Ezra Chiloba, Director General of Kenya’s Communication Authority, warned Kenyans about the return of the infamous Wangiri scam.
In a statement, he stated that the National Kenya Computer Incident Response Team Coordination Centre (National KE-CIRT/CC) confirmed that several incidents of the case had been recorded.
“Wangiri phone scammers call your mobile phone, which rings once, and then hangs up before you can answer.”
“This type of scam originated in Japan and is commonly known as the “one ring and cut” scam-wan means “one” and giri means “hang up” in Japanese,” according to the statement.
Calls from +51 (Peru) and +64 (New Zealand), among many others, are the most common.
“Users are forced to listen to a recorded message during calls in order to keep the caller connected.” The scammers make more money the longer the caller remains connected.
“In such a case, post-paid subscribers are likely to be unaware because they receive their bills at the end of the month. The pre-paid subscribers can only lose as much as their loaded credit,” CA stated.
