Detectives in Nyali, Mombasa County arrested a woman who staged a robbery against her British boyfriend, after luring him to her apartment for what was supposed to be a “dream date”.
Also arrested was a man who claimed to be her husband and helped in robbing the British man on November 2, 2025, police said.
The suspect, Samira Mumbi Kiarie, aka Samira had been wooing the Briton for months on the net, charming him with promises of everlasting love.
Blinded by affection, the man packed his confidence and visited her posh apartment in Nyali, oblivious that he was walking into a scripted heist.
Barely minutes into the rendezvous the door burst open. Two men stormed in, one claiming to be the woman’s furious husband and the other flashing a fake police ID.
The “husband” accused the Briton of wrecking his home, as the fake cop threatened arrest.
The terrified foreigner was then coerced into transferring a cool Sh800,000 to mobile phone numbers provided by the gang.
Once the cash landed, the trio calmly escorted their victim out before vanishing into Mombasa’s humid night like ghosts after payday.
The Briton told police he had checked into his hotel in the Mtwapa area on October 25, 2025 for a holiday after being invited by a girlfriend he met online.
The victim stayed at the hotel until November 2, 2025 when the said girlfriend invited him to her apartment in the Nyali area.
Oblivious of the dangers ahead, he took a taxi to the apartment on the fifth floor.
He was shocked after two men walked to the room ten minutes after he had settled down with his girlfriend.
The men impersonated as the husband of the woman and another as a police officer.
They then took him hostage and ordered him to transfer money from his bank account to four mobile phone numbers that they provided which he obliged to.
He told police that after the ordeal, the men escorted him out of the apartment and disappeared on the way.
It was then he sought help and reported the matter to the police.
Acting on forensic intelligence, detectives launched a stealth pursuit, arresting Samira and one of her accomplices, Paul Webster Mangeni, aka Paulo on Monday November 10, 2025 in Bamburi.
Investigations have since established that the two are part of a notorious syndicate that lures foreigners through dating sites, sets them up in Airbnbs, and robs them of their hard-earned money.
Both suspects were detained and were undergoing processing pending arraignment as the hunt intensifies for their partner-in-crime who is still at large.
Police have urged caution on the deals made online.
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