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Religious Confidence Tricksters<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Recently, con men defrauding people by disguising themselves as faithful people are increasing. I will refer to them as religious confidence tricksters<\/strong>. As you know, the number of unemployed Ugandans is high. Every year, universities power on the job market thousands of graduates, yet the job creation rate is too slow.<\/p>\n

Most of these university graduates don\u2019t have survival skills. They are educated and intelligent. Because they don\u2019t have jobs and lack survival skills, some of them have resorted to defrauding people. And if you are not careful, the chances of losing your hard-earned money and assets are high. It’s the reason why I have been prompted to share this useful information with you.<\/p>\n

What Are Religious Confidence Tricksters?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Religious confidence tricksters<\/strong> are con men who defraud a person or a group of people by first gaining their confidence when they persuade you to believe that they are religious leaders. These conmen are so smart, and I think they’re well educated. They target mostly people in businesses, organisations and public offices. If you’re not careful or lucky, you can lose your money or assets.<\/p>\n

Because of our secure online presence<\/a>, fraudsters quickly get our contacts, and we have been tried several times in various ways. Luckily, we have been able to know, thanks to our experience and skill in identifying fraud.<\/p>\n

Read This True Story of Religious Confidence Tricksters!<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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3 Confidence Tricksters<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently, a \u2018gentleman\u2019 called me on the phone and introduced himself as Engineer Alex (Tel. No. +256-751-692 585)<\/strong>. He had a three-storied building he had finished constructing for nuns at Namugongo<\/a> Catholic Shrine. The nuns wanted some good company to put labels on the doors and asset tags on furniture. He told me that he got my contact on the internet and read through our business profile, he picked interest and wanted us to do the job.<\/p>\n

He asked me to contact a nun by the name of Sr. Lillian (Tel: +256-787-658 161)<\/strong>. I didn\u2019t immediately contact this nun on the phone. It took me like 2 hours before I called her because I was busy with my customers’ work. But I had been convinced that it could be a good business for us.<\/p>\n

After about 2 hours, I called \u2018Sr. Lillian\u2019, introduced myself to her and told her how I got her contacts through Eng. Alex. She welcomed me and told me that the building was ready, and what was remaining was putting labels and asset tags on the doors and furniture. She asked me to go to Namugongo the following day. I made an appointment to meet her at 3.00 pm.<\/p>\n

\"Conwoman

Sr. Lillian<\/p><\/div>\n

The following day, before 3.00 pm, the so-called Sr. Lillian called me and asked me whether I was still on the programme as earlier agreed. I responded, yes. She then told me that she was supposed to come to Kampala to pick her drugs for high blood pressure from Mulago Hospital<\/a> in the morning, but they had an abrupt meeting and she couldn\u2019t. She asked me to help her to go to Dr Charles, pick the drugs and take them to her on my way to Namugongo. I agreed, and she gave me the doctor\u2019s contact (Tel: +256-780-378 682<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

What Happened Next?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Before 3.00 pm, I picked up my car, went to a petrol station to refill it. When I was at the petrol station, I called \u2018Dr. Charles\u2019 told me he was going to the theatre for an operation and I had to hurry. Before he hung up, he asked me whether Sr. Lillian had given me his balance for the drugs she had previously taken. I told him she didn\u2019t tell me anything concerning money. All that she told me was to help her pick the medicine. The doctor then offered to speak to her first and get back to me shortly.<\/p>\n

Before the doctor got back to me, the \u2018nun\u2019 called me and told me that there was a small balance that had remained, which the doctor wanted because he was travelling to Fort Portal in the evening. She asked me if I had money with me so that I could give it to the doctor and she refunds me when I go to Namugongo. When I asked her how much it was, she told me 300,000 Ugandan shillings. I told her that it wasn\u2019t small money and I didn\u2019t have it. I instead had 180,000 Ugandan shillings.<\/p>\n

\"Conman

Dr Charles<\/p><\/div>\n

The ‘Reverend Sister’\u00a0spoke to the doctor to receive what I had, promising to send the balance later that same day. I went to Mulago with a friend of mine and parked the car at Mulago School of Public Health. I called the doctor who told me that he was in the theatre for an operation. He asked me to deposit the money on his mobile phone, and upon receiving it, he would send the drugs with a nurse to me.<\/p>\n

What Did I Do Then?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I became hesitant and sceptical on hearing that suggestion. The friend with whom I was also told me not to do so. I asked the doctor to send the drugs to the nurse, and I give the money to her in exchange. The doctor hesitated, saying that they were not supposed to handle cash in a government hospital. Hmm! But do doctors speak on phones in the theatre while doing an operation?<\/p>\n

When I called the nun, she also told me to look for a free money point and send the money to the doctor. I refused because something had come to my mind that they were probably religious confidence tricksters<\/strong>. “Why couldn\u2019t the nun send that money to the doctor using mobile money since she seriously needed the drugs?”, I asked myself. Yes, she was in a meeting as she put it, but couldn’t she send someone to deposit the money on the doctor’s account?<\/p>\n

While still contemplating, I did three things:<\/strong><\/p>\n

#1 \u2013 I asked some staff at Mulago hospital to find out whether they knew Dr Charles. They all didn\u2019t know him.<\/p>\n

#2 \u2013 I checked the registration of the phone numbers they were using. I discovered the following:<\/p>\n