All the thief needs is the owners pin number, which the owner may have foolishly kept with the phone or was somehow deciphered and he would transfer the funds to his mobile or a third partys’ and viola!!!!

From: kictanet-bounces+pamela=cardiacimplants.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+pamela=cardiacimplants.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Odhiambo ??????
Sent: 21 April 2009 16:12
To: pamela@cardiacimplants.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Mobile thieves using mobile money transfer ...

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:06 PM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

A thief stole a mobile phone and called the owner's close relatives saying the owner had been involved in a road accident and was in critical condition. The hospital required money before admitting the patient so the thief was asking for 4,000 to be sent by M-PESA to the owner's mobile.

The bigger question is, have people discovered loop holes to withdrawing money from mobile transfer solutions like M-PESA without the owner's ID document? I wonder how the thief could have withdrawn the money.

They normally do ask for ID, but they keep no copy, although they record the ID Number. So in case the number recorded doesn't tally with the owner's, Safaricom will have to refund the money (well, the agent will incur the loss).
Me thinks that's the case.

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