New strategy used by thieves.

Yesterday I posted a PS4 Slim at Jiji @29k. A guy with a Somali-accent calls 0720045299 30 minutes after posting to enquire about the item and my location. He promises to come for the item at the stated price. I inform him to pick the item at 5 pm since am not at home. The guy calls again at 5 and says that he will pick the item in the next few minutes, but he will send a guy to check the item then send money to my mpesa upon confirmation from mwenye ametuma. The other guy who “was sent” to pick the PS arrives and checks. He is quiet all along as he tests it. I request him to call the guy who sent him if he is satisfied as i pack it. The other guy calls to inform me that he will has received confirmation and he will send the money in 2 minutes. Meanwhile, I introduce the guy in my house to a macbook that I am also selling as i pack the PS to keep him busy as I pack the items. Once I mention that I am waiting for money to be sent, the guy in my house asks me whether I know the guy on phone. He looks confused as I inform him that I only know the caller from jiji, to which he responds that he has just been conned. He tries to reverse the money but a withdrawal has already been made. He calls Safaricom only to be informed that his only choice is to follow up with the police.
PS: The guy in my house was to buy a PS4 slim at 16k from a post on jiji from the caller. The two had agreed that the PS will be picked from the caller’s home. But since he will be busy elsewhere, the guy “atapata mtu kwa nyumba amuonyeshe PS, but asidiacuss na mimi kuihusu” them atume pesa kwa simu ya the caller. The guy at my house thus thought huko si kwangu ni kwa the caller while I thought yeye ni mtu wa mkono wa the caller. So he sent money after viewing the PS, which was then withdrawn immediately.
Lesson: Avoid shady deals especially zenye unaambiwa usiongee na mwenye anakupea mali. Be cautious on deals that are too good.

Unaezaje lipia kitu hujaona physically and tested!

Have you read the whole scenario ??

Fool and his money…

Wewe ni wale hureply before reading the posts. Umeshikwa leo.

mimi sijaelewa hii

The Somali guy says yeye anauza PS4 16k. Iyo PS4 si yake ni ya @SparkMyke na anauza 29k. So the Somali guy sends the person to @SparkMyke to go check it out but then he (Somali guy) changes tact and tells @SparkMyke that he is sending someone to pick it for him. The guy who has been sent goes knowing @SparkMyke works for the Somali guy. After viewing the PS the guy (jamaa ametumwa) then sends money to the Somali guy to buy the PS and then @SparkMyke tells him that the PS belongs to him and not the Somali guy.

In simple Somali guy amecon uyo boy 16k akimdanganya ps ni yake na in real ps ni ya @SparkMyke

Na mbona hii story iko kwa Hekaya, na vile its very informative? Hiyo style wameoshwa doh sijawahi skia, very conniving guy huyo msomali.

Weh mtu wa turedio @Electronics4u , toa hii thread kwa hekaya ueke place ingine.

It’s actually very clever. I wondered when the payment had been made but I can see it was during hiyo time ya usidiscuss na yeye specifics.
The guy is clever. Just post clone adverts of something you see but much cheaper.

Organize a meet with the more expensive seller then send your fish out to see him. Seller thinks fish is a proxy. Fish thinks sellor is a proxy. So none of them is discussing business with the other while the conman is still in communication with them acting as the authority.

Now get the guy to send the cash having seen an item that wasn’t your in the first place.

Brilliant con. Sometimes you just have to admire how clever these guys can be. Na OP wewe pia you invite strangers to your house to buy things advertised online? In this Nairobi? Utajipata Nairobi river minus a kidney.

Pia wewe unacheza. How can you welcome and entertain a stranger kwa nyumba yako?

Ama OP was working with the thief

Nimeelewa. Lakini si angeuliza @SparkMyke kama akitumia msomalia iyo pesa ni sawa

Hujaona @SparkMyke akidai huyo jamaa alikuwa amenyamaza wakati wote. Seems like those introvert guys!!

huenda aliambiwa asidiscuss na houseboy juu anakulanga comission kubwa

Hamuoni wariahe alikuwa anauza karibu half the price ya vile ilikuwa inauzwa? When the deal is too good think twice

Hehe… that was one sweet con

Sasa essence ya kufanya hivo ni ku fool the introverts ?

He has not tested the hekaya physically…