Inside the world of Ghana's internet fraudsters
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32583161
"Internet fraudsters in Ghana are easy to spot. The young men in fast
cars have become such a conspicuous group that they even have their
own nickname. Meet the Sakawa boys. David is 25 years old. He's been
defrauding people on the internet for the last two years. "I know
it's wrong but it gives me a lot of money," he says. He used to sleep
on the streets. Then he saw his friends in internet cafes earning
money defrauding people online. A typical con is pretending to be a
woman romantically interested in men from Europe, America or Asia."
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
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