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JOHN		16-Jan-2012 10:55
Hi Yvonne, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you have ben scammed! There is no easy way to tell you that.....This is an old Scam and if you analyse it you will see that too! How can someone be in Ghana doing survey work with no money? He hadn't even got a Cellphone! Altough you say you talked to him on WebCam, I believe that this 'guy' was in Ghana the whole time! There is nothing you can really do now, except to forget this whole episode, as it is of no use to try and trace them, as it's nigh impossible! Sorry about that and best regards to you!

Yvonne		16-Jan-2012 04:31
Has anyone heard of Arthur Wood or Arthur Wood Rain,who claims to be from the USA but is in Accra to do land surveying,apparently after working there for a week he contacted malaria and needed money for meals,hotel bill,and to go to the doctor along with wanting prefume,cellphone,watch and now sneakers.I have been talking to him on webcam a couple of times but since he has been in Ghana we have just been talking without a webcam.There is also a Clinton Osei-Bonsu that he calls his driver.I would like to know if there is any info on these two or at least Arthur Wood.Since I have told him that I have no more money his calls have not been as often. Thank you Yvonne

Yvonne		16-Jan-2012 04:31
Has anyone heard of Arthur Wood or Arthur Wood Rain,who claims to be from the USA but is in Accra to do land surveying,apparently after working there for a week he contacted malaria and needed money for meals,hotel bill,and to go to the doctor along with wanting prefume,cellphone,watch and now sneakers.I have been talking to him on webcam a couple of times but since he has been in Ghana we have just been talking without a webcam.There is also a Clinton Osei-Bonsu that he calls his driver.I would like to know if there is any info on these two or at least Arthur Wood.Since I have told him that I have no more money his calls have not been as often. Thank you Yvonne

JOHN		21-Dec-2011 17:16
To Brian and to all who were on the Site in 2011, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Regards to all, John

JOHN		08-Nov-2011 10:20
Hi tt, This is a SCAM......Don't attempt to fall for it.....The next step by him will be to put you on to the 'Manager' in the 'Hotel' and the 'Manager' will be another friend of his!! This is the oldest SCAM in the book and the best thing for you is to walk away from this now, or you will be sorry!! I can't emphasise enough to you that these SCAMMERS are professionals at what they do, so please don't become another VICTIM, no matter what other stories he comes with. If you fall for this SCAM, you cannot say that you have not been warned..... Come back on the Site if you need further advice, Regards, JOHN

tt		07-Nov-2011 18:41
has anyone ever heard of larry hannt as a scammer from accra lost his luggage and needs help with laptop and hotel bills and money to eat

JOHN		31-Oct-2011 10:29
Hi Barbara, I have to say that I am so sorry that you were scammed and it is a terrible feeling when you realize this. Apart from the financial loss, which can be devestating,the feeling that you have been 'let down' by someone whom you have placed your trust in, can be emotionally overwhelming and very hard to deal with! You are doing a good thing for yourself by doing that Ebook and it will also help in your emotional healing! As you write this Ebook, remember that there is no need to feel ashamed, as you did nothing wrong, maybe a little fooishness entered into it, but nothing to be ashamed of! The Scammers that you were dealing with,are professional 'robbers' and have spent years refinining their ways of scamming. It is easy to be fooled by them. Regarding the amount of money lost to scammers in West Africa in particular, you will find various references to that amount on Embassy Sites......Just google the Americam Embassy in Accra, Ghana and in Lagos, Nigeria and they used to put these figures up regularily. Keep up the good work and remember, 'forgive yourself', as youu will not be able to move on until you can do that. Stay safe, Regrds, JOHN

Barbara		30-Oct-2011 18:02
Dear John, thanks for all your sharing I being scammmed from some one from Ghana Accra by the name of Chris Robinson and his supposed daughter named Hilda Obeng Robinson. I like to know how have you got to the 6 billion dollars figure I lost over $7000 but many will not report it feeling shamed and and being shy I decide to wright and ebook about my experience that lasted 7 months and he ask a little at the time and making so many promise and sending me so many sweet email and talking sweet to me on the phone and yes I feel for tjis but now I need to wake up and pick up the pieces and with this ebook I will accomplished few things first will be good therapy for my head, also maybe can recoup some of the money I lost and third give enough info to help other not fall all the way into this traps. Thanks I enjoying reading this site I do not feel alone, thanks Barbara

Guest		30-Oct-2011 08:36
John, I previously wrote concerning DAVID HARTMAN. To answer a few of your questions, with a good scammer, it is almost impossible to know where they are. With the usage of so many telephone numbers, both in Ghana and numerous states in the USA. In speaking with this man and the usage of the webcam, he is German. The IP numbers seem to be blocked. I have been able to locate numerous ladies scammed by this same NAMED person, who has used the webcam and same and different addresses and telephone numbers. He even has updated photos, etc. I have found that he has even been written up in the newspapers in Canada as far back as 2007 for scamming. He has also used the name MICHAEL SMITH of which this was just confirmed by the voice as the same as DAVID HARTMAN. He is WHITE..........

JOHN		22-Oct-2011 00:32
Hi Guest of 21st October, Sorry to hear that you were scammed by this person 'DAVID HARTMAN'. If he is a German and is scamming from Ghana, then more than likely this is not his real name. Are you sure that he is in Ghana? It's not that I am doubting you, but this is a new departure for 'scamming', if what you say is true! You say he is in Ghana now for a few months......Has he told you this, because it seems strange to me that a German would go to Ghana just to scam....If he is German and is a scammer, well he could just as easily scam from Germany!! If you are or were in contact with him by Email, it is or would be easy to trace this by checking his IP Address! I do know that there are a good few Germans in Ghana, as it is a popular destination for them, but to date I am not aware of anyone from Germany, who is in Ghana that has come to notice for scamming! Have you ever been in 'real contact' by Webcam with this person, because if you were, then you would know that person looked like..i.e, whether he is white or black? If you reply, I will explain what I mean by that statement. I am sure that you are aware that there is technology now that can make a persons voice sound exactly as the user wants it to, eg., a man can change his voice to sound like a woman and vice versa and can change a persons accent as well. I realise that you have been scammed, but you may have scammed by some black person in a Cáfe in Ghana, posing as a German. That's just my guess. Come back on the Site again and give me your views on what I have said and you did aa good deed by coming on the Site and warning people, Regards, JOHN

Guest		21-Oct-2011 17:02
I, along with numerous women have been scammed by DAVID HARTMAN. He has a strong German accent and has been in Accra, Ghana for several months now. He has a nice profile write up, but please be aware of this man. He usually likes Match.com and likes Huney,Honey, Spiffy or Spify words in his name used on Match.com. I hope if someone reads this posting and can give any info on DAVID HARTMAN, will leave some info and we will follow up with you. Thank you for this forum.

bjm		05-Oct-2011 15:40
I am one of many millions victims here in the USA that got scammed every day and I feel there is a way to slow it down and even a way to catch some of this predators. We need implement a law that all the Western Union offices around the world will have take a digital picture to any one when come to collect the money, just like Sam's Club or planet fitness or library or driver licenses or school board, those camera are affordable a low cost maintenance and send this picture to the sender when they received confirmation of the receiver collect the funds. Western Union is the primer vehicle that this money are send out to and they will not have to store the picture just send them to the sender has a confirmation of the receiver when he pick up the funds. Will be easy to implement and many of us victims will stop sending funds after we can see who get the funds, and some criminal could be caught and brought to justice. But most important this action will slow this crime at lot that is growing so rapidly this days more and more every day. A lot of these scams as you know are 'sweetheart scams' and it is estimated that around 6 Billion Dollars a year is taken from the USA alone by these scammers! I just got scammed for $8,000 this includes fee to western Union and interest I will be repaid the last loan for $3000 on 24% interest. Thanks Barb

Guest		19-Aug-2011 00:43
Just to pass on, I found what I believe to be a scammer from Ghana, the person I was viewing on cam really looks like Raven Riley, but younger. Secondly I was in the middle of Kansas at 1045 pm and observed sunlight comming through the window behind her. That would be 345 am in Ghana. Funny thing though her emails are being sent from Ghana, had a tec trace the mail header and found it was from there. Dont know just how they done that. Someone had mentioned having them perform an act like raising their hands, Do this, show a certin number of fingers on cam and tell them to hold up their fingers like you just did, without telling them what you are holding up. Somehow or by proxy I think they are able to chat while having someone on the other side of the world on cam.

