“I’ll call you back on PakNet’s official line,” she said.
The man hung up.
Fatima stared at the screen. She hadn’t requested any code. Her fingers hovered over the delete button, but something made her pause. A month ago, her cousin had lost 85,000 rupees to a SIM swap scam. The police had said it started with an “unexpected code.” 56789 sms code pakistan
“Madam, we detected suspicious activity. Please confirm the 56789 code sent to you so we can block the transaction.” “I’ll call you back on PakNet’s official line,”
She reported the number to the FIA Cyber Crime Wing. Three days later, they called back: her quick refusal had helped them trace a small ring operating out of a guesthouse in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. They’d been collecting verified numbers to drain digital wallets. She hadn’t requested any code