Police in Kasarani are investigating a sophisticated scam in which a mutura seller lost more than Sh416,850 after a female customer borrowed his phone under the pretext of making a payment.
The incident, which has raised fresh concerns over phone-based fraud targeting small businesses, occurred on June 2, 2026 at the seller’s stall in Githurai.
According to court documents, the complainant, Sammy Wamwati Nyathira, was approached by a woman who expressed interest in buying an entire goat head, but claimed she did not have sufficient funds on her M-Pesa account.
She requested to use Wamwati’s phone to call her husband to facilitate payment.
To build trust, the woman shared a contact number displayed on the mutura base. Moments later, a man called, identifying himself as her husband and confirming that he would send the money.
