KARACHI: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Karachi on Saturday claimed to have busted a call centre and arrested seven suspects mainly targeting foreigners.
‘The NCCIA has successfully busted a scam operation being conducted through a call centre in Kausar Town, Malir, targeting foreign nationals, said a pressrelease.
According to the preliminary investigation, the suspects were impersonating officials of foreign banks and deceiving victims into providing sensi-tive personal and financial information, including debit and credit card details.
The information was being exploited for fraudulent activities.
During the raid, NCCIA Karachi arrested seven individuals involved in the operation, including the owners Bilal Raza and Abdullah, operators of the call centre.
Other suspects were identified as Shoaib Rahim, Umar Saeed, Junaid Khan, Muhammad Najam and Hassan Mukhtar.-Staff Reporter