Huyu kijana aliuma mzungu Ksh 33 million

Detectives drawn from the Operations Support Unit have arrested Steve Okoth Odek alias David Bett, for scamming a foreign national a staggering USD 256,000 in a fake gold deal that involved over 500kg of fake gold.
Investigations have revealed that the victim entered into two separate gold purchase agreements with the scammer where on February 6th, 2024 he was to purchase 500kg of gold and on March 14th, 2024 another 580kg with each kilogram priced at USD 40,000.

Additionally, the detectives have established that the second contract was signed after the first deal failed where the scammer promised to deliver the gold only after securing certain conditions, including the buyer’s responsibility for jet chartering, payment of taxes and insurance.

Despite these terms, the scammer once more failed to deliver the gold and in an attempt to keep the scam going, he provided 20kg of “gold bars” as collateral, which were stored at MySafe Vault. At this point, the victim remained unaware that he was being scammed, and ended up paying a total of USD 256,000 through two law firms; Owano & Associates Advocates ($126,000) and Alata & Co. Advocates ($139,200).
After receiving the money, the scammer attempted to defraud the foreign national an additional USD 188,080 which failed as his fraudulent dealings had been uncovered and a report made to the police.

Swinging into action, the detectives have burned the midnight oil to uncover the truth, recovering the 20kg of “gold” that had been provided as collateral. A thorough analysis revealed that the bars were composed of copper, zinc, and tin, with no trace of gold but just a well-executed scam.

Further investigation revealed that the seller’s company, PCL Natural Resources Limited, was not licensed by the Ministry of Mining to deal with gold or any precious metals.

With this crucial information, the detectives were able to track down the scammer, Steve Okoth Odek, who was arrested and processed pending arraignment.




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Greediness cost him big.

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Cost him aje? He scammed a foreigner. He is not going anywhere. DCI are just there for their cut.

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He scammed the wrong foreigner. For DCI to hunt him this far, there is pressure from some quarters. It is the end of the road for the young man. He will go to jail since he cannot even refund the money to settle the case outside court.

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Put these photos in their right order, kwanza soft life alafu police mugshot alafu uongeze sketch ya jela

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He is greedy because he tried scamming the same foreigner Twice with the same deal. When to know the time to walk away. Huyu hakuwa na watu wengine wa kuosha akaona akule kabisa kwa deal moja. That was one wrong move

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Hakuna wrong move hapo… All scammers do that. Milk as much as possible. They maximize the opportunity. Kesi kama hii hakuna mahali hueenda. Dude will be out on bond na aendelee kuscam

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This clearly shows that you don’t understand the scamming game. It is easier to scam your victim more money than to look for a new victim. Scammers already know that the victims will eventually know they were scammed. Sio ati wanaogopa kujulikana. The game is to keep scamming the person until they realize they are being scammed or their money runs out.

Its not like victim hangejua aliscamiwa if the scammers didn’t try to get more money.

Scamming ni kama sales. It is easier to sell more items to your existing clients than to get new clients.

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It had to be a man from the Lakeside… Very Useless People…

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KUCON AMA KUUWA WAZUNGU SIO MAKOSA. THEY DID IT TO OUR FOREFATHERS AND THEY STILL DO IT TODAY.

IT IS DOING GOD’S WORK.

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Na hii Kenya yetu iko na gold nyingi sana. Kila siku kesi za scam and they keep coming.

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Mbona sasa tena wako useless?

Huyu ali skip classes za utapeli kama tatu hivi za mwisho mwisho. The last topic is on how not to get caught. It is the longest topic and was well covered. Sasa ona?

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Huku Kenya once you have 10 million cash in the bank, you are effectively above the law. Ata premeditated murder hakuna mahali utapelekwa.

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Mi niliona pedi wangu kwa news ya saa tatu live on nation tv ameshikwa with over 100 rolls of bhang nikajua maneno yake kwisha only to see him 2 days later amerudi ground kuuza hiyo bangi. Amemaliza school of law juzi. Huyu jamaa hakuna mahali anapelekwa.

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Kweli and other minerals

Ni vile zinakuwa smuggled from Congo and other neighbouring countries. Ukiona wazungu wanaoshwa hivi, it means kuna deals zingine huenda through and they make money.

Ni kama story ya kukulishwa mchele kwa bar, they are usually rare cases meaning men actually get women to fck from bars. Hamuezi kuwa mnakulishwa mchele nyinyi wote in the same bar

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Ama border ya Rwanda. Niko na pedi wa gold na garnets ukitaka. Inapimwa na unabeba ama unasaka buyer. Deal infanyika Kwa law firm
Shida huwa kupata mteja wa kununua at the right price.

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We have heard many of such cases. DCI watakula zao watulie mzungu aende alilie mbali

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hakuna scammer ashai enda jela Kenya sababu ya scamming. na ii ni civil case kwanza, criminality inaingililia kwa kudeal na gold bila licence, na fine yake si kubwa vile. io maneno ingine ya pesa, io sio criminal case

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