olx.co.ke is undoubtedly the biggest classified ads website in Kenya. You can buy anything under the sun from this website. Many people make a lot of money from olx Kenya, from genuine traders, Eric Omondi and CONMEN.
The conmen issue has previously been raised but OLX Kenya doesn’t seem to have a way of making sure that their visitors are not scammed.
Recently, a very ANGRY man sent a message to us and said that he ‘closed’ a deal on OLX Kenya with a very friendly guy who was selling a digital tv box to him for 8500 Ksh. He even agreed to send the payment via M-PESA. When he sent the money, the conman’s phone went mteja and when its on, he never answers it. Below is an extract of the message
"i wanted a tv set via olx. i logged into their web site and selected the type i wanted got the telephone number of the guy who claimed is the owner,i agreed on the price which was 8500/= and i made a mistake, the man appeared so friendly that i agreed to send him the money via mpesa his name appeared by james mwoni"
He promised to send me the set via easy coach but he did not i rang him and first he claimed to had sent but later accepted not he then convinced me that he would send it the following day but failed now his phone is of air,i accept i did a mistake by failure to see the good first but what is the way out for me.?
We did a little digging and found out that the notorious OLX conman who has scammed other Kenyans is called James Mwoni. His phone number is 017321622.
So, be warned. The next time you want to buy a digital tv set top box from OLX Kenya, don’t buy it from James Mwoni. HE IS CON and he will steal your money.
source: nairobiexposed
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