Massive increase in online financial crimes recorded by FIA
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*People in Lahore were cheated off millions of rupees in online financial crime this year, the Federal Investigation Agency has said.*
There was an 85% increase in financial crimes, and FIA received 1,350 complaints. There were 540 complaints of bank transfer scam through fake calls, and a same number of fraud cases using mobile bank accounts.
The FIA said it received 135 cases of ATM fraud.
In 2019 link, the FIA said that it received more than 15,500 cases of cybercrime. Fiftycases of physical harassment were reported, and the number of complaints of uploading inappropriate content on social media platforms reached 1,500.