Over 100 community-based organisations in Kenya claim to have lost millions of shillings in a fake donor funding scam. Victims, including church members and small-scale traders, made mobile money donations to a woman who promised access to foreign aid for projects like land purchases and boreholes.

• One victim reported losing over Ksh7 million and highlighted others selling property due to the scam.
• The accused woman, speaking to NTV, blamed the leaders of the organisations for misleading their members.
• A TransUnion Africa report from early this year indicated Kenya topped digital fraud incidents in Africa between August and December 2024, with 82% of Kenyans targeted and 11% falling victim, typically losing about Ksh117,000 per incident.