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03/01/2024

Happy New Year, everyone! As we embark on this fresh journey, let's embrace the opportunities and possibilities that lie ahead. May this year bring you joy, success, and fulfillment in all your endeavors. Remember that each day is a chance to start anew and work towards your dreams.
Let's support and uplift one another as we strive towards our goals.
Here's to a year filled with positivity, growth, and endless possibilities. Cheers to 2024! 🎉

28/12/2023

🚨 URGENT APPEAL 🚨

We need your help! Victor Obama excelled in the national exams, but his parents can't afford to send him to high school. We're calling on our national and local leaders, organizations, and kind-hearted individuals to offer him a scholarship. Let's come together and make a difference in this young man's life. Your support can change his future! . I will personally buy him the school uniform once we get a scholarship 📚🌟 Obama Foundation H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH William Samoei Ruto Equity Bank Kenya Senate of Kenya Parliament of Kenya

08/10/2023

_Introducing our newest sensation_: *400g Tilapia Fillets!* Fresh, responsibly farmed and sustainably sourced from Lake Victoria. Elevate your meals with our exquisite catch. Available online at https://shop.globaltilapia.com/
in a few days at Major Supermarkets. Stay tuned for more updates! 🐟🍽️🌊✨

30/09/2023

HOW CONMEN TRICK YOU WITH MPESA....... *Long Read

M-PESA TRICKS

1. BEWARE OF CALLS CLAIMING TO BE FROM SAFARICOM CUSTOMER CARE OR HEADQUARTERS. CHECK OUT THE TRICKS BELOW!!
– You receive a call from someone claiming to be a Safaricom representative and your line is actually not yours and has been registered to a multinational company eg coca cola or Eabl and will be de-activated in a few days. You have to prove its yours by telling them the pin on the original card you bought with. In confusion you reveal your pin, they call Safaricom, deactivate your line, renew it and if you had anything in M-Pesa they clear.

– You get a call from people claiming to be Safaricom. They say they want to activate for you a service that will help you reverse money directly incase you send to a wrong number.(who wouldn’t want that!!!) They ask you to get another phone from a friend or whoever you are with, give them the number to call you so that you follow the instructions of actions to perform on your phone. They direct you to the ATM withdrawal option on m-pesa, tell you to put either 286 286(equity agent number) or 555 555 (Pesapoint agent number). They tell you to read them the code(authorization code) sent to you to complete the activation of the service. You do that and you M-pesa is cleared since all you need to withdraw from the ATMs is the authorization code and your number(which they have already since they called you.)

– Common among friends and people you might know. Somebody borrows your phone, saves his number as M-pesa. Forwards you a M-Pesa message and then requests you to give him the cash(often an amount you can afford easily.)

– Common in areas where M-pesa
outlet is not very near. Mostly bus stops along the roads or estates. A smartly dressed person driving a top of the range car approaches and requests if you might know an M-pesa outlet nearby. After some explanation, they ask if they can transfer you the cash(all or part) depending on what you have on you and even a promise to send you extra as a ‘thank you’ for saving them the hustle. Say they send you 2500 and you give the 2k cash. After you give the cash and they send you the cash and you get the Safaricom confirmation. They leave, call customer care and reverse the transaction.

– There are others who send money wrongly, you receive the message and the money is there for sure. They call you to return the money and as you confirm they call Safaricom and reverse the transaction. If you had money in your account and try to return you end up sending them your money since they already reversed through Safaricom. NB: if any genuine person sends money wrongly let them reverse it from Safaricom themselves.
– When doing a transaction on M-Pesa beware of people behind you. Most of us are very slow when typing on phone and there are people who are taking advantage to steal our pin numbers. They hang around M-Pesa outlets and as you withdraw they just check what you type as your pin and after you leave the place, your phone is snatched and woe unto you if you have any money left on M-Pesa. Its emptied from the ATMs.

– You receive messages claiming that you have won in a competition currently running from a multinational company. You are cautioned not to send any money to claim your prize. You are told to contact a number given to get instructions how to redeem your prize. They tell you since the amount is big 50k to 100k they will deposit it directly to your account so that you can withdraw it. At this point you are directed to th ATM withdrawal option on m-pesa, tell you to put either 286 286(equity agent number) or 555 555(Pesapoint agent number). They tell you to read them the code(authorization code) sent to you to complete the deposit to your account. You do that and you M-pesa is cleared since all you need to withdraw from the ATMs is the authorization code and your number(which they have already since they called you.) (You cant win in a competition you have not participated.)

– ATM WITHDRAWAL CONMEN PROCESS: What happens is since the ATM withdrawal requires just you phone number and the authorization code, They caution you not to give out your pin even to them. When you enter the ATM withdrawal number 286286 (Equity) or 555555 (Pesa-point) an authorization code is sent to you. Then they tell you to send them the authorization code. If you send them the authorization code they just go to the ATM and since they already have your number(obvious since you have been communicating) they withdraw whatever you have on you phone. you only realize when the confirmation sms is sent you for the withdrawal. Happens mostly to many since they dont know about the pesa-point code.555 555 is mostly used since most of us don’t know about it. Some conmen even tell you they are Safcom agents testing their new ATM application which is not yet operational and they need your input but not your pin since its your secret. You may easily fall for it if you don’t know.

