Pakistan police have arrested 149 people in a raid on a scam call centre, the country's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) said on Thursday.
The agency told the BBC it acted after a tip-off about the network, which was operating in the city of Faisalabad.
It said the centre was involved in Ponzi schemes and tricked people into handing over vast sums of money in the name of fake investments.
Those arrested included 78 Pakistanis, 48 Chinese nationals, eight Nigerians, four Filipinos, two Sri Lankans, six Bangladeshis, two Myanmar nationals and one Zimbabwean national.
Eighteen of the 149 were women, the agency added.
