Easypaisa / JazzCash (Mobile Wallet) Fraud
Mobile-wallet fraud often uses fake buyer/seller accounts, QR misuse, or social-engineering to push funds to mule wallets. PECA electronic-fraud and identity provisions may apply; wallet operators also run their own dispute channels.
Evidence that matters for wallet cases
Transaction IDs, recipient wallet numbers, CNIC hints shown in-app (if any), chat logs arranging the payment, and screenshots of the counterparty’s profile are usually more useful than verbal summaries alone.
Applicable PECA provisions
Links open LawHub’s National corpus text for PECA 2016. Read the full section before relying on a short label.
Evidence checklist
- Wallet transaction SMS and in-app receipt
- Recipient number / account title as shown
- Marketplace or chat thread that induced the payment
Practical next steps
- Report inside the wallet app/ helpline and keep the ticket number.
- Preserve chats before the other party deletes accounts.
- File an official cybercrime complaint if the operator path is insufficient.
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Sources & provenance
- The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (Pakistan Code consolidation) — Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of Pakistan (Pakistan Code). National corpus consolidation_date 2025-02-07; source_id pakistancode-peca-2016.
- Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act No. II of 2025) — Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) / Senate Secretariat gazette publication. Presidential assent and Gazette Extra. publication 29 January 2025; [94(2025)/Ex. Gaz.].
- NCCIA online complaint portal — National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (complaint.nccia.gov.pk). Host complaint.nccia.gov.pk resolves on the public DNS (Cloudflare). Bot fetches may receive HTTP 403; users should open the official domain in a browser and follow current on-site instructions.
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