Timeline of Ambulance Driver Becoming Victim of Illegal Online Loan Fake Order Tactic

Terror from online loan (pinjol) collections has spawned a new disturbing tactic. This time, it is no longer just threats via phone or text messages, but using emergency services as a tool for pressure. Several parties, from volunteer ambulances to firefighters in Sleman Regency, have become victims of fake orders suspected to be carried out by rogue debt collectors from pinjol (DC).

This incident not only causes operational losses but also has the potential to hinder the handling of genuine emergencies. Police authorities are now tracing the case following repeated similar reports.

Fake Ambulance Order Timeline

One of the victims, volunteer ambulance driver Mer-C, Mucklihsin, recounted the beginning of receiving the emergency report. He received information from the admin that there was a request for patient evacuation in the Caturtunggal area, Depok, Sleman, to be taken to a hospital.

“So yesterday we received a report from the Mer-C admin that there was a request for emergency services in the Depok area, Sleman, to be taken to a hospital,” he said in the Apa Kabar Indonesia Malam programme on tvOne.

Before arriving at the location, Mucklihsin contacted the orderer’s number. He claimed he found no oddities because the directions given were very convincing.

“I was almost there, so I called, ‘I’m right in front here, sir.’ ‘Oh, go further, Mas, then at the intersection turn right.’ So it was very convincing,” he said.

However, upon arriving at the location, a different fact emerged. The homeowner stated that they had never ordered an ambulance, and the person in question had not lived at that address for a long time.

“Upon arriving at the location, I met the homeowner, and sure enough, the homeowner said, ‘Oh, that’s at my house, Mas.’ But the person isn’t there; they’ve moved from there three years ago,” Mucklihsin revealed.

From there, he began to suspect that the report was fake. After trying to call the orderer’s number again, the call was initially not answered. Finally, on the third attempt, the perpetrator picked up and admitted to being from a pinjol entity for debt collection.

“Finally, the third time it was answered, and he admitted that he was from pinjol to collect the debt,” he said.