The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has unmasked a six-man group using a sophisticated caller ID spoofing system to dupe unsuspecting victims through simple phone calls and siphon millions of shillings from its victims.
Through a statement, DCI revealed that the six cybercrime suspects from Mombasa had been apprehended after a security operation, flushing them from their hideout in an Airbnb. "Six cybercrime suspects implicated in a series of serious fraud through spoofing to dupe their targets, whereafter they siphon millions of cash electronically, have been arrested in a security operation conducted in Nyali, Mombasa County," DCI stated.
As per DCI, the suspects' use of the software involved social engineering their victims by using the spoofing application to manipulate phone calls and numbers to make them appear as if they were coming from authentic call centres. A set of phones, sim cards and other assorted items recovered from a cybercrime gang by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Mombasa.
Photo Directorate of Criminal Investigations By doing so, the suspects were able to disguise their identities and engage in deception that causes panic and a sense of urgency, leading to the victims revealing personal information that the fraudsters use to transfer huge sums of money to their accounts.
