This rumor is very reminiscent of Stephen King’s The Cell. An unsuspecting cell phone user answers their phone, finds a red-colored apparition of a woman on their display screen, and dies when their brain explodes. The rumor swept through Karachi, with new warnings of impotency and pregnancy.

According to the rumors, the cause of these supernatural killer calls is due to a mobile phone company building a tower at a graveyard. This enraged the spirits, who decided to kill off the company’s customers in retribution.

As preposterous as these rumors are, they have sent a wave a panic among cell phone users in Karachi. This fear has prompted cell phone companies to issue clarifications to their customers that their cell phones are safe to use. Other people have taken this rumor for what it is, an urban legend started by bored kids or an angry customer.