New Mobile-Money Tactic Scammers Are Using to Defraud Kenyans Perplexity and burstiness envelops the latest modus operandi of deceitful enti...

New Mobile-Money Tactic Scammers Are Using to Defraud Kenyans

Perplexity and burstiness envelops the latest modus operandi of deceitful entities, who are utilizing a sinister ploy to pilfer funds from the unsuspecting public. In this malevolent plan, these swindlers have set their sights on bank accounts, from which they illicitly extract funds and then send them to the mobile money accounts of innocent Kenyans.

After this nefarious deed has been carried out, the scammers then call their unsuspecting victims, urging them to transfer the ill-gotten gains back to their mobile money accounts, instead of the original bank accounts. This, they allege, is to evade detection by law enforcement and elude arrest.

A case in point is the account of Nairobi resident, Jackie Saleh, who spoke out on Wednesday, 8th February, relating how a scammer sent Ksh140,000 to her friend's phone from a bank account, with confirmations of the transaction received from both the bank and network provider.

She recounts how they waited patiently for the sender to contact them, but instead, a man called claiming that he had made a mistake and demanded that the money be refunded to his mobile money account. However, Saleh and her friend were wary of these demands and insisted on returning the funds to the original bank account.

Despite their reservations, the man persisted, refusing to provide his account information or name, and insisting that the funds be transferred to his mobile money account.

To their shock, after the call, they discovered that the Ksh140,000 had mysteriously disappeared, with no notification from either the bank or the mobile money service provider. Saleh shared screenshots of the messages, adding that the money had simply vanished.

She issued a warning to Kenyans, urging caution against this new scheme, as many may find themselves in legal trouble, with the scammers adeptly concealing their tracks.