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2. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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   A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim.

3. Cybercrime in Ghana - Wikipedia

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   Cybercrime in Ghana can be traced back to the "419 schemes" in Nigeria, also known as "advance-fee scams" prior to the internet. [3] These scams were a form of credit card fraud whereby the perpetrator would offer a monetary incentive, usually in the form of an international money transfer, in exchange for several down payments from the victim.

4. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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   Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

5. 'A con artist': Man from Ghana sentenced for romance scam ...

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   An immigrant from Ghana who was involved in a romance scam that targeted elderly and recently bereaved people was sentenced Wednesday to 6½ years in prison.

6. Victims of online dating scams speak out on what they’ve ...

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   Romance scams — a type of con in which online fraudsters lead a person on with talk of romance (typically in the form of manipulative love-bombing) before eventually swindling them out of hard ...

7. Nigerian letter scams are whimsical in thought, but remain a ...

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   Nigerian Letter Scams prey on various human emotions – greed, ego, desperation, and/or the desire to be a hero.

8. Sakawa - Wikipedia

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   Sakawa is a Ghanaian term for illegal practices which combine modern Internet-based fraud with African traditionalist rituals. The term or word Sakawa is an Hausa word which means putting inside, how to make money. [1] [2] The rituals, which are mostly in the form of sacrifices, are intended to spiritually manipulate victims so that the scammer ...

9. Nigerian online scams are everywhere. This case led to ... - AOL

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   Diana Eckert, 67, pleaded guilty to collecting money in 3 kinds of fraud: romance, decal and car-buying scams. Feds say she sent bitcoin to Nigeria.