The Communications Authority of Kenya on Thursday issued a fresh warning to all phone users in the country after the resurgence of Wangiri Scam.
The scam involves international calls where phone users receive very brief calls or missed calls from foreign numbers and are unknowingly directed to premium numbers that drain lines of credit.
It was first reported in the country early this year and CA has warned that it could be back.
The scheme is designed to lure phone users into returning the 'urgent' international calls and by so doing they lose their credit.
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The longer the victims stay online, the more money they lose to the scammers.
"Most of the calls are reported to bear these codes: +41-Switzerland, +963-Syria,+252-Somalia or +37-Latvia.
"The scammers purchase the phone numbers used in the scam from the Dark Web, which is a hidden part of the internet.
"In exercise of its consumer protection mandate in the ICT sector, CA advises the public to beware of the scam. DO NOT CALL BACK any international number that you don't recognize," advised CA.
The authority further told victims to report the number to their respective service providers so that they can be blocked.
Recent cases of Wangiri scam in Kenya have been reported on various platforms including Social Media.
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