JOHN		17-Aug-2011 01:29
Hi Guest of 16th August, You were very perceptive to spot what you did on that Cam. You are right as well about these Cams been shown by proxy!! Scamming is such a lucrative business now that there are gangs spread out all over the world, working together in orger to scam honest people out of their hard earned money.....A lot of these scams as you know are 'sweetheart scams' and it is estimated that around 6 Billion Dollars a year is taken from the USA alone by these scammers! With technology so advanced now, they can even hide their IP Number, thus making it that much harder to trace the source or location of the Email......These people have no scruples at all and really don't care who they 'rob'. Those same scammers would rob their own mothers and they can be dangerous people to tangle with, as some people who went to Ghana found out.....They would not think twice about kidnapping anyone who was foolish enough to travel to Ghana either because they were lured there or because they went there in the forlorn hope of trying to aprehend the scammers who robbed them!! These people invoke the name of God in their scams and most of them would actually be 'church going' people, but they have little or no consciences at all.....In fact they try to justify to themselves that they are doing no wrong at all as they try to justify this by referring back to the time that Ghana was colonised and by trying to say that the reason that the Country is in the bad economic state that it is all stems from that period!! They don't mind who they scam, but they take great satisfaction when they scam Americans, as they are under the illusion that all Americans are rich, even tho America had nothing to do with colonising Ghana!! The best advice for people is to stay away from dealing with anyone from West Africa at all, unless the person in West Africa is known personally by those who are in contact with them.... While most of the ordinary people in Ghana have nothing to do with scamming, it's still best to be very careful when in contact with anyone fron there. I know, as I have first hand experience of what goes on in Ghana and especially as to how these scammers operate!! Stay Safe everyone, Regards to all, JOHN

Guest		16-Aug-2011 06:17
Just to pass on, I found what I believe to be a scammer from Ghana, the person I was viewing on cam really looks like Raven Riley, but younger. Secondly I was in the middle of Kansas at 1045 pm and observed sunlight comming through the window behind her. That would be 345 am in Ghana. Funny thing though her emails are being sent from Ghana, had a tec trace the mail header and found it was from there. Dont know just how they done that. Someone had mentioned having them perform an act like raising their hands, Do this, show a certin number of fingers on cam and tell them to hold up their fingers like you just did, without telling them what you are holding up. Somehow or by proxy I think they are able to chat while having someone on the other side of the world on cam.

JOHN		13-Aug-2011 20:02
Hi Patty, Well done on not falling for that Scammer. It was great that you got help from this Site and that you could use the advise given here to expose him for what he is!! It's unbelievable the types of scams that these people try to pull, but unfortunately, people do fall into their 'traps'. Thr reason that this can happen are many, but a lot of people who use dating Sites never think that they will meet scum like him on those dating Sites! They go onto those dating Sites with false names, addresses etc., and I blame the Moderators of these Sites for not screening the type of people that they allow on their Sites!! A lot of hearhache, loss of money and time wasted could be saved if the Moderators on those dating Sites were not so greedy for money themselves, as potential clients on their Sites are not screened and thus they can easily use false identities etc. You will be all the wiser now so I know you will tread carefully in future, but try and stay nearer to home......It's hard to find romance on the Internet and with these Scammers looking for every opportunity to 'rob' people, it is now ever harder than ever. Take heart tho, as you seem like a nice person and you will find someone, but not on the Internet!! REGARDING YOU L.BANS, of 13th August, do everyone a favor on this Site and stay away from here. We don't need you and the last thing that people who are dealing with Scammers is to fall into your trap!!!! I know Ghana a lot better than you think and saying that you can find someone who is a 'Scammer' there in Ghana, is in fact a SCAM itself!! In Accra alone, which has a population of around 3 Milllion people and 1,000's of Internet Cafés, not counting all the people with private Computers, it is next to impossible to find anyone who is a Scammer!! Scammers use false names, false identities, false addresses, false IP Addresses, false Photos, etc., etc., so how in Gods name can you ever trace anyone? Then of course, you forgot to mention that you would charge a nice fee for this 'service', so people who contact you would lose money on the double, if they had already been scammed by someone else in Ghana! Even the Police in Ghana find it almost impossible to trace Scammers, that is when they the Police get involved, so how can youu trace these people1? Answere is that you cannot, so stay off this Site as you are not welcome here! We had others like you on this Site before saying they could trace scammers, but they were found out for what they were and are now long gone. Stay Safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

L. Bans		13-Aug-2011 15:51
IF YOU WANT TO FIND A DETECTIVE WHO CAN FINDOUT IF YOU ARE BEEN SCAMMED OR NOT .. PLEASE E-MAIL US ON bans.linda@gmail.com AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU AND TRACE TO EVERYPLACE TO FINDOUT YOU ARE DEALING WITH A REAL PERSON AND NOT A SCAMMER. thank you .

Patty		12-Aug-2011 20:10
I have recently broken up with my boyfriend of over a year and decided to try the Senior dating site. This man, Patrick Phillips, pops up and says he is in Dallas and owns his own business importing and exporting coffee and cocoa. States he lived in Michigan but found his wife in bed with his best friend. Supposedly lots of money later he divorced and moved to Texas. I was suspicious at first, but thought I would let it play out. Sure enough he said he had to go to Ghana to purchase some cocoa. Supposedly Ghana doesn't take credit cards (oh please) and that he had a check but no bank to cash it at. Could I send him $500, I said no I live paycheck to paycheck and have a large mortgage payment. Yeah you know I was pulling at his heart strings....NOT Long story short he sends me an e-mail today with his name, Accra, Ghana and some number to send $100.00. Well I had just found your website and cut and paste a lot of the comments in here in an e-mail back to him. No surprise no comment. Thanks

Linda Williams		10-Aug-2011 20:40
I met Lovenson as well via the Internet...he told me he was from Haiti and moved from Utah to South Carolina. As I told him that I have family in SC and asked him more questions, he quickly stopped conversing which told me he was indeed a scam artist. Be Ware!!

Joyce		31-Jul-2011 16:20
I met a man on the internet...said his name is Richard Lovenson. He said he is an architect working in Accra. He is a scam artist...please ladies don't fall for his words. He sends nice photos but am not sure that is even him. Please be careful of this man.

no name please		22-Jul-2011 04:21
I want to warn all female out there to remember these 3 names as they are scammers on dating sites: Benjamin Kean Brian Nyamekye, lives in London but working in Accra, his solisator friend Daniel Dane also of London. Williams Smith of Washington State, USA working in England and has a son named John. Most likely they are all from Africa. 7/22/2011

sam		08-Jul-2011 05:24
please email me I would like to talk to you we_b_fuzzy@hotmail.com I have pics and real information and cell phone number from a man in ghana..Ive talked to him about a year, I believe hes for real, but still want to make sure. I have a pic of him in my profile and other pics and adresses too

