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The lure of the get-rich-quick scam in Kenya © Getty Images False promises about investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is one way people have been scammed In our series of letters from African journalists, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura writes about cryptocurrency scams, including one that traded on his name to fleece investors. © BBC I got a call from a doctor I did not know, asking whether I had interviewed a Kenyan billionaire about a new Bitcoin product on some nondescript webs...

Economic desperation makes the promise of easy money hard to resist.

Commuters at Muranga Road. PHOTO | FILE Kenyans have yet again reportedly made losses amounting to millions of shillings by falling prey to an online ponzi-like scheme disguised as an e-commerce and referral app namely Amazon Web Worker Africa. In the past few days, the app was deleted from Google Play store without official communication to its users. By then, thousands of Kenyans had reportedly opened accounts with the app and started referring friends and family members to join in. Kenyan...

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