If you are a Kenyan, chances are
that you might have been conned atleast once in your life time especially if
you have lived in Major cities or even in your village and we all know the pain
and shame we feel when we are conned…but what about been conned away from home?
It’s devastating!!Isn’t it?
In recent months, there have been
claims that the conning game has crossed the borders and moved from the streets
of Lithuli and now thriving in Saudi Arabia. Yes!!They are here and there game
is at a higher level or international level. They are not some Indians promising to sell
you Canadian Visa, or some Nigerians who want to deposit millions in your name
since they are refugees in Ghana..No they are Kenyans who opted to swindling and
have made it a livelihood.
Few people have resorted to extorting
money from unsuspecting Kenyans instead of working and they’ve made this the
only way to sustain themselves. They normally
target innocent ladies in cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam and they
prey on them while lying that they can help them in service such as sending
money back home, renting a house, buying stuffs etc.
The conmen and women also engage in
theft of properties especially when these innocent ladies are away at work and
once they come for their monthly days-off, they find their premises empty and
in some cases their house rented to new tenants or promise to sell them services or stuffs but
vanish with their hard earned Riyals. How painful!!
But these are people known by their
victims either as friends, or roommates or boyfriends. In one of the recent
cases, a young lady left her boyfriend in her house since he was from another
city and was on a weekend vacation and decided he should rest at her place
while she was at work. The unsuspecting young girl who found “love” in the
desert couldn't say NO and she left him in her house but Unknown to her, the “boyfriend”
was on transit at her place and was going to Kenya. After 3 weeks she came and
found her house emptied, and not even a single pair of shoes left. She inquired
from her “boyfriends” who told her he had traveled to Kenya.
Many such cases and even worse go
unreported with others giving people money to send home but notice they've fallen
into con masters traps. To make it worse some of these con men and women also intimidate
their victims, they threaten them with terms such as “I will teach you” a
lesson if they try to expose them or that they have connection with the authorities.
..How absurd!
The days of a robber are forty and
these con masters should know theirs is about to hit the mark. But everyone has
to be careful of such heartless imbeciles who feed their bodies with toxic all
in the name of making ends meet. They will target you, use sweets words , You
won’t see them coming. Or rather you
will, and you’ll be warmly welcoming them and at the end leave you with a real
reason to cry.BE CAREFUL.
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