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Four arrested trying to defraud lecturer in car deal gone wrong

Imported cars at the port of Mombasa. [File, Standard]

Four suspects were on Wednesday arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers after they tried to defraud a lecturer Sh567, 000 in a deal where they were supposed to help him ship a car into the country.

The don was lured into the deal with after being shown flashy photos of the supposed car over the internet by the fraudsters, who had posed as car agents from Japan based Beforward Car Importers.

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