NTSA has raised an alarm over an online scam days after it migrated motor vehicle record searches from the E-Citizen Platform.
The warning to the public was published on the NTSA official facebook platform after several people received SMS on how to make payments for the processing of logbook.
“Congratulations ABCD. Your motorcycle shall be delivered to XXX town today before 5pm. You are required to pay a logbook transfer duty payment of Sh3,200 right now to or NTSA agent who is at NTSA Headquarters Nairobi so that he can process your logbook.”
The message continues to say....."Make the payments using MPESA to NTSA on 0750338661 so that your logbook can be processed under your names and your motorcycle shall be delivered on scheduled time today. After payments, you will receive a confirmation message with a receipt format from NTSA indicating that you have cleared the logbook transfer duty payments.”
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Other unsuspecting victims have also been duped that they have won a boda-boda motorcycle.
“You are our 10th and the final winner of the Boxer 150cc Bodaboda Motorcycle. I hope you are able to pay a logbook transfer duty payment of Sh3,200 To NTSA Headquarters Nairobi so that your logbook can be processed under your names,”read another message.
NTSA has called upon the public to report to the nearest Police Station once they get such messages.
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They have further notified the public that the phone number 0750338661 is unknown to the Authority.
“Note that Transfer of ownership and processing of the logbook is undertaken through the Transport Integrated Transport Management System (TIMS) available on www.ntsa.go.ke. All payments are done on TIMS after the system generates an invoice indicating the transfer fee. Don’t be conned,” read the statement.