Imposter deprives citizen of Rs700,000

PESHAWAR: An imposter from a gang has deprived a local of Rs700,000 after calling him from a fake international phone number to seek financial help to get his mother treated.

Muhammad Kashif approached the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against a gang that deprived him of Rs700,000.The complainant asked the FIA and the Cyber Crime Wing of the agency to go after the gang which, he believed, would have received millions of rupees from other people after finding their contacts through social media.

In an application to the FIA, the complainant said an imposter called him from a US number, impersonating as brother-in-law of his cousin who has settled abroad.He said the caller said he had an emergency as his mother was critically ill and admitted at a hospital and his family back in Pakistan needed the amount.

The caller asked the complainant to transfer money to a bank account and through an easy paisa account, saying he would send the amount back to his account from the US. “He sent a few receipts but the money was never transferred when I checked my bank account,” said Kashif.The complainant asked the FIA to go after the gang and recover the robbed money from the bank account and easy paisa accounts of the accused.