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Phone scam: How Kenyans are losing money

Kenya has the highest number of mobile money users in the world. [Courtesy]

Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - some people keep all their savings on their phone - and fraudsters are trying to hack into them to steal the money.

Sammy Wanaina received a text message on Sunday asking him to provide the secret personal code so that his Sim card could be swapped.

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