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Dear Odhiambo,<br>
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I've been interviewing a few M-Pesa agents recently and it seems
that often the M-Pesa scams can be very sophisticated. One of the
most common ones is when an agent is visited or called by 'technical
support' and asked to type in a number on their phone which
supposedly upgrades their phones and reduces congestion on their
M-Pesa line. Unbeknown to them they are transferring M-Pesa to a
particular number. Other scams involve some social engineering,
whether that be a distressed women who claims to have been robbed,
or a fake Safaricom rep - both who will ask to use the M-Pesa phone
and then transfer.<br>
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On the sim registration process, my guess is that it is on the way
back up the agenda! In the last few weeks Safaricom seems to have
been promoting this again (presumably as an approach to tackle the
recently sharp increase in M-Pesa fraud, which has been discussed on
this list) and if you go into a SC dealer shop, you are very likely
to see some recently distributed Sim registration posters and
leaflets around.<br>
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Thanks<br>
Chris<br>
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Christopher Foster
PhD Researcher, Centre for Development Informatics (CDI)
University of Manchester, UK
Mob: 0738 101 723
Mob (uk): +44 (0)7751 537350
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On 24/03/11 09:11, kris njoroge wrote:
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type="cite">Saw the same piece last night and was wondering the
same, thought that it would be so easy to catch this guys, like
once they leave the robbed Mpesa agent the agent makes a call and
the transaction is reversed. They could get away with not getting
caught but would not have the money so would deter them from doing
it again.
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<div>The sim registration process was all a hoodwink or a quick
get rich scheme by someone, don't know how but think so. Why
would they start something and then not enforce it? Maybe
someone in the know could enlighten us all. Thought the days of
mobile crime were long gone?<br>
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