New Report Reveals Leading Channels Used by Fraudsters in Kenya

The report comes days after Interpol flagged Kenya in some of the most grievous crimes, placing the country in a very precarious position globally...

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A new report by the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Committee (NC4) reveals that mobile money has become Kenya's primary fraud channel, accounting for 18.6% of all recorded cases.

Mobile money platforms were also the preferred destination for illicit funds, involved in 51 of 102 reviewed cases.
Other significant fraud channels include investment and forex schemes (15.7%) and cryptocurrency scams (11.8%).
The report highlights the growing centrality of phone-based transactions in criminal operations, with bank transfers being the second most common payment channel for illicit funds.

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