Mbah Ginem: I cry, they have taken my unpaid merchandise

KOMPAS.com- Mbah Waginem (65), a grandmother who sells rice at the market and street food in Semarang, Central Java, cannot hold back her tears.

All of your merchandise and money were snatched by scammers disguising themselves as shoppers on Friday (4/9/2020).

Despite the fact that at that time Mbah Waginem or who was familiarly called Ginem had just left to start selling in the morning.

“I cried when I stopped at the store because I thought about what the deposit would be. People had taken the unpaid merchandise,” Mbah Ginem said sadly.

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I’m already happy that the merchandise is purchased

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Mbah Ginem said that around 09.00 WIB, Mbah Ginem had just started selling their products.

He sells a variety of rice and market sandwiches and usually travels around Kampung Poncowolo, Semarang.

As he was walking, a woman on a motorcycle called out to him. Mbah Ginem stopped at the side of the road.

How happy Mbah Ginem is, the woman admits that she will buy his products.

“Mbah dodol oppose mbah?‘ I cut everything here in seconds (Mbah selling what? Don’t buy all the rice here) “, Mbah Ginem explained while mimicking the buyer.

“I would have liked to eliminate all the thoughts I had to go home in the morning. (I was happy if I bought everything so I could go home early), ”he said.

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Trade was removed

But apparently, Mbah Ginem’s joy was only for a moment.

The woman hastily took the merchandise from Mbah Ginem after offering a ride.

He had asked Mbah Ginem to get on his motorcycle, but Mbah Ginem rejected the request.

“Kene is not a doll (here boncengin). Let me tell you, it was a scary place (If I want to be hitchhiked, I thought if I lost where to go again) but in the end I refused, I did not dare to ride a motorcycle because I fell, “he said.

Unexpectedly, the woman took all the rice merchandise and Mbah Ginem’s wallet in the basket.

“Suddenly even nggeblas did not return I stayed on the side of the road (Suddenly lost, I didn’t go back on the side of the road again). The school is full of purses. (All the rice is carried with the wallet) ”, he said.

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Sincerely confess

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The woman took a total of 70 packed rice and 400,000 rupees belonging to Mbah Ginem.

He also had tears in his eyes thinking about how to deposit his merchandise.

After walking, Mbah Ginem was taken home by his neighbor.

Faced with these judgments, Mbah Ginem admitted to being sincere.

“I sincerely surrender born inside. There is no report. Fortune is in control “I am resigned and sincere. Fortune has already fixed it,” he said.

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Volunteer help

One of the volunteers named Tonex admitted that he sympathized with Grandma Ginem’s story.

He said that a similar case did not happen once.

“We hope that the scammers can be caught soon because this incident, as I know, has happened several times in Semarang and it is aimed at elderly merchants,” Tonex said.

He and his colleagues also collected donations for Mbah Ginem.

“We hear this news on social media. And we are motivated to collect money from other donors for Mbah Ginem. Hopefully it can be useful and sell again,” he said.

Source: Kompas.com (Author: Semarang Contributor, Riska Farasonalia | Editor: Teuku Muhammad Valdy Arief)