Must Read! This Is Why You Should Run Away Very Far If This Old Woman Approaches You In Nairobi Town

Now, you are standing at a bus stop. You want to board your matatu home, but before that, a scrawny, untidy woman walks up to you.
The shocking trick that con men are using to rob Kenyans at bus stops
She tells you that she has traveled from the village and is waiting for her son (or whomever) to pick her up. She genuinely looks sad.
All she needs from you is for you to call a certain number to direct the person to where she is.
Like a good Kenyan, you take the number which she has written on a dirty piece of paper, worn out with dirt and age.
The shocking trick that con men are using to rob Kenyans at bus stops
You call it. It rings but no one picks it. A few more rings with the same results, you give up. The woman thanks you for trying to help and off you go.
Now here is where it gets interesting.
When you board a matatu, two people follow you and sit next to you or near you.
As the matatu starts to move, the one sitting next you shouts that his phone has been been stolen.
He then asks his friend to call his phone. Then, to your horror, it rings in your pocket!!
The shocking trick that con men are using to rob Kenyans at bus stops
Now, unbeknownst to you, you called the same people who are scamming you, the friend then saved your number and is now calling your phone and pretending that you stole it from his friend.
In that moment of confusion and horror, they take away your phone strip you off your valuables and kick you out of the matatu.