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They have recorded statements at the KICC Police Station, which has launched investigations into the alleged scam.
They describe Masinde as an elegant, smartly dressed young man who has the gift of the gab, but turned out to be a pathological, manipulative liar.
“I met and fell in love (with him) on Twitter, I was swindled out of Sh1,220,000. I never imagined this would happen to me, but it has,” one of the victims, a 28-year-old female lawyer who goes by the Twitter handle ‘Twitter famous’ told Saturday Nation in an interview on Thursday.
Mr Masinde appears to target liquid career women who are desperate to settle down, use high-end mobile phones and have a social media presence.
“I gave him a total of Sh1,220,000 because he had told me that they urgently needed the money to pay for the chopper’s insurance cover, besides there was another urgent medical situation that involved his nephew who needed urgent surgery,” the lawyer says.
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It’s funny that the same tactics still work to fool individuals. They are book smart but not street smart. Although street smartness has nothing to do with it.