The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has busted illegal scam call centres allegedly involved in defrauding foreign nationals during two raids in different areas of the city.
According to NCCIA officials, the raids were conducted on a commercial premises in DHA Phase VIII’s Zulfiqar Commercial area and another location in PECHS Block 2 . During both operations, the authorities discovered well-organised scam call centres where agents impersonated representatives of foreign banks in spoofed phone calls. Initial investigations revealed that the suspects targeted foreign nationals and fraudulently obtained sensitive personal and banking information, including social security numbers, phone numbers, dates of birth, mothers’ maiden names and CVV codes. Officials said the stolen information was allegedly used to conduct unauthorised financial transactions through merchant accounts for illicit financial gains.
During the raids, the NCCIA recovered a large quantity of digital equipment and evidence, including laptops, mobile phones, specialised software and banking data belonging to thousands of foreign nationals.
