Police officers have arrested a suspect believed to have obtained millions of shillings from Kenyans in a fraudulent scheme known as Amazon Web Worker. All one needed for his/her application to be successful was to register their personal details such as full names, M-Pesa account details and mobile phone numbers in the online app," the DCI said. "It is not until when the app was deleted from the internet without prior notice, that the investors discovered they had been duped. This comes a time when online fraud activities have raised concern among Kenyans and organizations. Last August, the Central Bank of Kenya warned that global online networking companies, pyramid schemes and forex traders would take advantage of Covid-19 economic difficulties to exploit Kenyans.

Source: The Star May 29, 2021 18:46 UTC