A man claiming to be Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko is alleged to have conned a secondary school bursar of sh5,600 in a deal where the bursar was to get a new motorcycle from the 'philanthropic Senator.'
According to Nairobi News, Enos Njeru, a school bursar at Kangaru Girls High School in Embu sent the money as processing fee for a logbook of a motorcycle he was to get from the conman.
After sending the money on Monday afternoon, the person who claimed to be Senator Sonko’s aide asked Mr Njeru to send an extra Sh7,850 to process the insurance fee for the motorbike before it could be sent to him.
According to the source, it is then that the school bursar, who had borrowed the money from a friend so as not to lose the chance, became suspicious and decided to withdraw from the deal.
“He told me that the ‘Senator’ had paid Sh5,000 for the insurance and I was supposed to pay a balance of Sh7,850 to show my commitment,” Njeru said.
Njeru learnt the man whose account went by the name 'Michael Kioko' had already withdrawn the money when he called the mobile service provider.
He said he met the scammer via Facebook and the two had been friends for some time and had even struck a conversation on Monday morning.
Dejected Njeru reported the matter at Embu Police Station and while still at the station, the caller made another call urging him to immediately send the money or lose the deal altogether.
Embu West Police boss Francis Sang’ confirmed that they had received the complaint and were already probing it.