This archive report was first published on 5 September 2019.
On September 5, 2019, police in Nakuru town began investigating a new wave of MPesa fraud after two agents were conned in a span of two days.
Nevian Moraa, who operates a shop in the CBD, lost Ksh. 22,000 in the scam.
According to Moraa, a man approached him pretending to be a customer who wanted to deposit Ksh. 100.
After completing the transaction, the customer claimed that the money had not been sent, and further claimed that he had contacted the customer care department and they had confirmed that the transaction did not go through.
Police are using CCTV footage from one of the shops to try and uncover what happened.
