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2. Inside the "hustle kingdom," where overseas scammers ... - AOL

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   The CBS News investigation tracked a significant amount of money lost to romance scams to Ghana. A country with up-to-date technology and an educated population, Ghana has seen inbound wire ...

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. Sakawa - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] The rituals, which are mostly in the form of sacrifices, are intended to spiritually manipulate victims so that the scammer's fraud is successful. The term Sakawa referred to specific online scams but has since broadened to include all types of online frauds and scams mainly targeting foreigners. The scammers flaunt stylish clothes ...

5. 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.

6. '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. ... Fake online dating profiles.

7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent. Know how to recognize legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications to keep your account secure. AOL websites

8. ‘Hi Mum, it’s me’: how online scammers learnt to prey on our ...

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   Nick France of digital certification firm Sectigo. Nick France, of the digital certification firm Sectigo, recounts the use of this technique in a scam in which an energy firm executive, convinced ...

9. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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   Examples of countries with troll farms that have been confirmed or suspected to be involved with fake news website networks include Cambodia, [287] Ghana, [288] North Macedonia, [289] the Republic of Georgia, [290] and Russia. [291]