Hi all,been away from SK for a while,but am glad to see you all still doing good.
I won't use an alias like others do here and say that: 'I have a friend who got conned of 200K. He was selling a certain electronic device. Which he had advertised in the dailies,,a certain Indian called him and was interested in the device. After negotiating the price via phone. The agreed on the price and the Indian who purports to work for a prominent company sent the office messenger with the bankers cheque written to my friend. He released the product and got the bankers cheque. Next day went to cash the bankers cheque and was told cheque is fake. Tried to call these guys but 'mteja' we can safely assume that this mhindi doesn't work for the said company. And this didn't happen to my friend it happened to me......
Guys,what do I do to get my money or the device I sold...????? Please advice. And no need for insults.... Am already down don't beat me up. I know I f@?ked up. Just help me guys please...

Why??

Have you reported to the police. If the nuumber is tracable to a phone or the calling records can be gotten then you would be 1 step closer. Pole sana.

Pole sana

The fastest and best way to do this is to report the case to CID at HQ Kiambu Rd,who will then head to Mobile Service Provider (fraud department) and pull up call records,from where they will get the incoming/outgoing numbers called/received while the SIM was active (giving locations of the owners at a particular time and maybe enabling arrests) and hopefully one of them will reveal the identity and whereabouts of the con man.

'If you are not living on the edge,you are taking up too much space'

Jamaa,lemme tell u a story that'll make u feel kidogo better. Last dec '08 when i was at home,i walked into this lawyer's office in westi,and met a very angry fathe at the door leaving. The man was crying,so nikamuuliza lawyer laterz,kwani what had happened.
He proceeded to tell us a story that had happened a few days earlier. Lawyer had been working with the fatheish man who had purchased a prime plot of land on mombasa road from a certain Mr.Oburu. The man had produced the newly issued title deed to the lawyer and the latter made copies alafu the two of them left for mombasa road - the lawyer wanted to see the plot and take some pictures.

Upon arriving there,the two of them were busy looking at the beacons and taking measurements when a panthre drove into the land at high speed and screeched his brakes shekha mehta style. He was screaming,asking them what they were doing there. He (the panthre) claimed they two men were standing on his land and he'd been alerted by an area watchi. According to the lawyer,the two of them went down in a hail of blows!! After fighting,people around gathered and advised them to go to ministry of lands to verify the true owner.

After checking out the two titles,the lands people semad ati neither of their titles was genuine. The land rightfully belonged to yet anaa guy. Lawyer told me,that his customer...the 2nd buyer,had paid one 'mr.Oburu' 7.1 million shillings....his entire payoff after selling his hao.

So bratha,ur still a young man (i think)....200K hurts i know,but u will recover from it. Unless u miraculously bump into ur panthre in tao,ndio umwitishe ur electronic gadget, just forget about it and digest it as a lesson learned. Best wishes.

'All they see is my glory...they don't know my pain. Nothing good comes easy in life.'
- Multibillionaire Nelson Muguku Njoroge

Chances are the fraudsters are known. If you can give a detailed description of how the look,and any documentation the gave you,then your best chance would be Banking Fraud Unit of Central Bank.

These guys know where all forged docs come from and 90% of all conmen who use fake cheques etc. The only catch they may ask you ...'why should we help you..'


Want to be a millionaire.... plant a million cabbages and sell them at a bob...

What could xtian have done to avoid this?Was it to have insisted on being paid cash?How do you tell a genuine bankers cheque from a fake?

In the last two weeks,Inspekta Mwala got conned while house searching with the intention of paying rent.

That notwithstanding,

Go cops - CID,abstract etc.

Get call records. You will go right.

Go to the bank and get the cheque details. You will go right yet again.

Kick the bank officers to get the information. Double right.(they'll refuse at first).

Go put a 2 mm thick sharp pointed stick up the muindi's ass,just for satisfaction. Triple right.

Go home and wait for your gadgets.

that's a hard lesson indeed. report to the police and give as much details as possible including the conman's telephone numbers and details of 'that particular device' including serial numbers if possible.... and this is what we should learn:

1. cash to be the first option when transacting- has to be in a safe place.

2. if indeed you have to accept the banker's cheque,walk into the bank with the buyer and witness the cheque being drawn,careful it's not switched into a fake one.

3. know the buyer somehow,especially the work place just incase things go hay-wire.

4.avoid newspaper ads as they attract all sorts of crooks,thieves,liars and cheats and use seasoned brokers or trusted allies.

5. if you share the same bank,transfer of cash is easy and done within minutes.

6. if the buyer is honest and sincere,one will not object to issue a copy of ID incase paying with a cheque and a sale agreement...... and what the heck,you may even ask the buyer to pose for a photo with you!!!


bY aNy MeAns NecEsSaRy.....

@Limuruboy.................... 200k?????? just forget about it and digest it as a lesson learned. No way!!! Hata kama wewe ni mdosi aje,jamani? How do you just loose 200k without a fight unless it came as easily? @Xtian,fight,fight,fight and loose fighting for your hard earned cash or equipment!!

In some transactions,bank deposit slip is a safer bet! that you can verify immediately using your ATM card before releasing the goods.


'Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything,money is handy.' ~ Groucho Marx.............

@ Christian,
With conmen,you can only beat them before their end game(Ask the victims of ponzis,Ben Madoff et al)Otherwise it becomes an expensive exercise whose end is usually out of sight. I'm a firm believer though,that a man is the best judge of his own situation.Decide therefore,if you want to throw good money after bad,how much of it and for how long. Good luck mate.

Patience Pays in Guaranteed Checks