Meet Dean Martin,Nairobi’s Number One Con Man. Are You Familiar With This Face? Has He Conned You Too?? (Photos)

By Cabu Gah on August 2, 2016

You will find them across the City – From the malls to the streets to the buses to the cornershops to the alleys trying to con their silly little ways away.

They wear many coats. Some are treacherous lawyers,others land swindlers ,others cheeky beggars,others fraudulent traders and some,like in this case,sweet talking bastards who put on an genteel aura of confidence and proximity to influence in order to stealthily con you of your hard-earned money and even time.

Meet Dean Martin,a shrewd looking ever-smiling thug and seasoned con artist who owes half this city money for services he either never delivered or for paid up for through his little ka-company Club Life Kenya which boasts over 68,000 followers on Instagram.

He’s a young man,for sure. Probably in his mid or late twenties but still,a man whose been in the business of conning people long enough to start a school on ‘How to Con’.

According to his bio,98% of which is pure balderdash,he is a social media influencer,promoter and also events organizer. No big deal. Any rat can organize events in this town already.

He,according to,eugeneqaana,the bold blog that first exposed him,he loves to hang out at the VIP section of luxury nightclubs including Marabou Lounge and PRIVEE Lounge too in Westlands.

But even in Marabou Lounge,where he is a regular,he owes the management money too for services he was supposed to deliver but didn’t bother doing it.

You must have seen his pretty little scam face around a club you frequent – getting himself wasted on exported champagnes he bought with money he robbed you. Surrounded by bleached,brain dead bimbos who can’t tell the difference between the sun and the moon.

So how does he rob money? You ask. Well,pretty decently.

As I said,dude is a club promoter and therefore,he’s usually in the business of setting up random events in clubs across town featuring some washed-up B-list rappers from Nyayo Estate.

And then here’s where he excels at.

To publicize his ‘job’ across social media and show people just how successful his event was,he usually calls up upcoming photographers and asks them to grow up to the event (with their own equipment – lights and all) and take photos of the event.

These unsuspecting photographers then happily show up to the club,lens at the ready.

And after taking thousands if photos,from the Red Carpet entrance to the party itself,it’s usually a wrap for them.

Next day,this Dean Martin thug will be blowing up the photographer’s phone asking to be sent the pics via email.

He waits until he’s sent the pics and then the games start.

Once the photographer asks to be paid for his services,dude goes off. Like,Mteja.

And when he decides to spice up the games,he issues bouncing cheques and has been known to even call the bank after issuing a cheque and ask them to cancel the damn cheque.

Breathe in. And out.

Let’s go on.

Upon calling some guy named Bob,who is part of the Marabou management,the same high-end club Dean Martin loves to warm his butt,Bob tells me that this same dude has swindled the club over some serious cash.

“Do you remember when Zari was in Kenya? Zari Hassan wife of Diamond? We were hosting her at our club. It’s was a pretty expensive affair… Now,this Dean Martin guy told us that he would handle our social media publicity for Zari’s tour of Marabou. We paid him money and waited. We waited and waited and waited. And got nothing. He never pushed the event, never promoted it and never once tweeted or Instagrammed about it. And yet,we had paid him money up front. To date,he never picks up our calls. Or any calls for that matter… “

And sure enough,I tried calling the fellow and my calls were ignored a record 8 times in a row!

Also,this same scoundrel has conned popular Facebook personality Steve Muriuki of over Ksh. 20,000 the sum of which Martin was meant to pay Steve after Steve had used his space on Facebook to fervently advertise several of Dean’s upcoming events.

He waited patiently for the payment and,like the rest of humanity,had to contend with a stupid,bouncing cheque.

The list of the people that Dean Martin has scammed is longer than the queue of dudes who wait outside Ruto’s Karen home for handouts.

But in all of this,the fellow seems unperturbed and even,surprisingly unremorseful.

After being called by TUKO.co.ke to clear the air,this is what he arrogantly had to say ;

“I owe people money, yes, everyone does anyway, even Kenya has a debt but I don’t understand why someone would tarnish my name just because I haven’t paid them their KSh 2,000,”

And on the issue that he was on opportunist who sought Deejaying services but paid the DJ’s lesser than they were worth, Martin told TUKO.co.ke that most Dj’s were not as talented and did not deserve to receive the same amount that was paid to the top Kenyan Dj’s, read DJ Creme and Dj Joe Mfalme.

And according to eugeneqaana,Everybody who has worked with him has never been paid for their work. This includes DJs, Website Designers, Photographers, Security persons, even his own lawyer!

Yes. A true definition of an A.S.S.H.O.L.E.