A lady named Christie narrated to Nairobi News of how she fell into this con-trick. Beware before you become the next victim.
Beware. There is a new wave of crime in Nairobi involving online business transactions.
Con men have devised a new trick of using your phone to stage-manage fake mobile money transfer and rob you of your items without paying a dime.
They borrow your phone, then distract you with an innocent red-herring as they save their phone number on your phone. The phone number is saved using the name of mobile money transfer service.
Afterwards they send you an SMS worded as a successful transaction. Because the number is saved on your phone, the message will be received under the name of the mobile money transfer service.
Last week, Christie* posted photos of her washing machine online for sale.
On Sunday morning, she received a call from a man whose identity on Truecaller (an application that identifies numbers not saved in one’s phonebook) was Prof Nderu.
“We agreed that he would view the machine in the course of the day. We arranged and he passed by my house at 4pm. He inspected the machine and said it was ok,” said Christie.
During the price negotiations, the buyer requested that he consults his wife first before making a final decision.
He called the wife and after a few minutes, requested to use the Christie’s phone to finish the conversation as his airtime had run out.
“He then asked me to get him a glass of water. I went to get him the water and came back when he had finished with his wife. He told me that he will discuss his wife their best price and get back to me that evening,” explained Christie.
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