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X-Spam-Score: 1 X-Spam-Score: 1 Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 11:31:36 +0100 (BST) From: Lizette Kraft <lizettekraft@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Fwd: INSECURITY.......Please beware this happened in CBD Nairobi to He nry. To: Lizette Kraft <lkraft@idrc.or.ke>

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<http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com>Yahoo! Messenger - want a free & easy way to contact your friends online? X-Apparently-To: lizettekraft@yahoo.co.uk via 217.12.10.77; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:00:53 +0000 Authentication-Results: mta101.mail.ukl.yahoo.com from=idrc.or.ke; domainkeys=neutral (no sig) X-Originating-IP: [212.247.71.163] Return-Path: <fwaiyaki@idrc.or.ke> Received: from 212.247.71.163 (EHLO esaront04.idrc.or.ke) (212.247.71.163) by mta101.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:00:53 +0000 X-Spam-Score: 1 Received: from FWAIYAKI-XP.idrc.or.ke (unverified [192.168.112.33]) by idrc.or.ke (Rockliffe SMTPRA 6.1.16) with ESMTP id <B0001663767@esaront04.idrc.or.ke>; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:00:46 +0300 X-Sender: fwaiyaki@192.168.112.207 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:01:12 +0300 To: lkirkham@idrc.or.ke,pireri@idrc.or.ke,jnjuguna@idrc.or.ke, mmale@idrc.or.ke,rngigi@idrc.or.ke,lnavarro@idrc.or.ke, jmasese@idrc.or.ke,jmambo@idrc.or.ke,jmwenda@idrc.or.ke, jmukora@idrc.or.ke,jwagura@idrc.or.ke,iwasike@idrc.or.ke, ggithaiga@idrc.or.ke,gkariuki@idrc.or.ke,fgasengayire@idrc.or.ke, fwaiyaki@idrc.or.ke,fetta@idrc.or.ke,enjogu@idrc.or.ke, embugua@idrc.or.ke,eadera@idrc.or.ke,dmaiyo@idrc.or.ke, cfreeman@idrc.or.ke,cwanyoike@idrc.or.ke,chunja@idrc.or.ke, buthasyo@idrc.or.ke,vngugi@idrc.or.ke,wokosura@idrc.or.ke, zndirima@idrc.or.ke,BJones@idrc.or.ke,coloo@idrc.or.ke, nkaruru@idrc.or.ke,Lizette Kraft <lizettekraft@yahoo.co.uk> From: Florence Waiyaki <fwaiyaki@idrc.or.ke> Subject: Fwd: INSECURITY.......Please beware this happened in CBD Nairobi to He nry. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Content-Length: 5104

Hi team,

This came from a a friend of mune and could happen to any of us. Please take time to read and take care.

Flo

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X-Spam-Score: 1 X-Spam-Score: 1 X-BigFish: V From: "Ngunyi, Anne" <anne.a.ngunyi@ksl.shell.com> To: 0 All SCEA <0AllSCEA@ksl.shell.com> Subject: INSECURITY.......Please beware this happened in CBD Nairobi to He nry. Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:43:11 +0300 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Apr 2005 07:45:12.0312 (UTC) FILETIME=[35800F80:01C54BC6]

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I had just made a withdrawal at the BBK ATM along Haile Selassie Avenue next to Agip House. The time was roughly 2.20pm on a Sunday afternoon (3rd April 2005). I walked out of the ATM enclosure having checked outside as a routine measure to ensure no one was stalking me. I walked for approximately 100 meters in the direction of the Central bank building. As I approached the CBK pavement, I noticed a car parked at the junction of the road leading to the police headquarters. In the car were four men who seemed to have been waiting for someone. As I passed by, they beckoned me in a rude manner to approach them. I hesitated and my first instinct was to run away because their approach did not fit that of policemen. Just as I made the effort to turn, one of the men in the back seat lunged out with a pistol in hand pointed at me. When I saw the gun I knew there was no escape for me lest I get sprayed with bullets. I froze in my tracks as the gunman approached me and stabbed the barrel of the gun against my ribs. He asked me why I hesitated to approach the car when they beckoned.

The gunman then forced me into the waiting vehicle and sat me between him and another man at the back of the vehicle. I never got a chance to see the vehicles licence plates but at least knew it was a white-grey Toyota corolla 100. Once inside the car, they began to ask me a myriad of questions ranging from where I work to where and whom I live with. They tried to make me believe they were policemen by speaking like policemen and referring to their ring leader as "afande" meaning leader. They inquired whether they had ever arrested me to which I declined. They asked whether I was a land dealer to which I also declined. They asked for my job identification card which I did not carry being a Sunday. They insisted that one has to carry a job ID every day to which I told them that no law requires a citizen to carry a job ID when not at work and that I had my national ID which is enough to identify me.

