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Lady Blacklisted On CRB For A Loan She Never Took — How Credit Card Fraudsters Are Plunging Kenyans Into Financial Crisis

On Monday morning a distressed lady took to social media to air her shock after she found out she was blacklisted on CRB for a Ksh. 16,000 loan she purportedly took. After investigating, she found out that someone took her ID number and applied for a credit card with credit card firm AFB, which later closed shop in th

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On Monday morning a distressed lady took to social media to air her shock after she found out she was blacklisted on CRB for a Ksh. 16,000 loan she purportedly took.

After investigating, she found out that someone took her ID number and applied for a credit card with credit card firm AFB, which later closed shop in the country. The person then defaulted and the interest increased to Ksh. 16,000.

Here is a thread of her tweets. After Ndanu shared her story, Kenyans who have been through similar experiences joined in to tell their stories.

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