– Someone comes as if they are stranded especially ladies they ask you to help them with your handset 2 call someone 2 send them money. in the middle of nowhere they ask u the name of your boss then they save the no in your phone reading the name of your boss, after a while u get a message from your boss to send him or her money he is coming. the money goes 2 that no an immediately its withdrawn.

Adhere to these subsequent technological tips to avoid being conned by mpesa conmen

1. Don’t accept Fuliza amounts from strangers there’s an opportunity that the phone the stranger is using could are because the product of crime like murder, spreading fake news with SMS, or utilized in crimes of robbery with violence

2. Never accept to be sent money by a stranger to withdraw for him using your phone within the pretext they do not have an (identity card) ID. it’d be a stolen phone or from a victim of a significant crime which may trap you to being an adjunct to a criminal offense you do not realize

The fraudsters have gone to great lengths of using photographs of unsuspecting kenyan patients with various degrees of ailments & peculiar illnesses in various hospitals within the pretext of fixing MPESA pay bill numbers to offset their hospital bills. The MPESA paybill numbers are registered with stolen national identity cards so as to cover their own true identity and wont to con Kenyans of their hard-earned money without their acknowledgement.

The messages of appeal are splashed on social media platforms; Facebook, Twitter, and newspaper articles attached with MPESA pay bill numbers that’s meant to receive the donation money. Most of the victims wont to solicit for cash are unaware that their images are getting used for fraud activities to con innocent members of the general public who think they’re helping a dying person.

Recognize Safaricom’s official contacts. Safaricom only calls from 0722000000

Safaricom staff will never ask you to share your MPESA PIN, SIM passcodes or password.

Do not divulge your personal information to anyone.

Notify Safaricom of imposters and suspicious branded links/websites/social media handles. Do not share any personal details with anyone on such platforms.

Always protect your personal information such as ID number, date of birth, full names, address etc.

Do not follow or key in instructions from unknown callers.

Safaricom customer care will never call you and then send you to the nearest agent for a reversal.

Do not divulge any other information such as your one-time passcodes to anyone. Examples include ATM withdrawal code, authentication code for Safaricom app or other service.

A genuine M-PESA message is sent from M-PESA and not a customer’s line.

Do not refund. Request the person calling to forward the message to 456 or to call Safaricom for assistance.

When you receive the fake messages forward them to 333. This helps ensure the numbers are blocked and that other customers are not defrauded.

Be wary of messages from unknown senders saying you have won, or they can give you cash or help

Never send money to unlock prizes, loans, jobs, relief etc.
Be wary of messages from callers who threaten you. Report threats to the police.
Never send money to unknown callers.

Be wary of too good to be true offers or texts. They are from fraudsters and are not genuine. Do not engage the sender/fraudster.

Customers should also send a text to 333 with the details of the line that texted them. This helps ensure the numbers are blocked and that other customers are not defrauded.

The DCI (Directorate of Criminal Investigations) has severally warned members of the general public to be wary and of such fraud activities and cautioned members of the general public to exercise caution when approached by these con artists or encounter suspicious solicitation of such donation appeal that doesn’t seem to be genuine or from an unidentifiable person or an individual who can’t prove their point of needing such donation or any quite assistance that translates to sending of cash through M-Pesa.

09/09/2023

I called my husband to get diapers and baby milk while returning from work, after about 2hours I called to remind him but he wasn't picking up, I called more than 20times cause he was supposed to be home but he wasn't still picking. My mind was restless.
I wondered what would make my husband ignore my calls for so many time, no Ifemi isn't a cheat, he doesn't keep late night, what has happened to my husband?

I kept wondering, not long I heard someone banging madly on the door what, Mrs Bassey, Mrs Bassey she called, I checked through the window, what is it please I said through the window, your husband, your husband is being beaten up by angry mob, the owner of the shop he bought from accused him of stealing so they beat him up, comeoooo comeooooo they went to buy fuel to burn him.

I left my sleeping baby in the house, I forgot to lock the door, the only thing I remember was calling the police to come immediately, I ran without bra to the street where it happened, oh my God, my husband was naked and fuel was poured on him already, I hugged him. Kill me too, kill me too I screamed, how can a man that has over 70million naira in his account be a thief?
What did my husband steal I shouted, my wrapper fell off I was left with my top an tight, kill me too, I said, they tried pushing me away madam we will burn you too, leave or we will burn two of you, they said but I was willing to die along.

My husband isn't a thief. What did she claim he stole? I'll pay 50times, one of the women noticed my C.S fresh scar, madam leave here and go look after your baby, you just had C.S and you don't need this stress, she said.

I didn't care all I wanted was for them to leave my husband, one of the guys hit me with a wood that was when my husband begged me to go take care of our baby that two of us can't die leaving the baby.
I didn't even bother to leave him but they started beating me along and pushed me away. My husband was half dead when a guy poured another fuèl on him and l

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11/08/2023

BEAUTIFUL STORY 🥰❤️❤️

My wife was sleeping next to me... and all of a sudden I got a Facebook notification, and a woman asked me to add her. So I added her.

