A few months ago, I got online to buy a phone (an iPhone) to be precise. So I went on OLX and searched and found a “deal”. The price was low, but it wasn’t impossible because I knew you could get an iPhone 5s at that price if you looked deep enough in the web. So I contacted this guy, Fawaz Ahmeed (0773036008), via WhatsApp, about the phone and when I could see it, but he told me he was based in Mandera (I should have pulled out at that instant). So this guy proceeded to tell me that I needed to make a 50% deposit so that he can ship the phones to me. The 2 units I intended to buy. I sent him KES25,000 because each phone was to go at KES25,000. The number I sent to was 0710219354 —which has since been switched off— allegedly belonging to a Rafael Adams, who’s also supposedly based in Mandera. Shipping was free and it was to take 3 days and I would pay the balance of KES25,000 upon receipt of the goods. I knew I was done with that part and I was just waiting for my phones on Friday (I paid on Monday, August 4th). A day later, I got a call from them, after being insistent on the tracking number from the shipping company (Durable Logistics Service 0723076341), that Fawaz had made a mistake with my parcel and what was to be 2 units had been moved to 10 units. So I had to make half payment for the remainder 5 units as he had paid for the 3. As a way to pay for his mistake. They kept telling me some bullshit about how much I could make from this opportunity and what was a regular purchase had evidently turned into a business opportunity. And that is how they had me hooked in. So I took the risk and paid through all of it. Long story short, it’s been 2 months now and I’m yet to see that parcel. Even a splinter.