A CCTV footage from a liquor store along Kiambu Road, Nairobi County has revealed a new trick being used by cons to defraud businesses in the city.
The footage shared by Citizen TV captures three cons swindling cash from an unsuspecting liquor store trader in record five minutes. What is shocking is the fact that no force is used at all.
According to the footage; two people of Asian origin; a man and a woman are seen walking into the liquor store, one (the woman) heads straight to the liquor shelf, while the other (the man) engages a mobile money shop attendant.
The man is seen pulling a note and handing it over to the attendant, while the lady engages the other attendant at the liquor shelf.
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Speaking to Citizen TV, the attendant at the liquor shelf noted that the lady requested for a liquor brand that they did not have in store.
“They approached and asked me to sell them a five-litre bottle of alcohol… I, however, told them that the brand they wanted was unavailable…” she said in part.
The two suspected cons of Asian origin engaging the shop attendant before defrauding her. [Photo: Courtesy]
After learning that the requested alcohol was unavailable, the woman joins his counterpart at the mobile money shop and request to withdraw a sum of Ksh97,000.
However, the attendant notes that she can only transact Ksh60,000, to which the two oblige.
As the lady and the man engage the mobile money shop attendant, another woman believed to be part of the syndicate walks in and heads straight to the liquor shelves.
Meanwhile, at the mobile money section, the attendant is seen getting money from her cash box and engaging in a conversation with the suspects, before handing over the entire cash to them.
The two (the lady and the man) are seen counting the cash before the man pockets some and returns the others to the shop attendant, then they walk out, followed by the lady who was at the liquor shelf.
The cons reportedly swindled Sh50,000 from the unsuspecting store attendants.
According to the mobile money shop attendant, she does not know how she ended up giving money to the cons, but believes they could have dragged the note given to her by the man.
She narrates that she was feeling confused and not in a good state of mind the entire time she engaged the two clients. According to her, she only felt better after they had left the store, only to realize they had already been conned.
The attendants also believe that the third lady was meant to act as a distraction, so that the attendant at the liquor shelves does not walk back towards the mobile money area until their operation is complete.
The attendants have since reported the matter at the Ruiru police station.
Below is the video courtesy of Citizen TV:
