[kictanet] Mobile thieves using mobile money transfer ...

[Odhiambo ワシントン州]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:06 PM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> A thief stole a mobile phone and called the owner's close relatives saying
> the owner had been involved in a road accident and was in critical
> condition. The hospital required money before admitting the patient so the
> thief was asking for 4,000 to be sent by M-PESA to the owner's mobile.
>
> The bigger question is, have people discovered loop holes to withdrawing
> money from mobile transfer solutions like M-PESA without the owner's ID
> document? I wonder how the thief could have withdrawn the money.
>

They normally do ask for ID, but they keep no copy, although they record the
ID Number. So in case the number recorded doesn't tally with the owner's,
Safaricom will have to refund the money (well, the agent will incur the
loss).
Me thinks that's the case.


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