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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> SIM card\u00a0fraudsters have invaded two Nairobi estates\u00a0after being flashed out of Karen by National Intelligence Service (NIS) unit.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a conference in Naivasha, Communications Authority Telecommunications Compliance Manager Derrick Khamali noted that the fraudsters had invaded the neighbourhoods of South B and South C.<\/p>\n

He noted that the operations by the group were costing both the government as well as telecommunication companies a huge chunk of their revenue.<\/p>\n

The illegal activity, known as SIM boxing, involves an individual putting up a device that can take up several SIM cards in order to complete voice calls that it receives from internet as Voice over IP.<\/p>\n

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The system then gives local mobile users the service as local traffic hence undercutting prices charged by the telcos.<\/p>\n

Khamali revealed that the system, which could be mounted on rooftops or installed inside the house, caused a lot of interference on both the quality as well as the costs of the network.<\/p>\n

“What they do is they sell for you small reduction gadgets. The picocells are installed on rooftops or inside the houses so you find you are on a superior network but yet the people connected to the tower cannot be seen.<\/p>\n

“The problem with mobile networks is that of time division. So if the time slots are gone, the other remains idle. So you get the repeaters render a tower useless for the intended plan, by taking over responsibility of distribution,” explained Khamali.<\/p>\n

“You find that instead of maybe spending Ksh100 per minute, you go ahead and spend Ksh10, with the SIM box taking Ksh90,” he added.<\/p>\n

He further noted that the authority, in conjunction with NIS, had launched a crackdown to flash out the cheats.<\/p>\n

This comes barely three months after\u00a0University of Nairobi (UoN) student was\u00a0arrested in connection with a new wave of robberies targeting the dead<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) indicated that the two individuals identified as\u00a0Eutycus\u00a0Muguna Mutembei and Ayugu Eugene Shivachi were\u00a0charged with stealing Ksh2.8 million from the accounts of a dead person.<\/p>\n

In the successful SIM swap scam, the cybercriminals hijack the victim\u2019s cell phone number and use it to gain access to his\/her sensitive personal data and bank accounts through the Mobile Banking Apps available on Android and other smartphones.<\/p>\n

Once they take control of the swapped SIM card, the crooks insert it in their phone, access the financial accounts and transfer all the funds to other scammed telephone numbers.<\/p>\n

Once the cash is withdrawn, they switch off the stolen cards frustrating efforts by detectives to track them down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: SIM card\u00a0fraudsters have invaded two Nairobi estates\u00a0after being flashed out of Karen by National Intelligence Service (NIS) unit. Speaking during a conference in Naivasha, Communications Authority Telecommunications Compliance Manager Derrick Khamali noted that the fraudsters had invaded the neighbourhoods of South B and South C. 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