They asked me to call my wife on my cell phone but I told them my phone did not have any credit at that moment. They then asked me to give them my wife's cell phone number. I gave them a fake number which they pretended to call. They told me I was a liar because no one was picking up the phone. They said to that I must be the most wanted criminal they had been looking for. At which time they declared that they were flying squad officers on duty and had been looking for me. They took my wallet and frisked me of all that I had in my pockets.

All the while we had been driving around upper hill area taking all the twists and turns available probably to confuse my geography of the area. They returned my wallet intact but minus my ATM card. The man at the co-driver's seat claimed to have returned all my belongings. I told the man seated next to me that his boss had not returned to me my ATM card. He then told me they would hand over the ATM card to me in a while. The man at the co-driver's seat then asked me for my cell phone and I complied and gave it to him. They then drove into what looked like a dead end somewhere between an estate in upper hill and Madaraka estate.

Between the two estates is a bushy area penetrated by the railway line. There is a narrow and dusty path that links the two estates through the railway line. The four men then went into a two minute debate on where they would drop me off and settled on the area around the path I have just described. They turned the car around and the man at the co-driver's seat asked me if I was adept at following instructions to which I affirmed. He asked the same question a second time with the same answer from me. He then asked his colleagues at the back to ensure that they had cleaned out my wallet and any money in my pockets. They then proceeded to ask for the PIN to my ATM card with the gun tucked firmly against my stomach. I thought of the consequences of giving a false PIN to them should they discover it if and when they would take me to an ATM machine and decided to give them the correct PIN. This was a decision I made in the fraction of a second because the barrel of the gun was being tucked deeper against my stomach.

The vehicle then stopped abruptly next to the path described earlier after they were satisfied it was the correct PIN I had given them. The man at the co-driver's seat asked me whether I loved my wife and Son to which I affirmed. He then told me to listen carefully and do as I was told lest I would never see my wife and son again. I got very tense but tried as hard as I could not to show it. I was then ordered out of the car and asked to walk slowly along the path I described earlier without ever looking behind. The man who had the pistol then corked it and stood behind me watching me walk along the path. I did as I was told and when I got to the railway line I heard the car speed off. I then crossed into madaraka Estate and went to a family friend's house (who previously worked for BBK). Unfortunately there was no one home and I had to walk all the way to the BBK at NIC building.

I got to the NIC building and explained to the guards who referred me to the third floor that houses the card center of BBK. I found a gentleman who took my details and promised to stop any further transactions on the ATM card. I then proceeded to Nyayo Police post to make a formal report. To my surprise the duty officer refused to take my statement claiming the crime was not in their jurisdiction and that I had to make the report at the Industrial area police station. I walked to the industrial area Police Station and after another long period of convincing the duty officer, my report was taken into the occurrence book (OB). There were no abstract sheets and was asked to collect the abstract on Tuesday (5/4/05).

On Monday (4/4/05), I called to confirm that the transactions on my ATM card had been stopped and this was confirmed to have been done at 3.10 pm on the fateful Sunday. Unfortunately for me the time it took me to get to NIC building was more than enough time for the thugs to make a withdrawal from my account. I discovered they had made away with ksh 18,000 and probably hoped to make a second withdrawal on the midnight of the same day. Luckily they did not get to that because the transactions had been blocked by then.

In total I lost KSh 2200 in cash, my cell phone, my medical insurance card and the ksh 18,000 which was withdrawn from my account. Am grateful to be alive since these people could have decided to kill me because they knew I had such a good glimpse of them and identifying them would not be an issue.

Colleagues, I urge you to beware - these type of incidences happen in broad day light and in areas that we frequent. Some of these perpetrators could be Policemen or their accomplices which makes it even all the more difficult to protect yourself. Personally I have learnt a few crucial lessons which I will share with you here below: 1. Avoid ATM machines that are close to the highways because there is easy access to escape for such people. 2. Use ATM machines that are within the compound of other facilities - it makes it much more difficult for such people to track you down. 3. If possible make your withdrawals for the weekend before the weekend to avoid visiting the ATM's when there are not many people in the vicinity 4. Make a mental note of the card center telephone number for your ATM card for quick cessation of transactions on your card should you loose it or fall victim to such criminals 5. Do not carry your job ID card when not required (carry your national ID instead) - they tend to think that they can tell what amount of money you earn based on the company you work for and job title if it is on the card and by extension how much money you could be having in the bank. 6. If you spot three to four people seating in a car that is not legally parked and look like they could be waiting for someone, change direction and do not approach the car. 7. Remove all indicators of relationships in the address book of your cell phone - a relation of yours could easily be dragged into a similar situation or into a ransom situation. 8. It may be good practice not to have your family near the ATM as you make withdrawals - leave them in an office or restaurant somewhere to avoid them being involved in such circumstances I certainly hope none of you will ever have to go through such an experience. Please be watchful and take into consideration any security tips you get from time to time.

Regards, Henry.

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