I accepted the friend request and sent a message asking, "Do we know each other?"
She replied: "I heard you got married but I still love you." 😧

She was a friend from the past. She looked very beautiful in the picture.

I closed the chat and looked at my wife, she was sleeping soundly after her exhausting day of work.

Looking at her, I was thinking about how she feels so safe that she can sleep so comfortably in a completely new home with me.

She is far from her parents' house, where she spent 24 hours surrounded by her family. When she was upset or sad, her mother was there so she could cry in her lap. Her sister or brother would tell jokes and make her laugh. Her father would come home and bring her everything she liked and still, she placed so much trust in me.

All these thoughts came to mind, so I picked up the phone and pressed "BLOCK".

I turned to her and slept next to her.

I am a man, not a child. I have sworn to be faithful to her and so it will be. I will fight forever to be a man who doesn't cheat on his wife and tear a family apart...

May God bless all faithful men. ..

Guy Talks For Both Married And Singles.....

30/07/2023

*A Salute to the Waves and Wonders of Watamu: Our Epic Overland Adventure*

Hello Mighty Overland Explorers,

What a journey we've just completed! Our latest expedition, the road trip to the breathtaking landscape of Watamu, was a stunning cocktail of adventure, camaraderie, and discovery. We laughed, we sang, we shared stories, and most importantly, we explored together, conquering the miles with the spirit of overland explorers that is unique to us.

From the vibrant cityscapes to the spectacular wildlife sightings, from the serene coastal beaches of Watamu to the warm nights spent under the starlit African sky, every moment was an unforgettable chapter in the book of our shared adventures.

It was the famous traveler, Ibn Battuta, who said, "Traveling—it leaves you speechless, and then turns you into a storyteller." After our trip, we surely have many stories to tell. Stories of resilience, stories of exploration, stories of togetherness.

As we unpack our bags and dust off our boots, let's not forget the sense of exhilaration and joy that comes with venturing into the unknown. The bonds we've formed and the memories we've created are ours to keep, a testament to the enriching power of travel.

In the coming days, I will share an album full of our captured memories. Until then, keep the spirit of adventure alive in your hearts and minds. Cherish the memories, share the stories, and let the world know of our epic journey.

But remember, our adventure does not stop here. A new destination awaits us, a new path to tread, a new story to write. So, let's not let the dust settle on our boots for too long. It's time to start boarding for our next overland exploration. Are you ready to turn the page and begin a new chapter?

Stay tuned for the next announcement. Until then, keep exploring, keep dreaming, and keep the spirit of adventure alive.

With warmest regards,

Muits..

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." - St. Augustine

22/07/2023

01/07/2023

*Attention s

Get ready to embark on an epic journey into the heart of the on 25th to 27th August 2023, where nature's grand spectacle awaits!

Overland Explorers proudly presents our thrilling and excursion, featuring two distinct categories of overland trucks:

*TEMBO*, the loud music truck, and *DHAHABU*, the cool truck.

Feel the rhythm of the wild as TEMBO takes you on an exhilarating adventure, accompanied by pulsating beats and infectious energy. Let the music amplify the excitement of witnessing the magnificent wildebeest migration firsthand. It's a party on wheels you won't want to miss!

For those seeking a more laid-back vibe, DHAHABU offers a cool and relaxed atmosphere, where you can immerse yourself in the wonders of nature at your own pace. Marvel at the awe-inspiring migration, capturing every moment of serenity and beauty along the way.

Seize this incredible opportunity, as seats are limited in both categories. Thanks, Muits

29/06/2023

"Calling all adventure seekers with a heart for service! Join our Rotary club and be part of incredible excursions while making a difference in our community. Together, we can explore new horizons and create a brighter future. Click here to join us:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/BGrOhMiQBMO3pAjA8CWlEO

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WhatsApp Group Invite

18/06/2023

Travel stories Sunday!
"From Cairo to Cape Town": This story tells the tale of a group of travelers on an overland truck journey through the African continent from Cairo in the north to Cape Town in the south.
They experience the vibrant cultures, bustling cities, and stunning landscapes of Africa, as well as the challenges of traveling through some of the world's most difficult terrain.
^Muits

18/06/2023

Are you itching to explore the world and experience new adventures? Look no further than Africa! From the sweeping savannas of the Maasai Mara to the towering sand dunes of Sossusvlei, Africa is a destination like no other. With our overland truck excursions, you can explore some of the most breathtaking landscapes on the continent and see a variety of wildlife, including the Big Five. Whether you want to go gorilla trekking in Uganda, climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, or relax on the beaches of Zanzibar, there's something for everyone in Africa. So why wait? We shall Start planning your next adventure and discover all that Africa has to offer! join the Explorers Camp for these and more

10/05/2023

MEGA ROAD TRIP, Flagging off the 5TRUCKS to ADDIS. We shall surely have a GREAT TIME!

10/05/2023

Life is short and the world is wide. You better get started.... This is our maiden MEGA ROAD TRIP to Addis Ababa for RotaryD9212 convention, 150People on Board

13/03/2023

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