With the traditional carjacking method getting ever more dangerous, conmen are evolving new tactics of stealing from potential car buyers, leaving law enforcers to play catch-up with their new tricks. Hundreds of Kenyans are losing millions of shillings to con artists passing themselves off as car dealers.
In recent history, a well-planned scheme that sometimes involves advertisements in daily newspapers, are taking full advantage of Kenyans’ penchant for short-cuts in conducting business transactions. DCI cybercrime department has been forced to keep up with car fraudsters that are becoming wise and more dangerous as days pass.
The Owner Of Monetized Cars Ltd, a Company that conned Kenyans Sh500 million was arrested by DCI detectives in Nyali, Mombasa.
@DCI_Kenya detectives based in Lang'ata have arrested one Nuzrat Sharif aged 31 within Nyali in Mombasa County.
The suspect was arrested in connection with a company identified as Dinm Evitaerc limited that had offices in Parklands in 2019 & was luring Kenyans to invest…
/2 pic.twitter.com/GZOhJAQnIE— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) February 21, 2020
… in a scam dubbed “Simple Homes”.
It has been established that Nuzrat had tricked her mother Nurjahan Mohamed aged 52 years to open various companies namely Proop Tellub Ltd (Bullet Proop), Dinm Evitaerc Ltd (Creative Mind),…
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… Kehdok Saniwagra Igniwga (Agwingi Argawings Kodhek), Rkab Uba Nisay (Yasin Abubakr) and EOAH.
We call upon those who may have fallen victim of these fraudsters to make a formal report at Lang'ata DCI offices.
/4— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) February 21, 2020
Last year, thieves have been terrorizing residents in the city and we highlighted the menace that Fedha Estate residents were going through Here.
https://kenyanbulletin.com/2019/11/14/71067/
In December, three suspects were arrested as police burst what they termed as a car syndicate in Nairobi’s Kasarani area.
“Several items were confiscated during the operation by detectives based at Kasarani, including a Toyota Probox, phones, SIM cards and assorted psychotropic drugs,” said Kasarani Police boss Peter Kimani.