JOHN		30-Jun-2011 00:03
Hi George, I don't really know who mentioned 'Diana Lawson's' name on this site, but I will try to help you if I can. Regarding the name, well if it is a scammer, then it's more than likely to be a false name. Scammers would rarely use there own mames for two reasons. Firstly, while a lot of christian names in Ghana would sound like western world names, obviously the surnames are African, so if they used their own surnames for scamming, they would would be spotted a mile off. Secondly, most of the scammers are either young boys or young men pretending to be white women, so the reason there is obvious! Most of the names they use are just taken from the Internet! In relation to finding the Scammers, well it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. They use false names, false addresses, false identities, disposable cell or mobile phone numbers and usually operate as gangs out of many of thre 1,000's of Internet Cafés in Accra, Kumasi, etc., etc., so you can understand why it is nearly impossible to trace or find them. There have only been a few high profile cases where people who were scammed ever got there money back and in 99.9% of cases money sent to scammers is gone forever. There are even recorded cases where the Police in Ghana were involved with Scammers, so it's almost impossible to trust anyone in Ghana, unless you know the person. Most Ghanaians are are honest, kind and hard working people, but those that are involved in scamming are ruthless robbers, who care about no one but themselves and they can be very dangerous people to deal with. Those scammers are ruining the good name of Ghana and those in authority in Ghana are unforunately not dealing with this scourge on their Countrys good name, as they have other more serious problems to deal with, or so they say! Dealing with scammers is not a priority in Ghana! It is my advice that you will only waste your time trying to find this person, for the reasons that I have stated above. You could try the Anti-Scamming Site www.Delfifaq.com and you will get the same answers, but you may find that person had scammed other people on that Site by a 'person'of the same name, but I don't know what benefit that would be to you. That's the best info and advice that I can give you, so I hope you find it helpful. Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

George		29-Jun-2011 17:33
hey, to whom it may concern i am very interested in something that was said here through google search. Somebody mentioned the name Diana Lawson and i would like to know what she has done because a friend of mine might of been scammed by this woman so anything you could do or say to help me in my searh would be greatly appreciated, Kindest regards, George

JOHN		13-Jun-2011 14:41
Hi Steve, Just saw your Post today. You do not state whether these 'females' that you are in contact with are from Ghana, but I will assume that they are! It has all the hallmarks of a scam, because the rule of thumb is that if ANYONE asks you for money, no matter how small the initial amount is, that it is a scam!!! All scammers start off by asking for small amounts of money and if that request is sucessful, then invariably the requests for for larger amounts of are made, as scammers use the initial 'small request' as testing the waters!! Regarding the Web Cam appearances, well these are easily done and the 'white persons' you see are just fake. This ploy is used a lot by scammers, so much so that even Raven Riley, US Porn Star, has issued a disclaimer about scammers using her Videos, so as to warn people! If these people are from Ghana, then they are usually young men or boys. They are professionals at what they do. Regarding 'white girls' in Ghana, well they are few and far between and those 'whites' that are there are usually professional people who work in Embassys, do Volunteer work etc., etc., who neither have the time nor the inclination to scam people!! In all my years of dealing with scammers in West Africa, I have never yet come across 'white scammers' there, but I am sure that there is an exception somewhere to this! If you want to 'catch out' the scammers using the Web Cam, it is quite easily done! All you have to do is that when these people appear on 'live webcam' well just ask them to do something for you, like say raise their 2 hands over their heads, or something simple like that and you will soon see that it is not live. You will have to be using IM or Skype to do this and give no warning beforehand!! od Finally, regardless of how small the requst for money is, never ever send MONEY to someone that you do know, as you will regret it and just ask yourself this question; Would you ask for money from someone that you have never met in person? I think not!! Stay safe everyone, Regrds, JOHN

Steve		12-Jun-2011 19:49
Hello Came across this site as looking into whether I'm being setup for a scam as alarm bells have started to ring. I have been contacted by two white females (not connected) through a dating website and have seen both on webcam so I know they are who they say but had to borrow the webcam. I have now been asked to send money so that they can get their own webcam, one has been taken under the wing of her boss and keeps her on a tight rope and the other lives with her mother and is a student of 25. As these are white does this mean that the gangs are stepping up their game?

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JOHN		09-Jun-2011 09:39
Hi Ronny, When you start to ask about Travel Agencies in Accra a red flag goes up! A Travel Agent cannot get a Passport for anyone in Ghana, the person has to apply for one themselves, just the same as anyone would in any Western Country. The same goes when applying for a Visa. Yes, in some instances a person might get help from Travel Agencies for filling out Application Forms, but that is as far as it goes in helping people and if you used those Agencies to do that, you wouldn't be talking about it! This ploy is used by scammers in Ghana to try to make it look as if Travel Agents would give the scammer some sort of respectability! In fact, these Agents don't exist in 99.9 % of cases and in 'Sweetheart Scams', these so called Travel Agencies are in fact the scammers friend, or indeed himself/herself. Reputable Travel Agencies do exist in Ghana, but their business is arranging Flights, Accomodation, etc., usually for people traveling abroad fron Ghana,just like Travel Agents do all over the World. That's the business that Travel Agencies do! Regarding the names and Email Addresess, just forget them as scammers do change these on an ongoing basis and they mean nothing! If you Google them, you might see if they are in use now or if they had been used in scams before. However, my advice to you is to just put this whole episode behind you and to get on with your life. Also, look at what I also advised you in my last Post to you! Regards, JOHN

ronny		08-Jun-2011 11:15
all of your advice is solid but unfortunately i didnt heed some of them my case is very strange where i offered money first and then it began the cycle i was wondering if you can tell me please if a david afari is a legitimate travel agent at rhema travel agency in accra and if you have ever heard of any one using blessedblessing or jenny love 222 at yahoo named of course you know jenny and last eshun. she did not dissapear until i told her i was not in love and that it needed to bloom while in person, and also i stopped contact back first for awhile each time more and more, but now her fone is not on and i have been taken for alot of money, she did show me the passport and receipts from this rhema travel agency.i once told her also to take the money that i will send and start a better life and to forget about me, the most i sent was for passsport and visa and she did show me alll receipts did i get scammed i dont no what do you think sir?

JOHN		05-Jun-2011 17:09
Hi Guest of 4th June, It's a rough experience that you have been thru, but you were so lucky that you did not get that loan or you would have been in deeper trouble!! It's hard to give advice to someone who has been scammed like you have as you will be feeling so many different emotions.....One of those emotions is that you will feel like someone has betrayed your trust and that is hard to come to terms with, as you will feel that you have been foolish......However, those scammers are professionals at playing with peoples emotions and you have to make a decision to make. The decision you have to make is that you have to leave this experience behind you and get on with your life. Yes, you made a mistake, but then don't we all!! The positive to take out of this is that you will not ever be scammed again and while the loss of your hard earned $800 is bad, I have known people who have lost their lifes savings and in one instance I know of a Vietnam Vet who even even lost his house and was homeles for years......Yet, these people did recover with time and made good lives for themselves again, even if they were poorer. You have to tell yourself that you could have lost so much more! I know that you will be feeling annoyed and possibly disgusted with yourself for falling into that trap and you may even had developed feelings for the person who scammed you, but that person was not the person you thought he was! It was an illusion! You will be sad for for some time, but you have to come to terms with that, otherwise you will allow that scammer to have contol over the rest of your life and I don't think that you want that. If you have a good friend , why not confide with that friend as a problem shared is a problem halved! Make sure that you do not allow yourself to become depressed over this, as at this stage there is nothing you can do about the fact that you have been scammed. Accept it as the bad expeience that it was and move on! Some day you will meet someone special and this will all seem like a haze as time does heal anything......but you will not meet that special person on the Internet! There are too many scammewrs and conmen on the Internet, so learn by your mistake and move on! Many 1,000's of people are been scammed daily on the Internet, so make sure it does not happen to you again. I wish you all the best going foeward in life, so take care, Regards, JOHN

Guest		04-Jun-2011 20:16
I can't believe I fell for a scam. I met a man on a christian dating site after hesitating to do so. I decided the risk was worth it. Oh my goodness, did he work on my emotions and then came in for the kill. I am now $800.00 out of hard earn money that I really cannot afford to lose. I can't imagine if I had gone for the $2500 lone he was asking for. I did it even though I saw a red flag, but I convinced my self that since he seems genuine and Godly that I'd take the chance. I knew it was a totally scam when he let me know right after he picked up the money what tragedy happened where he was almost killed and how the money was all gone and he had almost lost his life. It was just really shocking. I came upon this site because I decided to check to see if by chance this tragedy would be in the Accra Ghana news page if there was one. That's when I stumbled upon your site. I am totally floored.

