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Safaricom’s *544# glitch sees people get free data

Photo of Dickson Otieno Dickson Otieno Follow on X June 28, 2019
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There was an isssue with Safaricom where if you ‘checked out’ with Bonga Points when buying bundles, you would get the bundles even if you didn’t have the required number of Bonga Points. But Safaricom has since fixed that, so right now your *544# queries are either very slow in some options, or won’t load completely.

(Update: Everything loads perfectly now). But the option to buy with Bonga Points is still missing.

Safaricom removes the option to 'Buy with Bonga Points' temporarily after glitch had people getting free data

Whatever might have caused the issue is not yet known, but it was very quick of Safaricom to notice the glitch, and patch it. Will update post when Safaricom explains what happened.

UPDATE: Those who got the free illegal data now say ‘Safaricom has reclaimed the data’, and they’re back to their original data plans. Safaricom has confirmed this.

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Photo of Dickson Otieno Dickson Otieno Follow on X June 28, 2019
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  1. Neill
    Neill shared name · 7 years ago

    Comment:hahaha missed this one?????

  2. Doris
    Doris shared name · 7 years ago

    Safaricom I want to hug you,nice morning.you made my day

  3. Mike dbanj
    Mike dbanj shared name · 7 years ago

    ?????glitch had a snitch

  4. Eunice
    Eunice shared name · 7 years ago

    Hahahaha, how did l miss this, it’s unfortunate l rarely use safcom for data

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