MULTAN: Pakistan’s famous cricketer Sohaib Maqsood claimed that he fell victim to a scam worth Rs. 14 million (1.4 crore) by a car showroom owner in Multan.
The power hitter took to X (formerly Twitter), saying that “there is guy a showroom owner in multan who has a car showroom in multan who has done Big Fraud with me regarding my car worth 1.4 carore sold my car without documents documents are with me and in return gave me another car with fake Documents and got extra 70 lacs.”
He requested the Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Government of Punjab and Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to help him, stating that “please help me to sort this matter.. request our high athorties to please contact me and get all these details from me 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾we need to catchup these Frauds who play with people hard earned money🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿.”
Maqsood added that “if being a national cricket star I’m helpless just wondering yea Log Normal ghareebun ke sath kiya kurty hungy we need to save our society from these Frauds.”
SBP warning
Earlier today in a separate development, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) warned all account holders to be aware of the latest scam by fraudsters and issued instructions on how people can protect themselves and their money from such scammers.
These days, a common bank scam is when someone calls and says they accidentally sent money to your account. The caller then tells a fake story or tries to pressure you into “returning” money that was never sent in the first place.
In a statement posted on social media, the SBP warned citizens to beware of this “accidental money transfer” scam.
The central bank said that fraudsters often claim they mistakenly transferred money to your account and then push you to send it back.
The SBP warned people not to fall for such tricks, as it’s just a way to steal your money.
To avoid such fraud, the State Bank advised people to first check their account transactions carefully.
If anything seems suspicious, immediately report it to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) at 0800-25625 and their bank helpline.
In Pakistan, online financial fraud, including phishing, identity theft, fake investment schemes, and unauthorized bank access, is treated as a serious crime.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) handles these cases under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 and related sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