JOHN		22-May-2011 17:10
Hi Herb, This is the oldest scam in the book. The Security Storage Company described here is non-existant, as is the Gold. Can you imagine that anyone would leave Gold in Storage for 10 years in Ghana? No one in Ghana could be trusted to hold onto Gold for any period, I promise you that!! It just does not happen. If 'she' is from Cape Coast, it is possible that she is light skinned, as there are a lot of mullatas living there, as this part of Ghana has a lot of mixed raced people, dating back for Centuries. Cape Coast was where a lot of the 'Colonization' of Ghana happened and where Portugese, British, and other Europeans operated from. However, I think you already know that this is a scam, so I don't have to convince you. Regarding the names, you may not ever find these, as the names that they use are ficticious! However, if you visit www. Delphfaq. com and run the pictures thru their Site you may come up with the persons identity, but more and likely it is of a model! My advice is to stay well clear of those people, as you not gain anything and all that will happen is that they will give you the run around, just a waste your time! Stay Safe, Regrds, JOHN

Herb Periou		22-May-2011 12:38
Good morning; I'd like to ask if anyone on here has experienced meeting Sheila Ben-Smith or the person that may be her Attorney ( supposed to be) Dickson Brown. She indicates she is thirty, father passed ten years ago and supposedly left gold at a Security Company that require storage payment to extract. She is a scammer I am most certain of it...Sure plays with the heart strings and reverts to gutter talk when she doesn't get her way. The pictures are not Raven Riley, but her attire is expensive and she is very light skinned, better description is beautiful, model look.... Says she's from Cape Coast. Herb

JOHN		19-May-2011 10:22
Hi Guest of 19th May; Welcome to the Site and I will give you any assistance and help that I can. Firstly.......Do not send any money, even though you say it is 'only' $25 to $50...The simple reason for this is that would only be the beginning of falling into there 'net'!! That is how 'Scammers' start out with their requests,small in the beginning and then upwards after that! The reason for saying that this money is for food is to play on your humanity and decency and Scammers are professionals at doing that!It's what they do day in and day out 24/7. In any case, if you think about it, no decent person would ask for money from a stranger over the Internet and I ask you 'would you do that'? The answer to that I know would be NO!! Secondly, you did not say whether the Photos you received or of a Black person or of a White person, but I would venture to say that it would be of a White female! There are very few whites in Ghana and those that are there have neither the time or the inclination to scam! Regarding not having a computer, well that's a typical ploy by scammers as well! Ask yourself this......If that person was on a dating site or some such site, well how did they hope to correspond with people that they met? This person also says that they have no web-cam and the reason for this is that they do not want you to see them.....Thats the plain and simple reason and if you do see them on web-cam it might even be fake! Any Intrnet Cáfe in Accra or Ghana have web-cams and it only costs about $1 per hour, so there is no excuse for not appearing on web-cam. Regarding speaking to that person, well if it's a woman's voice it may not even be the person that you think you are corresponing with as the 'male scammers' use women for that and even use their sisters. Something else to look out for is that if you ring that person, does the same person always answer that phone, or do they ask you to phone at specific times? That way they can arrange for the 'woman' to answer! Finally, it's rare for a woman to 'scam', as 95% of scammers are young males! They do use women, but the 'men' are always in control! Regarding the Passport, there is no such thing as the 'Accra Embassy', and the issuers of the Passports would be the Paasport Office. My advice to you is that you are in contact with a scammer so be very careful and ask yourself if you you think this is worth all the hassle that you are having or going to have going forward and ask yourself this question; What is in this for me? I can tell you how you can find out for definite whether this person is a Scammer or not, but I am fully convinced that you already know that this is a Scammer. If you need any further advice, please come back on this Site, but in the meantime, DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY, and be very careful, Stay Safe, Regards, JOHN

Guest		19-May-2011 06:47
Hi I meet a woman from Accra, Ghana she said is from Burns, TX. but had to move back to accra after the death of her father. We met on a dating web site. She has sent me many different photos, some sexy but nothing nude. She ask me for some food money because she ran short for the month. She only asked for 25.00 to 50.00. We have talk on the phone and text each other. She says she has to use her friend's computer and don't have a web cam. She says she has a passport but it is expired. She said she went to the Accra Embassy and they told her just to renew it. I ran her name and pictures with the web site delphifaq and turned up nothing. I find somethings odd but don't know what to do. Any help. Please!

JOHN		11-May-2011 09:53
Hello Guest @00.56 on 11th May. Delighted that this Site helped you. It just goes to prove that in todays World that it pays to do your homework before sending money to anyone! Yes, there are 'Bona Fide' people out there who carry on their busines legitimately, but for each legitimate person, there are 100's of unscrupelous people who would stoop to anything to 'rob' people of their hard earned money! Wishing you the best, Regards, JOHN

Guest		11-May-2011 00:56
Aloha, I stumbled across your website as I was searching some information about Accra Ghana. Im so glad that I did! I was in negotiations for a rental home in Kailua, Oahu. This person wanted me to wire the deposit money to him. I looked up the home online (yay Google!) and spoke with the realtor. In essence, I saved myself a whole lot of grief because I read some of the posts on your site and decided to investigate. Thank you or as we say in Hawaii, Mahalo nui loa. Kuualoha

JOHN		19-Mar-2011 01:43
Hi Everyone, I was just doing some further research on Scamming and came upon this Clip from YouTube, where an American Man explains how he was scammed by a 'person' claiming to be Raven Riley, scammed him for $300,000 and then some. He lost all his money, his home, his dignity and had psychological problems when he discovered that he had been scammed! The Video Clip was done by ABC News in America. If you Google www.youtube.grandpa loses $300,000 to scam, it will bring that Clip up and also on that page are explained all types of Scams. A lot of scammers are now using Photos and Videos of Raven Riley to scam people, especially scammers from Ghana, so much so that she has started her own Site to warn people about it as well. There are lookalikes as well who try to scam people by Webcam from all the world as well as grom Ghana, by pretending to be Raven Riley and unforunatly it works in some instances! A further warning to all who may be in contact with people that they have met on either the Internet or on Online Dating Sites, please be very careful and never trust anyone, until they have earned that trust! Every day 1,000's of people are being scammed out of their hard earned money by ruthless people, who have no feelings for their victims and just boast about the 'killings' that they have made from innocent, trusting people. They are the lowest of the low and continually invoke the name of God to earn peoples trust. Always check IP Addresses of Emails and you will be not then be surprised to find that a lot of Emails of Scammers originate from West Africa in particular. Never ever, send money to someone that you do not know, or that you have not met personally. Always keep your guard up on the Internet, regardless of what your heart tells you and NO MATTER WHO YOU THINK IT IS, if they request money, it's a sure sign that you are in contact with a scammer! Stay safe, Regards, JOHN

JOHN		17-Mar-2011 02:36
GARY, That remark about being serious was not meant for you, it was meant for another person who had posted on here earlier. I am really sorry that you have lost so much and my heart goes out to you. People will not understand how that can happen, but I can, as I have seen it happen on numerous occasions! I appreciate that you are really hurting now, but don't be tempted to do anything rash like going to Ghana, as you could be putting yourself in serious danger if you did! It is very hard to track scammers in Ghana, because of false names, false addresses, false photos and because these scammers use different Cafés as well. A word of warning here as well, beware of ANYONE coming on this Site saying that they can track these scammers, because that problem has arisen before and those people were in fact scammers themselves. At this time all that I can suggest to you is to contact your Embassy in Accra and tell them wHat has happened to you! Be sure to keep all the Emails and contacts that you have regarding this scammer, as it may come in useful if you are able to get something going towards apprehending these scammers! Regarding stings, well this has been done before where large amounts of money are involved as in you case. If however, you have told your scammer that you are on to them, well then it would not be possible! If not, well stings have been carried out with Interpol involved, wherby some money was sent to the scammer and they were apprehended while trying to collect that money. This has happened in two ways. One was where Western Union agreed to comply with instructions from Interpol and the person was apprehened and the others were where the Monies were to be handed over to the scammers by a second party in a Hotel and they were apprehended there! In some instances the Monies were recovered where the scammer had assets, but in others the monies were all gone! The only sorce of comfort in the second instance was that the scammers did get arrested and were jailed! Gary, I know that it is a terrible thing that happened to you, but I also have to tell you that in most cases the money is gone forever! A lot of scammers are in Gangs and they are so hard to trace. In the meantime, you can post those Photos and IP Headers etc., on Delphifaq.com which will help other people from being scammed by these people. Nothing else occurs for now, but do come back on the Site, Regards, JOHN

Gary		17-Mar-2011 02:24
I don't know if the comment reply of if I am serious or not...If so YES I am very serious of both comments and a Ukrainiane translater site called express UA burned me.I use to have humor but not after costing me $100,000.00 ,home ,business,and social life.No I don't and never did have that type of humor.I am wanting to learn how to fight back and get this garbage gone....Wanting to work with anyone to do it right.

