Kiambu residents and Kenyans at large have been asked to exercise caution while seeking any kind of investment to avoid the many cases of fraud.
Speaking in Thika on Monday, Timothy Maina, Sapera Ltd CEO told journalists that there is a need to educate the public on how to make valid investments and how to identify scams and genuine businesses.
Maina further called on residents seeking to purchase land or any other liquid assets to use genuine companies as other companies are briefcase firms out to defraud unsuspecting clients.
He, at the same time, called upon the police to be on the lookout for fraudsters who he said have infiltrated the property market, making Kenyans doubt genuine companies.
Maina said that they have however educated their members on how to make sound investments and how to differentiate real documents from fake ones.
"We have educated our members on how to identify real and fake title deeds and other documents like car logbooks as many of our clients have been ever been defrauded. We have also advised our clients to make investments with companies which have been vetted and proven to be selling genuine property," said Maina.
"We have also educated our customers on how to pursue matters legally in case they fall victim to fraudsters," added Maina.