MBABANE:Vusi Manoma Masango, the National Commissioner of Police has taken action against the famous Mobile Money(MOMO) suspects who have been calling and defrauding the public their money.
The suspects would call and manipulate unsuspecting members of the public while tricking them to press their Personal Identity Numbers(PIN) and, in the fraud process they would sometimes claim to be working as the police,officers of the Deputy Prime Ministers(DPM) Office, Tibiyo TakaNgwane, Army and other State Departments.
Speaking during  press conference held in Mbabane on Wednesday, the National Commissioner said, they have arrested nineteen(19) suspects including two(2) women.
The suspects would sometimes call or send a message as if, they were Managers responding to a request for a job, they would then trick the victims into sending them money.
On another note, the alleged fraudsters would call as if they were working for MTN Eswatini or the State police,pretending to be alerting the victim that, the victims’ bank accounts or Mobile Money numbers were at a high risk or vulnerable to fraud. They would then trick the victim into pressing their PIN and steal their money.
The announcement by the National Commissioner regarding the arrest of the alleged fraudsters, might come as a huge relief to the public who were defrauded their money.
National Commissioner of Police Vusi Masango(pic: REPS).