JOHN		17-Mar-2011 01:55
Hi GARY, I was just on the Site doing another Posting when I saw your Post coming in! If she is listed on Delfifaq as a Scammer, well then there is no doubt but that she is one! If you read my replies to David on 9th March you will see where I stated how easy it is to 'fake' an appearance on WebCam, and he too was about to be scammed by a person using Photos etc., of Raven Riley as well! Remember Gary that it is hard for those of us who live in the West to understand why the Authorities in West Africa do not to take action against these people who Scam, but there are many reasons for this. Firstly it is very hard to trace these people. Secondly, there are 100's of Cafés operating in Ghana and in Accra in particular and it's hard to Police these as it is really the responsibility of the owners of these Cafés to 'Police' there own businesses, but unfortunatly very few bother! The Scammers are in these Cafés 24/7 and are a good source of revenue for the owners of these premises. I have seen these scammers operate there and MONEY will buy anything in Ghana, as indeed it will in most Countries in the World, unforunatly! Most of the Scammers are men, but they do pay women to talk to potential 'clients' when needed! Getting 'delayed' in the Airports is another ploy that these scammers use to extract more money from victims and in your case they are trying this variation of scamming to get more money! Think about this for a moment: How in God's name could anyone arrive from Ghana to Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, in the expectatation that someone there in immigration was going to'help' her on her journey! Absolute rubbish story and typical of the tall stories that scammers invent!

Gary		17-Mar-2011 01:40
Yeah it's me again,Almost forgot to tell of other scammer in Ghana that uses Gods; name with all her email and yahoo im.Yeah she burned me also.And yes stopped looking in all the wrong places.Met both of them through friend/dating site called "Tagged".com How do I leave information about her email sites and Yahoo im names?Also have photos to share so no-one else is taken advantage of.She may be asking for help to get gold out of "Storage building where rent hasn't been paid in 13 years.Father inheritance left to her ahen she turn 33 and for "husband" to have in his name.At the time that was to have been me.So beware.

JOHN		17-Mar-2011 01:17
Hi funkonot, Reading your Posting, I really don't know whether you are joking or not! Firstly, if what you have posting is serious, then this is a scam! Nothing adds up here and if you are serios, just come back again on the Site and I will tell you why it is a Scam. Regards, JOHN

Gary		17-Mar-2011 01:14
I don't understand why authorities in these countries allow these scammers to get away with all of this.And when western union is sent why a sting can not be done to person at receiving.I was reading the comments here and I have email and chat with woman that uses photos from ravenriley site.I trusted and belived because she had cam and we both were on together.I have phone number,email add. and some where have her home address.But now she is inviting me to come to Ghana for two weeks for us to meet and stay at her "Mums" apartment on 6th street.Do I give her name ,email and yahoo Im here or do I try to find out the truth by going to Ghana to meet in person?We have a history of her supposedly on her way and got delayed in Amsterdam where a man that was to have worked immigration at the airport became involved.I want to know the truth and I also want to know how to be able to fight this fraud that cost me so much.She is also listed as Nancy something that is a known scammer from the delphi---- scammer site.I don't know how to spell it.But I think you know to which I refer.What can I do?Swears her Mum loan part of money for ticket and now wants another 500 from me.Having very hard time letting go.HELP !!!!

funkonot		15-Mar-2011 23:45
this is for anyone to answer! I believe that I am going through a scam with a woman that lives in KUMASI,GAHNA. We met on a online dating service, and have developed feelings for each other. She lived in Georgia,with her father for 8 yrs. until he recently died, and she went back to GHANA to spend time with her mother. Unfortunately now she cannot get back to the states and has requested money from me after just 4 days of knowing her. we did develop feelings in that time, and I have talked to her on the phone from GHANA. So, now she has traveled to ACCRA,to get information about coming back to the states and to be with me.The travel agency is called FLY SAFE TRAVEL AND TOUR AGENCY(flysafe_traveltravel@sify.com). Steven Neizer is the alleged Managing Director/CEO. much information was given about the H1B VISA,Passport and travel documents necessary for her flight.The money is to be sent to "Steven Neizer Accra,Ghana 00233" is this a scam! I look forward to all comments!

JOHN		10-Mar-2011 23:22
Hi Karen, It is another type of Scam! I bet that you saw a Statement somewhere on the Internet saying to contact a Police Man or a Police Unit that deals with scamming, where they say that they have apprehended Scammers and that they have monies that they got back from them when they arrested them! They then ask you to send details of yourself to them, if you have been scammed, to say that you will be reimbursed if they have caught your scammer! It's lies, as there are no such dedicated Police Units who deal with Scammers! In fact, in some instances the Police are involved in Scams themselves, so beware! The only time that scammers have been apprehended by the Police in Ghana is when either the British Police or the FBI., have been directly involved with them and a 'Sting Operation' was carried out! This has only happened a few times, and they were high profile cases, which had initially been instigated by either a news report by the BBC or by NBC and the amounts of money involved was very substantial! Karen, avoid this like the plague as you will only be involved in a worse type of scam! Hope this clarifies this for you and if you need more information, please come back on the Site again, Regards, JOHN

Karen		10-Mar-2011 02:13
Has anyone ever hear of the Ghanian government reimbursing the vicctims of scams. Or is that another scam?

JOHN		09-Mar-2011 23:23
Hi David, I am happy that you avoided this Scam. You have to take some credit as well for looking for advice before you jumped in! I know that you will feel bad for a little while, but that feeling will go away after a short time! You will have the last laugh now, because that person would have been sure that you were about to fall into his trap and he will be mad! It's amazing the amount of Scammers that are using Raven Riley's Photos and Videos now in Ghana! These Scammers are always inventing new ways to scam people, so don't feel too bad, as it's so easy to be taken in! You will never be deceived again and my advice is that you should stay nearer to home. At least you will be able to check out people now! Delighted that I was of help to you and I wish you all the best for the future and I'm sure that someday you will meet a nice girl and that you both will be happy. Regards, JOHN

David		09-Mar-2011 14:07
Hi John... I took your last advice & posted her name. It seems the photos & videos that I was sent are of Raven Riley. Raven has her own porn site. Thank you very much John for sharing your insights about scams. I am certain you saved me (and many others) from sending money to whomever is attempting this scam... Very much appreciated... David

David		09-Mar-2011 13:43
Hi John... I took your last advice & posted her name. It seems the photos & videos that I was sent are of Raven Riley. Raven has her own porn site. Thank you very much John for sharing your insights about scams. I am certain you saved me (and many others) from sending money to whomever is attempting this scam... Very much appreciated... David

