As years pass scammers have improved their scamming tricks and are able to adapt to the current living conditions and continue their scamming games easily without getting caught.
People were used to the common method of scamming like misidentification where you'll get tricked into thinking you owe someone money and end up losing money in the process.
Others use gambling where the gambler throws some coins and tells you to pick them up but if you fail to pick the marked one, you lose your money.
Scamming these days has been digitalised and scientific. Unless you are very keen people will scam you on your face and you won't even notice until someone else taps you or shakes you back to reality.
It is a common proverb that says ' When the deal is too good think twice'. People need to be extra careful when engaging with different people.
Below are some ways that people are getting scammed.
1) Employment scams
With an increase in unemployment cases in Kenya, people will easily find themselves scammed. Scammers promise the individual that if they give them a certain amount of money then they'll ensure they get them a job.
Most people fall into this trap cause the job being promised is normally a governmental job and it's common knowledge that parastals have some benefits.
The common words they use are "I work in a government organization most mention city hall, we are looking for employees but since I know you, I'll ensure I put in a good word for you, you don't have to go through interviews the job is yours if you give me 10,000 Kenyan shillings."
2) Plot scams
Plot scammers are the most common. The scammers offer to give you a piece of land for very little amounts of money.
As most people are desperate to be land owners they easily fall into this trap. The scammers even move a step further and give you a fake title deed.
In a recent case that happened in Kitengela, some residents were told to give 100,000 Kenyan shillings and they'll get a piece of land from Portland only after everyone had made the payment and started building houses in the area for the government to chase them away claiming it's government property.
3) Mercury products
This is the newest scam in town. Most people who have had an encounter with it know it by its famous name"Vitu za Kaiza".
The products are believed to be of German origin and can make someone very rich. The products are normally in a box and the box includes buttons, an iron box, needles, padlocks, stoves, swords, kettles, and rubies.
The scammers will tell you that you can make billions out of it but you'll first have to do a 'Tambiko' so as to clean the goods so you can sell them.
The scammer will further urge you to contribute different amounts of money so that the goods are delivered to you.
Although there are rare chances that one will benefit from the goods this is a scam that many easily fall for.
4)Cryptocurrencies
This is normally online businesses. One is normally advised to invest a certain amount of money and when they invite other people to join they'll be able to gain more profits.
Once the individual invests their money, and it's received by the online business organization, they go missing and everyone who introduced you to it becomes unreachable on their cellphones.
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