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Karachi Scammers Flee With Phones of 60 Job-Seeking Girls
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News18•06-10-2026, 17:30
Karachi Scammers Flee With Phones of 60 Job-Seeking Girls
- •Scammers in Karachi lured at least 60 young girls from lower and middle-class families through social media with false job promises.
- •The victims were offered PKR 2,000 per day to manage stalls at an event supposedly held in a gated community outside the city.
- •On September 30, the girls were driven to a farmhouse on the outskirts of Karachi instead of the promised location.
- •The main suspect collected all 60 mobile phones under the pretext of company policy before fleeing with an accomplice on a motorcycle.
- •Police have detained two associates, including a female coordinator, and are tracking the main culprit who fled to Gujranwala.
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The victims were contacted through a WhatsApp group via social media and offered a week's work managing stalls at an event for PKR 2,000 per day plus other benefits.
The main culprit collected the mobile phones of all 60 girls at the farmhouse, telling them that the devices would be returned after work as part of their company policy.
Police stated that two associates, including a female coordinator, have been detained, while the main suspect fled to Gujranwala. Authorities have brought in the main culprit's brothers to contact him and urge him to surrender.