JOHN		09-Mar-2011 00:47
Hi David, Just a few things for you to try. One is to Google her Email Address and see if that brings up anything. There is also an anti-scamming Site called www.Delphifaq.com that you could use to input her Photo and to see if that brings up anything. You can just input it on that Site and if it shows up nothing you don't have to Post it on that Site and it's free to use! They have 1,000's of Photos that Scammers use and if that picture has been used before it will show up. David, just a personal word of warning to you. You seem like a nice person so do bear with me. People who are Scammers, build up a relationship with people that can be very captivating and sometimes people don't want to take advice even when things just don't add up, so that is why I am asking you to tread very carefully with this person! Do not send money, or you will be sorry you did. I have spent a lot of time in Ghana and Scamming is an epidemic there. I stayed there for over a year on a few occasions and I know what I am talking about. I have friends who are Ghanaian and I observed how scammers operate there as it is a battle that I am fighting for years! Every day in Ghana, there are 1.000s of young men frequenting the Cáfés there and they work 24/7 Scamming people. They are professionals at what they do and they have no morals about robbing people. They all use the name of God in there Emails and conversations, but that is all false, as they believe that it is there right to Scam people. They try to justify it by blaming Colonienism for there plight in Ghana! THe majority of Ghanaians don't think like that, but that is how the scammers try to rationalize their scamming! Try Googling the Address as well, but I doubt if you will have any luck with that though! Remember too that there are almost 5 million people living in Accra, about 2 million in Tema and about 3 million live in Kumasi, so looking for a persons address is like looking for a needle in a haystack! They don't use mailing addresses like people in the West do, they mostly use Box Numbers! Scammers will also ask you to send money by Western Union, where they can send anyone to pick up the Money that they receive and Western Union there are not too fussy about checking up on people as they have already been paid their fees! I specifically do not like the fact that she/he asked you to send the money to a Travel Agent, as this is a common ploy used by Scammers! Is is usually a friend and indeed in a lot of cases it is even the same person. Note also what I said about getting a Visa to America! Anyone wanting a Visa for America has to have a Letter of Invitation from an American Citizen, or a Letter from some relation in America and they have to show the Embassy that they have the money and the financial means to support themselves when they get to America and your 'friend' does not appear to have those 'financial means' to do that! The next thing that they may ask you is to send a 'Letter of Invitation' to them. This is then dangerous teritory for you as they would have personal information about you, so you should never divulge that information to anyone! Also, go onto the American Embassy Site for Accra, Ghana and you will see the warnings that theyt have on that Site. David, I hope that this is of help to you and be very, very careful. Rememember the old saying 'If it sounds too good to be true, well then it usually is'. Stay safe and do come back on the Site again with any updates and I will help you as much as I can, Regards, JOHN

David		08-Mar-2011 23:02
Thank You for the response John. The pictures she sent of her looked very professional. She is Muslim and told me her mother was native Ghana and her Father was white European of the Catholic faith. She does look half Caucasian. I also have a mailing address for her but I need to locate it. I will post it here at a later date if you think it is would be beneficial.

JOHN		08-Mar-2011 17:06
Hi David, Just saw your Posting! The first thing that I have to tell you is NOT TO SEND ANY MONEY, whether it's to her or that 'Travel Agency'!!! The cardinal rule is that you must never send money to anyone that you do not know personally or that you have never met. No honest person would ever ask someone that they met on the Internet for money regardless of their circumstances! However, scammers will ask and that is the reason that I know that she/he is a Scammer! Yes, you may have thought that you saw her on WebCam, but that can be faked very easily! These people are professionals at what they do and use many ways of luring their 'victims'!! Just think for a moment, and I am not a prude, but can you imagine what you would think of a female friend who would go nude to a stranger on WebCam? Does that seem like a nice person to you? Would that have not given you reason to see alarm bells ringing? What is the motive behind someone who would do that, only to try to ensnare you and to keep you interested! Also, you don't say whether the person is native African or is white! Remember that there are very few whites in Ghana, if it's indeed Ghana that you are talking about! What these Scammers do is to use Photos of white models and also use videos of them, which they download from the Internet, and then pass themselves off as being that person! A simple test for you to ask her is for her to come on WebCam and then ask her to do something like raising her arm over her head or something simple like that and that will show you whether it is live WebCam or a recording! In any case, that is not the issue as Scammers can pay a female to come on WebCam live and perform for you, as the Scammers are usually young black men and they work in gangs! Regarding the Visas etc., well these are not easily got in Ghana, and a person has to fulfill a very high criteria before they are eligibe to get one! It's a complicated procedure and I have explained this in detail in other Postings on the Site! Scamming is big business all over the world especially in West Africa, so be careful that you are not the next person to be scammed! You are lucky that you came on this Site before you sent money, so don't feel too bad at what I have told you! You are not the first person that has been contacted by Scammers and you won't be the last! I can't help you with the Name as the detail is not enough, nor about the 'Travel Agency', but that makes no difference as they would all be in this together anyway and it's more than likely that it's the same person! If you want to give me more detail, just come back on the Site again. Hope you take my advice, Regards, JOHN

David		08-Mar-2011 13:59
Is thee any way you can check a lady that goes by the name Esther Hagan. She contacted me via a dating sit. Supposedly lives with her Aunt is saying she is in love with me. Asking for 2100 dollars to send either to Ransford Traveling Agency or to her personally. THE MONEY IS FOR THE REQUIRED PAPER WORK & AIR FAIR TO COME TO USA TO BE WITH ME. She has her own WEB CAM & IS VERY SHOWING OF ALL HER BODY IN THE NUDE... PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT. THANK YOU

JOHN		08-Mar-2011 12:27
To Guest, I hate to tell you this, but you have been scammed! Reason being is that there are as many variarations of Scams as there are Scammers! This man only knew you for 2 months and yet he asked you for $2,000, which unfortunately you gave him! Only SCAMMERS ask for money over the Internet, and there is no exception to this rule! What kind of 'business man' would go to GHANA and not have the appropriate money for his 'business deal'? It doesn't make sense at all! Why would anyone take his passport? Only the Police have the authority to take your passport, so why were the Police involved? The Scammer is either a Ghanaian or a Nigerian living in Ghana and this is just another story from him to get this money from you, unforunatly for you! He wanted you to believe that he was going all around the world doing business deals and yet he hadn't the money to VAT., it certainly doesn't add up! These Scammers come up with any kind of story to get your money and they are 'cold hearted robbers' who do not care what they do to get money! They have no conscieces and do not care about their victims. They are the lowest of the low. Sorry I had to tell you this, but there was no other way for me to soften the blow for you! He will continue to hound you for more money, so cut off any contact with him. Also, be sure to get off the Site that you are on as you will now be targeted by his friends as well! You can report him to the Christian Site that you are on so that they can take him off their Site, but even if they do that, he will come back on that Site under another guise, but that will not be your problem! If you can give me more information, please come back on the Site and I do hope that you will not get too depressed because of your bad experience, as you are not the first to be scammed, and you won't be the last! My Best Regards to you, JOHN

guest 21		08-Mar-2011 03:07
I met a met on a Catholic singles site about 2 months ago. He had been arranging for a sale of cars to business people in Europe. He had to travel to Germany to check on the automobiles that he was selling. After arriving there he had to go to Ghana as the autos had been sent there. When he arrived to obtain the cars he had to pay a valued added tax of $4200. He only had $2500 on hand and an American Express card. He said they would not take the American Express card. He also said they took his passport until he came up with the monies. To make a long story short I sent him $2000 toward his bill. I told him I could not send any more. He is trying to sell his laptop and Rolex to no avail. I am beginning to wonder if this is a scam and if I have been taken. He is supposedly from Beltsville, Maryland.

Jay		23-Feb-2011 00:11
I have not about scammers manipulating pictures to create photographic images that tell a phoney story. My scammer took a photo of me, said she made it her screen saver, and created a photo of her looking at the computer with my image on it. Except it was not her (she adulterated a pic of Sunny Leone a well-known porn star in LA). She played many photo tricks to make her story seem legitimate. This was an elaborate ruse including webcams. She has ad an Sugardaddyforme under Mark_meperfect. He/she used the email address aliceobeng11.com.

JOHN		25-Jan-2011 10:36
Hi Brian, It's a pity that happened but then accidents do happen, so not to worry on that score now, as we will all now look forward to helping people with their queries. This Site is a credit to you as it allows people an avenue to Post their queries mostly in relation to find out if they are being scammed and we have been lucky to be able to give those people that advice and we have been very sucessful in that field of expertise. For my part I am delighted that it is back on stream and that we can now offer help to many people again. We also have the excellent CK as a contributer on this Site and he also has vast experience in the areas of all types of Scams and in particular 'Sweetheart Scams' and I look forward to his contributions. I have been in Ghana on many occasions and it's a beautiful Country, however it is plagued by the Scammers there and these Scammers cause a lot of problems for honest, decent folk by their cunning ploys. In any case, it's good to be back to continue the 'battle' against these Scammers, Regards to all, JOHN

Brian McMorrow		20-Jan-2011 07:23
Hi guys...sorry that this long thread has gone missing...I was trying some new archiving software and it backfired and deleted thousands of comments.

