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A fourth-year engineering student from JKUAT was among those arrested on Thursday in connection with SIM card fraud
In recent weeks, a number of mobile phone users reported phone calls from suspicious persons
A fourth-year JKUAT engineering student was among those arrested on Friday as part of the SIM card fraud in the country.
The DCI, through its social media platforms, noted that a Safaricom employee had also been arrested and that several gadgets had been recovered to them.
"Maurice Musoti, employee of Safaricom and Rian Obaga Nyagaka, fourth year student at #JKUAT student in BSc.Electronic Engineering, was arrested yesterday as part of the fraud #simcard .
"The following items were recovered: A laptop, 2,160 unused Safaricom cards #SIM 44 Used Safaricom SIM Cards, # Five Linden Agent Numbers, #three Books Mpesa Safaricom, #Internet Booster Rauter and #two mobile phones; a BlackBerry and Samsung J7, "wrote the DCI.
Last week, Kenya's communications authority had warned mobile phone users not to give out information, including phone numbers. 39, personal identification (PIN), to unknown parties.
In recent weeks, a number of mobile phone users have reported phone calls from suspicious persons who have asked them for personal information stating that They were working for local mobile network operators
Mobile subscribers were invited to share among others their identification numbers, PIN code M-Pesa, the PIN code of the SIM card and their cards would be exchanged without their knowledge.
This gave the fraudsters total control over the accounts of unsuspecting victims on services such as: ls as mobile money transfer and internet banking.
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