Kenyans lose millions in yet another online scam

Kenyans who had invested in Publiclikes now stand to lose millions after Safaricom suspended the paybill number associated with the syndicate.The scam which operates like the Social Trade scam in India, has been the talk of the town with most users confessing how they were either promised money or making some.Sources at Safaricom have indicated that they discontinued all incoming and outgoing transactions on the account until their internal investigations reveal what really happened on the line.Safaricom finally flexed their giant muscle by shutting down the paybill number used by Public Likes.This effectively took away the pyramid scheme’s most important avenue to collect cash. They have recently incorporated bank transfer as a payment method, but it is believed that more than 99% of their money passed through Mpesa.The website was operating on the basis of Paid To Click (PTC) where subscribers would be paid to click and view ads. A good number of Kenyans had invested sums of KSh 4,500, 14,000 and 90,000 all which had different earnings.According to a user, money withdrawals had to be made in the wee hours of the morning with some requests taking days to be approved. Apparently, the least amount of money one could withdrawal was 5,000.