- A businesswoman in Suneka is appealing for help to trace a man who allegedly tricked her and stole from her, leaving her with massive losses
- Mercy Kerubo, in a video, tearfully narrated how the man gained her trust and took his time before striking
- Kerubo also shared CCTV footage capturing the man at her shop, revealing that the KSh 98,000 she lost was borrowed
A businesswoman in Suneka, Kisii county is counting losses after a fraudster posing as a client allegedly scammed her of KSh 98,000.
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Mercy Kerubo, devastated by the huge loss, tearfully narrated what transpired and the clever trick the man used to steal from her M-Pesa shop.
She said the incident happened on Sunday, May 24, at around noon, barely an hour after she had opened her shop for the day.
How customer allegedly stole KSh 98k from M-Pesa shop
The suspect arrived at her shop and asked to withdraw some money, which he did. However, he kept looking around the shop and asking Kerubo to pass him various items on sale.
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He requested a notebook, a pen, yarn, and sewing machine oil, giving no indication that he intended to steal.
“Sundays, we usually start work late at around 11 am, and this man was my first customer. After all the items, he said his intention was to withdraw KSh 1,800 instead of the KSh 100 he had initially withdrawn, and I told him to go ahead. He then withdrew KSh 800,” Kerubo shared.
The businesswoman noted that, for some reason, the M-Pesa transaction messages were taking long to come through, and she assumed it was a normal network delay.
After a few minutes, she received the messages and gave the customer his balance after deducting the cost of the items he had requested.
All was done, and the man left, only to return about 30 minutes later with a list of books he claimed he needed.
He again requested to withdraw KSh 98,000, saying he had done so. However, since the message was delayed again, Kerubo counted the cash and handed it over.
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“I think coming the first time was purposely to survey and assess the shop before striking. I don’t know how I got confused and entertained him,” the devastated woman said.
Kerubo tearfully appealed for help to identify the man, noting that most of the money was not hers but had been borrowed to boost her M-Pesa float.
She questioned how she let her guard down and completed such a large transaction without proper verification.
“I always call the admin when it is a big transaction, and even when messages delay, I usually confirm with other agents or banks. But this time I just counted the money and gave it to him. I always hear of these cases happening, but today it happened to me,” she added.
Source: NGBREAKINGNEWS