JOHN		20-Jan-2011 00:20
For J Stone, Hi J, Be careful. This is a scam. There are no depths too low for scammers to stoop! You seem to be on to this scam in any case. Why would anyone want to pay for Real Estate in Gold? Just a few questions in relation to your 'query'; How would you be able to verify that the Gold was legitimate even if this person had it? It is not legal to send or take Gold out of Ghana unless it has a 'Seal of Approval' from the relevent Government Authorities as otherwise this would leave the floodgates open for illegal activities and the Ghanaian Government will not allow this to happen. Finally, if I had 1 cent for all the times that people tried to sell me Gold when I am staying in Ghana , then I would be a Millionaire as it's just another Scam. If you need any further information, please come back on the Site, Regards to all, JOHN

J Stone		19-Jan-2011 02:46
Corresponding with someone who says they are in Accra Ghana and wants to buy a piece of real estate I have for sale in US and pay with gold. I'm sure this is a scam, but can't imagine how it would work.

JOHN		31-Dec-2010 21:50
JOHN. Hi Git, Thanks for your greeting. I do hope that you feel a lot better now and I wish to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. I wish everyone who came on this Site in 2010 a Happy New Year as well and that 2011 will see all your wishes come thru. Stay safe in 2011, Regards, JOHN.

Git		26-Dec-2010 17:54
Hi John Thanks for your Christmas greetings. I am not so well, have a bad cold, knocked me down on Christmas Eve. But hopefully it will disappear in a week or so (coughs a lot). We have a lot of snow and it has been, and still is, cold also. I wish you, CK and Stephanie a Happy New 2011. Git

JOHN		30-Nov-2010 20:26
Hi Everyone I came across the following report which appeaed in FORTUNE Magazine which I thought gave a concise and informative overview about a typical type of scammer in Ghana and how rich that they become from this dispicable type of 'robbing'. As you will see from the Article, these Scammers also use many ways of raking in the money and remember a lot of the stolen Credit Card Details/Numbers are obtained by these 'scum' from 'Sweetheart Scams' as well and that is why people should be very, very careful when in contact with anyone from Ghana, Nigeria and indeed from any Country in West Africa. No one is safe from those 'scum' ; 'Online Scams create Yahoo Millionaires' By Leonard Lawal FORTUNE Magazine. In Ghana, where scamming is an art, the quickest path to wealth for the Cyber-Generation runs through the Computer screen. 'Akin' is, like many things in CyberSpace an alias! In real life he is 19. He wears Addidas Sneakers a Rolex Submarine Watch and Kilos of Gold around his neck! Akin, who lives in Accra,Ghana, is one of a new generation of enterpreneurs that has emerged in this capital City of 2 Millions, Ghana's largest. His mother makes $30 a month as a cleaner, his father about the same hustling at bus stations. But Akin has made it big 'working' long days at Internet Cafes and is now the main provider for his family and legions of relatives! Call him a 'Yahoo Millionaire'. Ghana Scams; Report from inside a Ghanaian 'Scam Cyber Cafe'---Americans are the favorite scam targets- ''We are the Winners; You are the losers!'' Akin buys things Online-expensive Laptops, Blackberries, Cameras, Flat Screen TVs- using stolen Credit Cards and Aliases. He has the loot shipped via Fedex or DHL to safe houses in Europe, where it is received by friends, then shipped on to Accra to be sold on the 'black market'. ( He figures that Americans are too smart to sell these on eBay to someone with an address in Ghana) Akin's main office is in any of the numerous Internet Cafes scattered around Accra. He spends up to ten hours a day there, seven days a week, huddled over one of the many computers, working his scams. He is not alone; The Cafe is crowded most of the time, with other younsters like Akin, working for a 'Chairman' who buys the Computer time and hires them to extract Email Addresses and Credit Card information from the 'thin air' of Cyberspace. Akin's Chairman, who is computer illiterate, gets a 60% cut and reserves another 20% to pay off Cafe Operators and Law Enforcement Officials who come around, or Teachers who complain when young boys cut school. That puts plenty of cash in Akin's pocket. That's it. I do hope that people will find this informative and also to warn people about the consequences of giving any information to anyone that they do not know over the Internet. Please be careful if you are in contact with anyone from Ghana, or indeed from West Africa, on the Internet. The person you are chatting to may not be the person that you think he or she is and they will more than likely have a different motive than you have. Stay safe everyone, Regards to all, JOHN

JOHN		10-Nov-2010 09:19
Hi Birgitta, I am fine thank you. Yes indeed Birgitta, romancescam.com do great work and the people on that Site have to be commended on the great work that they do in combatting scammers, so keep up the good work! The Photos on that Site are a good source of information relating to a lot of the Photos that these Scammers use. Talking of Facebook, I am sure that you realize that scammers now harvest it for the Photos that people display there and inocent peoples' Photos from there are now also being used by scammers. Anywhere on the Internet that displays Photos is now targetted by these scammers so people should be made aware of that and they should be extra careful of the amount of personal information that they put on these Sites as all types of Scammers can abuse that information! There is also another Site called Delphidaq.com which also does great work in combatting this scourge of scamming and they are to be commended as well. It's good to know that there are other Sites doing great work to help people in regard to all the Scams and Scammers that are out, as knowledge is power. As you would be aware, Scammers can cause havoc in innocent peoples lives that get 'hooked' by them and the more we educate people about the dangers of these 'people' the better chance of people avoiding being caught up in their clutches. Keep up the good work, Regars to all, JOHN

Birgitta		10-Nov-2010 07:06
Hi John, If you are on Facebook there is a group called romancescam.com. They publish pictures that are used by scammers. Hope you are okay. I am okay. It is autumn and mornings and evenings are dark. Don't really like it, makes me tired.

JOHN		07-Nov-2010 20:01
Hi Again, I omitted something very important from the list that I made and it is that most of the Scammers use stolen Photos of white women and indeed white men. They download these Photos from Modelling Sites, Porn Sites and indeed anywhere that they can lay their hands on these Photos. Remember that in Ghana that there are very few white women or men and of those that are there, they either work for Embassies or are in Business there or are there doing work for various Religious Institutions or for Western Charities working in Ghana!! Most are professional people and do not have the time nor the inclination to Scam. While there have been instances of scammers being white, inside West Africa it is a very rare occurance! Stay Safe, JOHN

JOHN		07-Nov-2010 13:10
Hi All, As the Site is quite, I just thought that I would give the following advice about Scams and Scamming. I realize that this advice has been given before, but it is always good to reiterate it, just so that people who are in contact with people in Ghana, or indeed any part of West Africa are aware of the 'bullet points' that indicate a potential Scam. An Article I have been reading makes me realize that a lot of people could save themselves so much pain, both financial and emotionaly if they just used these guidlines to be on the alert. Therefore, just because I know the signs to look for, does not mean that others will as well! The Article I was reading was about one Scammer in Ghana who has been arrested for Scamming women in England especially, of over £700,000 or $1,000,000. His name is Maurice Asola Fadola and he lived in a Mansion just outside Accra, with money that he had scammed from unsuspecting people online! He lived a life of luxury while he left a trail of misery behind him! The sad thing is that these Scammers show little or no remorse and most actually try to rationalise their actions by saying that they have done nothing wrong and yet most of them profess to be good Christians or Muslims and usually invoke the name of God in their Emails or conversations! How sad!! The following list covers most of the points that should be looked at if you think that you are involved in a potential Scam; * You met the person online, sometimes as a result of being on a 'Dating Site'. * You have not yet met this person face to face. * Out of the blue your new 'friend' tells you that they are plagued with Medical problems, either relating to their families or themselves which requires money from you. * THe person will promise to pay you back on the receipt of an inheritance of 'alluvial Gold' or sometimes they say 'Gems'. * Out of the blue they 'fall in love' with you, sometimes after only a few Emails. * They ask for money for Visas and or Plane Tickets, but even after getting this money, they never seem to be able to get out of Ghana, or require more money to pay off 'crooked' officials who are supposed to be detaining them. * They put you in contact with 'Travel Agents' who will sort out their travel plans for them, but these 'Travel Agents' ask for money upfront to do this and if they get this money, they suddenly disappear! * In Emails to you, these people consisantly use 'lower case' 'i's, and their Grammer or Spelling is not in line with their supposed education or life staion. This should definitely ring alarm bells, because remember that English is the first Language in Ghana and Nigeria! These are most of the indicators. A rule to follow is NEVER send money to anyone that you have not met face to face. Remember that if you do send money that the chances are that you will never see this money again because even if you find this scammer, that the local police seldom bother to follow up as it is not on their priority list and the reason for this is that 99% of Scammers use ficticious Names, Photos, etc., to lure their 'victims'. Always remember that these people are professionals at using 'emotional blackmail' to entrap their victims and have no conscience regarding how much they hurt people, regardless whether it's financial or emotional pain and they never do not care about anyone but themselves. These people are the 'dregs' of society and a lot are engaged in Withcraft and Voodoo. Hope this helps someone, Regards to all and do stay safe and be careful, JOHN

