HOW TO AVOID GETTING SCAMMED
Scammers are everywhere, don't let them take your hard-earned money.
MESHers shared their worst scam story with us to make it easy for you to spot a scammer from miles away and how to avoid being scammed.
Recently DCI_KENYA posted a warning notificationhere to be wary of scammers who lure people to the crypto currency world.
1. Make sure ume-confirm payment before customer atoke - Jamila Wamboi
"I rememba Kuna mresh alikuja nimsuke. Nkajipanga na stuffs zangu nkamsuka style alitaka. Sa ikawa aende a withdraw pesa anilipe. Ile mpesa alienda ku withdraw Akaonyesha sms Tofauti ju simu ya mpesa ilikua off. Sasa unaonyesha tu sms. Loooo!! Akaosha iyo 1500 kwa mpesa.then akaniosha mm 1500. Nlikuwa rada from that time. 💪💪”
2. Kaa rada na deals za promotions and sale games – Joshua Wanyonyi
“Weeee😒😒😒 After I finish high School, nlichukuliwa kufunza tu a certain private school. Then nikawekwa kuwa Exam teacher. So nkatumwa exam with ksh 4,500. Kufika tao nikaona kagari kadogo kamesimama then there was a lady who came kwangu akasema kuna promotion fiti sana. Ju ya ushamba kidogo nkasogea wakasema unapeana 400 shillings then unawin products.ata nikapewa nkashika (mashine ya kinyozi, solar, radio,with cables). Nkapeana 400 then mashine ikasema nme earn 56 points so npeane 450 ni earn 80 to 90 points ndo nipewe izo products. Nkapeana (exam money😅) nlioshwa ata vile waliendaga sikujua. Kama singekuwa na savings kidogo wanafunzi hawangepata exam”
3. Avoid kuchukua promotional items from everyone, zingine huwa tricks tu - Ruth Ochieng
Haiyaa Sasa ndio huyu mimi na rafiki yangu tumetoka class pale Kibabii tunarudi kwa hostel tuuti tukameet wamama wawili vizuri so kutusimamisha akachapa intro they are from christian union and now they are promoting students fellowship and conference that will occur pale tao....si wakatupea invitation card but we are like mbona hawakutangaza church anyway let's just pick it.... kumbe these people wako na dawa hehe... that's how we lost our phones and we didn't even sense juu ziko kwa bag.....kidogo hatuwaoni ....tunafika shop kubuy hatupati simu on calling it's off...eeei tearsss!! Moral lesson to meshers avoid such promotional services/items especially in Towns and along a busy road...most ain't real.
4. Usifungue ama ku-click suspicious links, no matter how real they seem! - Derrick Nyangeri
“Kuna hii time nili-receive an email from my bank na ilikua inakaa legitimate. E-mail ilikua inasema kuna some security issues so ni click link walikua wame-send to be safe. Nikaweka my login details, after sometimes nika-discover pesa zangu, zilikua missing from my account. Ku-avoid situation kama hii isikutokee, NEVER click suspicious links in emails or messages. Instead, enda kwa bank's official website address or use trusted bookmarks ku-access account yako. Pia kuwa unacheki bank statements zako on a regular and be alert ku-notice any unfamiliar transactions. Report any suspicious activities to your bank immediately.”
5. Kuwa careful na games unalipia, sio zote ni legit - Victor Langat
“Kuna day nikiwa highschool kuna msee alituchapia site flani ati unaingia na minimum ya 300 na kuna group ya WhatsApp waliunda ndo ukuwe unapewa games ya kuweka ndo pesa iongezeke daily like ulikuwa unagain kitu ka 3% daily sa closing day nikaenda kuingia mimi niliingia na 300 lakini kuna wengine waliingia na 5k hadi wakaingiza wazazi wao so tukagain for some time tuseme 1 month hivi na profit yangu ilikuwa 1500 so nikaona hii stuff ni legit so nikaongeza 2k ya pocket money na shopping btw nilikuwa namanagiwa na bro ju alikuwa mtaa na mimi nilikuwa chuo so ikafika point hio website ikafungwa tu bila warning na hivo ndo tulioshwa 😂 wengine wenye walikuwa wanafiri watapata profit ya 1m.”
Kumbuka! Kukaa rada na ku-stay alert. Learn vile unafaa ku-outsmart scammers au kuwa-avoid ndio uji-prevent from being scammed.
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