-There's this couple where a wife received a message from a mzungu on Facebook telling her how he wants to buy her a house in Eldoret worth kes 15 million shillings and this woman was told to pay for the transaction fees which amount to kes 500,000. The woman borrowed so many people because the mzungu guy seemed real and genuine.

-Last Saturday I was at home in Utawala estate. It was 1am, I was preparing lunch for one when I heard a knock on the door. I opened and found my rooftop neighbor and a girl. We were about the same age, 23/25 or so, so don’t get alarmed. I invited them in, but I had to go out and buy more food. I couldn’t leave them alone in my one-bedroom, so I sent my friend while I stayed in the kitchen. The girl remained in the living room.

-Siku moja nikifanya kazi Nairobi cbd kwa kushona nikatumwa materials 3 rolls, nikafungiwa nikaweka kwa mabega kutoka tearoom nakuja otc, on the way naye mtu wa trolly akanifikia akaniambia nimpe kazi nikamshow aah niko poa nitabeba, so tukawalk pamoja, akaniuliza naenda wapi nikamshow naenda otc, naye akaniambia anaenda athusi ndio stage yake na juu tunaenda the same direction niwekelee tu hapo, aai nikafikiria nakama ni mwizi but nikasema atakama ni mwizi hawezi kimbia na trolly so nikaangusha mzigo yangu hapo, tukaingia river road ndio sisi hao tukipiga stori sijui hii serikali ya hasola tukafika hii junction ya Ronald ngara na basi za githurai zinapita, akanishow tupite haraka nikavuka kumbe yeye hakuvukuka alisukuma trolly nikama anavuka then akaireverse na nikaona nikarudi haraka nyuma ya hiyo basi but sikumuona, nikaskia kichwa kiii

-So kuna huyu relative mwenye some time back last year received a text from those scammers who claim that kama umepata text yao you should delete it because it's highly confidential and if you delete they will reward you typa thing. So huyu relative, akaona hiyo message she deleted it and texted the scammers and told them amedelete, the scammers then told her that she will be rewarded for her honesty and I think obedience- so they were to send her 2.5 million Kenya shillings, so huyu relative akabambika sana, the scammers were like but Sasa kuna ngori, we can't access the money, unaeza tutumia kes 40,000, tutumie kuaccess the money because it's locked by the bank then tutaiongeza Kwa hiyo doo tunafaa tutume, long story short, they kept telling my relative to send money in hopes for a large repayment and by the time the relative is realising it was a scam they had conned her over kes 200,000.

-Maxwell had two rules in Zimmermann: never chase debt on Sunday, and never trust a matatu with Christmas lights.

-There was this time in 2022 I was working in a certain farm in Naivasha then my brother received several calls from a stranger asking him if he knows anyone who graduated with a Diploma or Degree in Human Resource Management.

-It was a quiet Friday afternoon in my bedsitter near Pwani University, the kind of Kilifi heat that makes you want to stay indoors and scroll through your phone. At the time, my M-Pesa account was sitting on 20,000 KES—my tuition fees for the semester, sent by my father three months prior to ensure I was cleared for exams. Having that kind of liquidity felt like a safety net, but in the world of digital finance, a safety net can quickly look like a risky launching pad if you aren’t careful.