General public has been informed that some elements have been found impersonating themselves as senior National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials and coercing government officials and businessmen through phone calls/SMS/WhatsApp calls/fake letters and other tactics to extort money or obtain illegal concessions.

‘NAB has no direct or indirect association with these actions. NAB issues call up letters on official letterhead and does not make phone call/SMS/WhatsApp message for any correspondence’, says an official statement issued here on Wednesday.

The statement said that general public is hereby advised to be aware of such malicious acts. If anyone pretends to be NAB official and compels into illegal activities or blackmails for money, same may immediately be reported. ‘Remember that legal action is already being taken against such culprits and many have been arrested, the statement added.