Kenya: Gangs Target Mobile Phone Users

Nairobi — Well organised gangs have infiltrated the multi-million shilling promotion business built on mobile phone SMS (short message system) threatening what has become a key marketing strategy.

Safaricom chief executive officer Michael Joseph sounded the alarm bells yesterday, saying the mobile service provider, itself a victim of the gangs, is making headway in its investigations with the help of the police.

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