Three Call Centre staffers held for posing as bank employees for fraud

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Circle (CCC) busted a call center allegedly involved in illegal activities, including its staffers posing as bank representatives.

Officials said CCC raided a call center named Generation 96 in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and arrested three suspect zsover alleged involvement in illegal activities. The suspects were named as Abdul Hameed, Shahan Afzal and Nauman Ali.

They added that the suspects used to make fake calls posing as bank representatives by using the latest technology. The three used to get and misuse details of customers’ debit cards through forgery and used the debit cards obtained through forgery to buy air tickets and book hotels.

The officials said the suspects also used to pay admission fees for local and international students from these cards and made use of debit cards for various transactions, including the purchase of property.

They allegedly lured customers to buy various products with fraud and they also created fake websites. They would not deliver products despite receiving money from customers. Raids are being conducted to arrest other suspects