Fraud

Fraud

From Republika

I want to relate a peculiar story about fraud that happened in Yogyakarta lately. The victims were mostly women wearing Moslem head scarves.

A plump, dark-skinned woman, with curly hair and heavy eye- brows, who could speak Balinese dialect, tried to convince her victims that she was from Bali. Investigation proved she was a resident of Yogyakarta. She was capable of enchanting her victims with her soft and friendly voice.

She introduces herself as architecture student of Gajah University, adding that she is muallaf (new Moslem), hailing from Bali by the name Ida Ayu Ratu.

After the introduction and her convincing story, she begged to visit the victim in her house or boarding house. When allowed, she then pitifully asked to borrow some money. If the host was inattentive, she stole valuables.

She is really Javanese from Yogyakarta, and her parents desperately admitted that they could do nothing about it and could no longer manage her. She has been absent from home for quite some time.

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