The new trick being used by tricksters is to send you a carefully crafted message meant to make you believe that you that the sender has erroneously sent you money. They will then then call you claiming to have missed a number and erroneously sent money to your number and ask that you return it.

Many good people, if unfortunate enough to be having an amount of money in their M-PESA account at that time will instantly "return" the money to the number only to realise that you have actually sent your own money to the number.

Please ensure that you check you actual balance before "returning" any monies to crooks.

What happened to SIM registration?

True Milken, But the message looks exactly like a real M-PESA notification you care to scan the sender. How many people are that careful.

Does Safaricom have a portal where people can report these numbers?

@spendthrift, always check the sender. Its just like when you receive a message, you check to see who it is from. If you call safaricom customer care, they will take the number and forward it to the fraud department. Dont rely on sim registration. One can always buy a new line and dump it the following day.

Fraud/theft cannot be dealt with if subscribers are ignorant of the happenings. The fact that there are soooo many conmen and con stories should make anyone be extra careful. Ukiibiwa, that's it. The funds will may not be recovered, especially if they've been withdrawn.

Be careful. Also check out this thread

http://www.wazua.co.ke/f...spx?g=posts&m=140240

you would be surprised how many people are being conned despite the increased awareness campaigns. some of these msgs come when people are tired and want to get over and done with them. a family friend was asked to send 1k for processing an alledged present she had won. she quickly sent her daughter the airtime and sent it, then the thugs asked for more and she sent her daughter again. just b4 sending, a neighbour comes in narrating about the cons taking place.