beware of New evolving MPESA FRAUD. read keenly as these convincingly sound like they work for the mobile company and can operate even over days to get you.. A victim is called by a total stranger purporting to be working for any of the mobile service providers, claiming they have won cash even for promotions they were not involved in. To trap their would-be victims or unsuspecting phone subscribers, the caller cautions the victim never to share the PIN even as they jointly plan to transfer the proceeds of a non- existent cash. That gives a sense of false confidence. According to the victims accounts, the callers appear “fine, graduates and people with either a link or experience in customer care of mobile service providers”. They add “unlike the Kamiti prisoon fraudsters, the latest callers are not in a hurry and call the prey repeatedly without switching off their numbers”. Once their prey are convinced, they ask them whether or not they have any money in their M-Pesa accounts so as to avoid exceeding the allowable holding limit. They are so clever in asking not for the exact amount but round figure. Once assured, they proceed to the next step according to the script. It is then that their prey are asked to call #555555 to have the funds transfer process commenced. The caller would then receive “secret password” a combination of digits and letters. Incidentally and to confuse their prey more, such number comes from a customized short-code christened “Equity Bank” as was the case with today’s victims. Other instructions follow and the victim is asked repeatedly and “genuinely” whether or not he/she has received the cash. It is then that the victim discovers his account balance. As alluded to above, M-PESA fraud seem to be maturing step by step following in the footsteps of email and network related frauds *to avoid being switched off from network they use one of many new prefixes (07**) of rival network. It may be wise to Google prefix to know if it belongs to Safaricom read further kachwanya/m-pesa-fraud/
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:05:56 +0000
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