Kenya: Amazing World of On-Line Fraudsters Preying On the Gullible in Con Games

Nairobi — It is amazing that some people get excited on news that they have won a big lottery even though they do not remember participating in it in the first place. They will never stop to ask why a stranger has singled them out as potential partners in some lucrative business venture.

Technology, by way of SMS and email, has made it easier for fraudsters to entice thousands of people to bogus financial schemes that look juicy but whose intention is always to con them out of some money.

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