Citizens in Pakistan warned each other on social networking platforms after a notorious ‘on-ring’ resurfaced in the country last week. A number of citizens received phone calls from unknown international numbers, raising the alarm about ‘Wangiri’ or ‘one-ring’ scam. The scam tricks these thousands of receivers into dialing an international number, and hence, being exposed to the risk of getting charged heavily for a connecting fee and significant per-minute charges. After the calls did the rounds, scores of citizens circulated warnings and messages on social media and instant messaging apps. A few reports suggested that by calling back on these suspicious international numbers one may have his cellular data compromised.

Source: Pakistan Today May 22, 2019 04:24 UTC