The Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) haswarned the citizens of Pakistan through its Twitter account against anongoing fraud scheme against Easypaisa or JazzCash users.

The fraudsters are calling/messaging the owners of Easypaisa/JazzCashaccounts from unknown numbers stating that their account has been blocked.Afterward, they ask for a 4-6 digit code that is sent to the registeredphone number. They then inform the user that their account has beenrestored. However, using this code they gain access to your account and cando as they wish.

The FIA has issued the standard warning stating that all account owners arerequested to not share their account info as well as any passwordsincluding pin codes and OTPs on calls from unknown numbers.

Such frauds are very common in Pakistan. People claim to be from differentbanks and ask users for their account info so they can be verified.Therefore we must be wary of any calls from unknown numbers asking for ourdetails. JazzCash/Easypaisa frauds date back to 2019 at least. People havebeen scamming innocent users and taking their money leaving them helpless.

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