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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has sounded an alert on what is believed to be an organized form of crime to dupe citizens through mobile money platforms.

Through a tweet posted on December 12, the DCI highlighted a case in Eldoret where Harun Kigera had been robbed of Ksh 540,000.

The statement described how the victim was approached by two men and a lady as he was having dinner in a hotel. The lady asked him to send her Ksh2,000 shillings after which she would have handed him the money in cash.

Director of Criminal Investigations Headquaters - Kiambu Road
Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters along Kiambu Road

The victim agreed, not knowing that the lady was observing his pin number as he was making the transaction. They used his pin number to swap his sim card and gain access into his bank account.

The victim later realised that a total sum of Ksh 400, 000 was sent from his savings to different numbers and a total of Ksh140,000 was transferred to the lady he had assisted.

Detectives have since captured one of the fraudsters in connection with the case after catching up with them in Molo, Nakuru County.

The DCI warned Kenyans to be careful about such incidences and handle their information with care.

“The DCI takes this opportunity to warn members of the public against this kind of fraud where people are being duped into online transactions in exchange for cash money, and thereby innocently revealing their pin and phone numbers which enable the fraudsters to swap their lines,” read a statement by the directorate.

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