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Nineteen Nigerian citizens residing in Umoja, Kasarani and Roysambu Estates within Nairobi, were arrested in the early hours of today, for engaging in electronic fraud targeting Kenyans. .
Detectives said the scam starts with a simple Facebook friend request. After a target accepts the seemingly harmless request, the fraudsters then initiate a friendly chat promising the victim goodies to be sent through DHL at the airport.
The following day or thereafter the victim receives a call from someone pretending to be an attendant at the DHL office asking for payment of clearance fees for the promised parcel.
If a target sends the money through M-Pesa, another call is made requesting for another payment for other documentation and taxes. Once the payments are done, the fraudsters never pick their victims calls again…. [Swipe to view all]
