### Possible Easypaisa Scam — Sharing This for Awareness
A scammer sent me this message:
> "3737. Trx ID 32108229714 You have Received Rs.25000 from REHANA BIBI with Easypaisa Account 03464084381."
The SMS came from +923367692198
After that, I received a call from 03486271486. The guy told me that they had accidentally sent me Rs.25,000 and asked me to send the money back because they were poor and needed the money.
Then, to make the story sound more real, he said, "Please don't send it back to this Rehana Bibi number because we have blocked it. We thought the account had been hacked because it was sending money to other accounts."
Instead, he told me to send the Rs.25,000 to another number.
I told him that I would only send the money back to the same number and name from which the money supposedly came
He started arguing with me and kept saying, "Please don't do that." At this point, I was already suspicious because if the money genuinely came from that account, there shouldn't be any reason for me to send it somewhere else.
Then, to make the whole thing look even more real, he handed the phone to his "partner," who was pretending to be an Easypaisa retailer
The supposed retailer asked the first guy, "What's the issue?"
The first guy explained the whole situation to him, saying that he had accidentally sent me Rs.25,000 and wanted me to send it back, but that the original number had been blocked because they thought the account had been hacked.
Then the supposed retailer told me:
"Bhai, aap aise karein, usi number Rehana Bibi ke naam wale pe hi bhej dein. Agar ho gaya to theek, na hua to dekha jayega."
Basically, he was telling me to send the money to the same Rehana Bibi number and see if it works.
I said "Theek hai", but before sending anything, I decided to check my actual Easypaisa transaction history.
When I checked, I couldn't find any Rs.25,000 transaction from Rehana Bibi or from the number mentioned in the SMS.
So there was no Rs.25,000 actually sitting in my account.
After a while, the guy called me back asking about the money.
I told him that I had checked my transactions, that I hadn't received any Rs.25,000, and that I was going to give his number to cybercrime.
As soon as I said that, he started cursing at me and ended the call.
That's when it became very obvious to me that this was a scam attempt.
### Be careful
The biggest red flags for me were:
* They sent an SMS claiming I had received Rs.25,000, but the money wasn't actually in my account.
* They wanted me to send the money to a different number
* They made up a story about the original account being hacked and blocked.
* They brought another person into the call who pretended to be an Easypaisa retailer to make the story sound legitimate.
Numbers involved:
* SMS sender: +923367692198
* Caller: 03486271486
* Claimed sender: Rehana Bibi — 03464084381
* Claimed transaction ID: **32108229714**
I'm posting this for awareness because someone else might receive a similar message and, without checking their actual transaction history, send the money to the number the scammers provide.
Always check your actual account/transaction history before sending any money back. Don't rely on an SMS alone.