Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) announced that the Indonesia Anti-Scam Centre (IASC) has returned IDR 161 billion to 1,070 victims of digital scams, using funds blocked by IASC across 14 banks used by fraud perpetrators. The figures cover IASC operations from 22 November 2024 to 12 January 2026 and were marked by a symbolic handover in Jakarta, with OJK coordinating Task Force PASTI and IASC. Since 22 November 2024 through 14 January 2026, IASC received 432,637 fraud complaints with reported losses of IDR 9.1 trillion and blocked a total of IDR 436.88 billion. The release cited common scam typologies including shopping transaction fraud, impersonation or fake calls, investment scams, job scams and social-media fraud, as well as “love scam”, and highlighted operational challenges such as rising complaint volumes, delayed reporting, the need to speed up account blocking, complex fund flight patterns and improving recovery outcomes. OJK urged consumers to report promptly to IASC to increase the likelihood of fund recovery, via iasc.ojk.go.id, and warned the public to watch for fake websites and individuals claiming to represent IASC.

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