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SIM-swap: How fraudsters do it, causing you loss of hundreds of thousands of shillings

Communications Authority of Kenya urges citizens to reject strangers’ requests for PIN and password details. [Courtesy]

Sim-swap, a modern form of fraud, has resulted in several Kenyans losing money to the tune of hundreds of thousands of shillings per victim.

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