Con man or conman. Yes. This word or phrase gets habitually mentioned all the time. It is the short for confidence man- one who is dishonest, makes his or her living by earning your trust. Additionally, he or she takes your money and leaves you in the dust.
Every Kenyan has the hunger to purchase or rent Kenyan property due to the current economic situation, but one needs to watch out. The Kenya Real Estate industry has evolved and gone far to the extent that buying or renting Kenyan property or Kenyan land is a tricky experience to go through. Agents taking advantage of the country's current economic situation by duping people, pretend to have Kenyan property or Kenyan land for sale or rent. A hospital, for example, could have people fall prey to one of the trickster agents.
Every Kenyan has the hunger to purchase or rent Kenyan property due to the current economic situation, but one needs to watch out. The Kenya Real Estate industry has evolved and gone far to the extent that buying or renting Kenyan property or Kenyan land is a tricky experience to go through. Agents taking advantage of the country's current economic situation by duping people, pretend to have Kenyan property or Kenyan land for sale or rent. A hospital, for example, could have people fall prey to one of the trickster agents.
The agent, who has even a temporary office in the Central Business District, appears genuine as he advertises himself well to the person, or say customer, looking for Kenyan property.
The customer seeing a Kenyan property selling like hot cake pays an amount in cash to view it. The agent tells the satisfied customer to meet the next day at say 2 p.m. to come for the keys to the house. A different number calls the customer at 2 p.m., saying she is the wife to the agent and her husband is in the hospital.
The customer seeing a Kenyan property selling like hot cake pays an amount in cash to view it. The agent tells the satisfied customer to meet the next day at say 2 p.m. to come for the keys to the house. A different number calls the customer at 2 p.m., saying she is the wife to the agent and her husband is in the hospital.
The customer and wife, say agent-wife, finally meet outside the hospital, but she says she has the wrong keys by accident as she asks for the viewing fee. Let me just rush back in to the hospital to ask my husband for the right ones, says agent-wife. The clock has ticked to even more than an hour past waiting for the right keys but neither agent-wife nor husband, or agent to refer to, are anywhere to be seen. The customer heads back to the agents office but it has been locked. On trying to call both cell phone numbers, they have been switched off. The customer then heads back to the hospital and decides to report the matter to one of the guards in charge.
We hear these complaints all the time only that you customers realize it too late when you have just been coned, says the guard in charge. If you had not realized by now, the trickster agent can even start collecting deposit from you, the guard adds.
Trickster agents normally charge a viewing fee before customers have any access to the Kenyan propertyand end up collecting up to Sh20,000 in one day. They therefore constantly change their mobile phone contacts, which is easy. Landline numbers are not any safer, but most of the numbers turn out to be Telkom Kenya call boxes.
We hear these complaints all the time only that you customers realize it too late when you have just been coned, says the guard in charge. If you had not realized by now, the trickster agent can even start collecting deposit from you, the guard adds.
Trickster agents normally charge a viewing fee before customers have any access to the Kenyan propertyand end up collecting up to Sh20,000 in one day. They therefore constantly change their mobile phone contacts, which is easy. Landline numbers are not any safer, but most of the numbers turn out to be Telkom Kenya call boxes.
In short think twice before you part with cash especially when the deal is too good.
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