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Dina (not her real name), 36, a senior magazine journalist, said she joined
online dating service www.birojodoh.or.id, where she met Teddy Rendrawan,
last month.
She then struck up a friendship with Teddy, who said he was a senior officer
at the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta.
"Somehow I just believed (him) and agreed to meet Teddy in Surabaya," she
told reporters.
On Dec. 22, Dina met Teddy and they then went to Malang, East Java, the next
day to meet Dina's friends, who were impressed by Teddy's kindness and
politeness, she said.
She said Teddy told her he needed money to help his boss, who was
blackmailed over a love affair.
"He said, if I didn't help him, he would be blamed for his department's bad
image," she said.
She gave him money, jewelry and her digital camera and even asked some of
her colleagues to lend her money to help him -- in total Rp 30 million in
cash and belongings.
"I don't know why I trusted him that much. I kept asking myself, 'Is he for
real?', but I couldn't refuse," she said.
She said she suspected that Teddy had hypnotized her and that she had tried
to call him several times but that his number was now inactive.
"And I just realized that I don't even know his address," she added. (dia)
Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20071227.C03&irec=4
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