How Kenyans were lured into Sh2 trillion Public Likes scam

A screen grab of the landing page on Public Likes website. Many Kenyans have had their money locked up after M-Pesa suspended the Public Likes paybill number. 

The infamous pyramid schemes are back. And they are back with a bang. They are slicker, smarter, faceless and untouchable. They prowl the anarchic cyber-world, sucking in thousands of gullible young and idle Kenyans with the promise of easy cash.

And cash they have given until, like any other pyramid scheme, they have reached the tipping point and inevitably crumbled leaving scores in financial ruins.