A Mombasa court has ordered Safaricom PLC to temporarily switch off a Sim card purportedly registered by a woman who claims she does not own the contact. This was because her personal details, including her ID card, were used in registering a number she said she does not own. Mburu said she learned from her employer, CRB and Family Bank that the Sim card had been used several times to con and defraud members of the public. She said she asked Safaricom to have the number blocked and to investigate how her ID was used to register another Sim card without her permission. “A closer look at the statement showed the user of the Sim card [was in the name of a] Nixon but financial transactions were under my name, hence proving mischief,” she said.

Source: The Star June 23, 2021 19:52 UTC