprise advancement (PINBUK) in the provinces to offer them
dozens of tons of essential commodities at competitive prices.

We think a scam is indicated in his activities. The hoax is to
tell the prospective victim that he has obtained the approval of
the KDI or Bulog as a distributor of essential commodities in the
region. In fact neither the KDI or Bulog has such a mechanism.
The caller then asks for an amount of money for the sending of
the commodities to be transferred to either of the following
accounts:

H. Sontri, account number 742.0009555 at BCA Central Jakarta
or Abdurrahman Daud, account number 08809017857.9 at Bank
Danamon.

The person passing himself off as Syamsul Azwar can be reached
at telephone number 5251349 or mobile phone number 0818371281.

We would like to have the attention of all PINBUK offices in
the provinces and regencies, BMT sponsored by PINBUK and the
general public for the following:

1. To treat such offers with caution.

2. Our checking has borne out that the person is neither a KDI
or Bulog staffer.

3. All the PINBUK offices in the provinces and regencies and
the BMT sponsored by PINBUK should not respond to the person's
offers.

4. Many BMTs have been duped. Among them, the BMT in Brebes
lost Rp 5 million, the one in Yogyakarta relinquished Rp 2
million.

We request the authorities investigate the scam, starting from
the account numbers and the telephone numbers under the names
mentioned above.

SYAIFUDDIN A. RASYID

PINBUK head office

SYAHID MULYONO

Manager of INKOPSYAH BMT