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0754 543 225I met this online posts on tik tok about second hand as well as new bikes sold on sold and cash as well. I called the number there and the answerer gave me the following sale prices (it's still in their page till now) :- brand new bikes (irregardless of the type) you deposit 15000 (for loan options) and pay 300per day for a certain amount of time that varies with the bike , for the cash it depends on the bike specs also. For second hand bikes, only a deposit of 6500 is needed and a guaranter (2), original ID card and KRA pin. The amount is calculated according to the bike condition, both for loan and cash (instant or upfront payments). Loan for second hand bikes you pay 200 per day. Now they said that they are located at Nakuru town - biashara house ( I travelled there it is a building with safaricom kinda markings and phones are sold on the ground floor as well as other businesses. On reaching the destination (Nakuru town) they said that one needs to book for an appointment since the space in the company is limited to 40 clients. I told him ( it was a man always on the phone) that I have no problem with the payments, but to see what I'm paying for, and for the appointment/space booking fee/ticket (as he put it) I'll pay at the gate (of the presumed company). After a few unanswered calls, he called on another line and sounded like a different person this time. And told me that I have to pay first for hime to come get me with now the receipt at hand. I sensed this a bit fishy (having wasted time and bus fare to Nakuru, at least I made it to a county I have never been) I didn't pay but travelled back. I wanted to take or rather purchase (of course on loan) a new bike or second hande that was in good road condition. I woulda lost 15000 or 6500 or the 1250 for (imaginary) booking fee. NB: I didn't loose money to them, but their tack ticks are soo tempting and might hook up someone who is not on the lookout.
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0727 673 674Remited crypto to this guy and he failed to remit back the funds. Any attempt to reach him as been futile
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0107 585 942It lures peopl with the idea of renting their Linkedin accounts for a monthly payment of $20
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4339928Person sell clothes online but once you pay just no communication and no delivery of the parcel
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0100 045 372Pretended that he is from safaricom and asked for money
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0789 166 136Sent an edited message and asked for refunding the money.
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0726 934 799Kenyan man impersonating woman on a streaming platform to extort money from unsuspecting strangers using the listed phone number +254 726 934799
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0740 728 103Payment for something that was not delivered then blocked immediately after.
Scammers created fake county government bursary application portals. Students were charged KES 1,000-3,000 as 'application fees.' Real county bursaries are free to apply for through ward administrators. Multiple counties issued warnings about these fake portals.
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0746 727 135Send me a message "Tuma kwa hii number" and yet we hadn't agreed on that, though i didn't fall for it.
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400200Dear Parent/Guardian; Kindly NOTE that your child will be sent home tomorrow due to this term's(term1) School fee balances as the others prepare for Monday's exams. Contact the accounts office on 0755629765 for inquiries. APPROVED PAYMENT ACCOUNTS; 1. BANK TRANSFER. 2. SCHOOL PAYBILL; Paybill: 400200 Account No: 25470570895301 (Cooperative Bank) Thanks.
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0742 189 424He pretends to be a forex trader who lures people through Telegram to contribute for a pool of investment so that he can trade for them. I got to know of him through his twitter(x) @MeechBTCUSD
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Www.novateck.comYoubsend money you receive cashback
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720820I contacted Ahadi Movers via their WhatsApp number (0721 909090) to transport my household goods from Railways Go-Down to my home in Nairobi. After receiving a quotation, I paid KES 11,000 to their paybill account (720820). The transaction reference is SD579BAMK5. However, they never showed up to collect the goods. They stopped answering their phone calls and have not responded to my messages or refund requests to date. As a result of their failure to honor the agreement, I incurred additional storage charges for one extra day and was forced to use another service provider.
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0794 915 305Acted as through they were an expat and were selling items. They run the page Nairobi Expat Sales
Email claiming to be from a car dealership hiring sales reps. Very professional looking. Required KES 5,000 for 'background check' before interview. Real company confirmed they never sent such emails.
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0756 321 847Pretended to be Safaricom customer care. Asked me to dial a USSD code to 'upgrade my SIM.' Turned out to be a SIM swap attempt. They almost got access to my M-Pesa. Reported to Safaricom.
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298174Fake NHIF payments. Received call that my NHIF card was expiring and needed to pay KES 6,000 to renew immediately through this paybill. Real NHIF doesn't call members to renew via random paybills.