Key Takeaways
- National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) arrests 26 individuals, including 17 women, in two call center raids.
- One operation targets a suspected honey-trap scheme, while another involves fraud through mobile phone and communication package offers.
- Suspects used explicit conversations and video interactions to lure victims, with 35 mobile phones and two laptops seized.
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested 26 people, including 17 women, during raids on two call centers in Lahore, Pakistan, over alleged online fraud.
In one operation, the NCCIA targeted a suspected honey-trap scheme where women allegedly contacted men online to persuade them to join intimate video calls for financial gain.
The agency seized 35 mobile phones and two laptops during this raid, indicating the sophisticated nature of the operation.
In a separate operation, NCCIA raided a call center in Allama Iqbal Town, accusing it of defrauding foreign nationals through offers of mobile phones and communication packages.
Victims were reportedly asked to make payments but never received the promised phones, with investigators saying they were given excuses and repeatedly revised delivery dates.
Nine men were arrested in connection with this operation, and 10 mobile phones and five laptops were seized.
Cases have been registered in both investigations, and officials are questioning the suspects. Forensic examinations of the recovered devices are also underway to establish how the alleged schemes operated.
The accusations remain under investigation, and the arrests do not establish the suspects’ guilt.