JOHN		06-Nov-2010 17:10
For KAT, i Kat, No I am not in Ghana at pesent, but I have been there for long periods over the last 3 years and I do know the place very well, just as you said. I would'nt normally reply to a query like this, but you sound nice and it won't hurt me to be helpful to you. I do know a place that does a lot of importing of Car Parts and accessories etc., and it may be worth a Phone Call from you to find out what you are looking for. The Name of the business is Bendego Enterprises, an the owner is a Samuel Seidu. His Address is 25th Pregrino Street, Kaneshi-Accra. His business Ph No is 00233-21-671664, and his Cell ( Mobile ) No., is 00233-244-638533. Now just be careful when you ring him, as I really do not know anything about him except that he deals in the Imports of the Auto Parts that I have already told you, so if you buy anything from him, it will not be my fault, as you know how sales people are. lol. If he hasn't got what you require then I'm sure that he will be able to direct you to someone who does. Hope you are successful, and thanks for your reply, Stay safe everyone, Best Regards, JOHN

kat		06-Nov-2010 10:07
Dear John i have just seen u post thank u again for the info i will most certaintly check it out. i did not know u are not in ghana lol u definately have a sound knowledge of this country which is great. and u have helped me a lot so far.thank you. i have one last question for you tho lol. I am looking for a car circuit voltage tester its like a tester screwdriver only its sharp to go tho insulated wired and has a black wire attached to the end to connect to earth. i have searched and searched for this all over but cannot find one.obviously i could order from outsie but time and hassle do u know of anywhere i can get one.hope to hear from u soon. best regards kat

JOHN		01-Nov-2010 18:23
To Guest @ 09.05 of 1st November, Are you the person that I was replying to, and did you put up that Email Address? I'm sure that if it is you, that you know that Email Address brings you onto the Site of a person in the USA. I didn't pay that much attention to it, but it seems that it has 'friends' of about 650 Members! If it is you, then you know that this person does not live in Ghana! If not, then I am to believe that it is by by coincidence that someone else put it on this Site and if that is so, then it is someone who wants to promote this Site, with a view to getting people to look at it? If that is the case, then that person is on the wrong Site, as this Site is not about promoting such Sites, nor the people to whom these Sites relate too! Regards to everyone, JOHN

JOHN		28-Oct-2010 16:43
To Guest, I appreciate the situation that you outlined, but first can I give you some advice and indeed pose some questions! Because you cannot give out his Email Address here, what you can do is to Google that Email Address. If he is talking to other people then you may be lucky and find his Email Address if he is using it to talk to other people! Also, you can Google his Name and see will that bring up anything! You say that he wants to marry you! Just a few questions that you have to ask yourself and it's this; Have you met him in person? Do you know about his background? If he is an ordained Minister, then what is his Religion? You may not be aware but there are 100's of different Churches in Ghana, and a lot of these Preachers or Pastors have or set up their own Chuches! For some this can be very lucrative, while for others they are just good Christians! Regarding him wanting to come to your Country, well that's a long procedure and you will want to tread carefully! If he applies for a Visa he will have to give the Embassy a lot of info.....The only way for him to be even considered for a Visa, is to have a letter of 'Invitation' from someone and it seems that he will want that letter from you! Now just to play Devils Advocate, I will just tell you that if he meets all the criteria for a Visa, then you would be responsible for him should he travel to your Country, and if he does not fulfill the conditions laid out in that Visa, then you would be held responsible. As an example, if he came on a Visitors Visa to meet you and just say that he did a runner,then you would be held responsible! Reason being is that you have to give a lot of personal undertakings in your Letter of Invitation! It's not something that anyone should do lightly! Has he his own Money? He will want to show the Embassy that he can take care of himself financially for the lenght of his stay in your Country, or if not, then you will have to say or prove that you can support him for the duration of his stay in your Country in your letter of invitation! Also, I just wonder if he has ever asked you for money? If he has, then it's a sign that he is a Scammer, as it's morally wrong to take money from anyone that you have only met on the Internet and no genuine person would ever do that, no matter what! I just hope that I have not totally confused you as I have to tell it as I see it! By the way, what would he do if he did come to your Country? If you reply to this, I know that you have not met this person face to face and that you have not been to see him in Ghana, so all you really know about him is what he has told you! I would say that you are an honest person, so the question is this; Is he honest with you? I don't know the answer to that, but you will have to think very carefully about it! You have really the biggest decision of your life to make, so be sure to take time out and do think a lot more about it! Hope to hear from you soon, Regards to all, JOHN

guest		28-Oct-2010 06:08
His name is Emmenuel and says he is the preacher there at fishers ministry he says he wants to marry me we have been talking for several yrs. now and ur the first person that I have been in contact that knows where his church is and can tell me more info. about him. so please if you can help me I would be so grateful to you I just need some info. about him I know he is on the web. alot to I dont want to give out his user name on here for yaho. I dont know what else to tell you is that I just need to know the truth about him and if he is talking to other ppl on the web. he wants to come here I dont know how to bring him here. I maybe asking alot but I really do need some info. about him. thank yo so much.

guest		28-Oct-2010 05:20
His name is Emmenuel and says he is the preacher there at fishers ministry he says he wants to marry me we have been talking for several yrs. now and ur the first person that I have been in contact that knows where his church is and can tell me more info. about him. so please if you can help me I would be so grateful to you I just need some info. about him I know he is on the web. alot to I dont want to give out his user name on here for yaho. I dont know what else to tell you is that I just need to know the truth about him and if he is talking to other ppl on the web. he wants to come here I dont know how to bring him here. I maybe asking alot but I really do need some info. about him. thank yo so much.

JOHN		27-Oct-2010 23:22
Hi Guest of 25th.... If you could give me some indication as to why you are in contact with this person, I could give you an Email Address. I have to be very careful about putting up an Email Address as I have explained the reason why on this Site over 9 months ago, and I don't want to sound dramatic again! If you or I put our Email Address on this Site, we would be unundated by Spam and worse than that, we would be targeted by Scammers. While I can deal withy this, I am not sure that you would as these people come in many guises! They look at Sites like this and they harvest Email Address's and I promise you that it is not worth it to post your Addreess! However, if you give me the 'Gist' of the contact that you have with this person, I could get around this problem. All I can tell you for now is that if you are in constant contact with this person do send him any money!! If you do you will regret it and I am saying that even if this person tells you that he is the person in charge and that he badly needs the money! The Church that I referred to in Madina does not solicit people for money as they are self financing! Stay safe all, Regards, JOHN

guest		25-Oct-2010 15:37
Hello, is there anyway you would email me so I can give you Emmanuel Quarshie user name? I would like to give you more info. I would like to find about him if I can. ty so much.

JOHN		23-Oct-2010 20:29
Hi Guest of 23rd October.... If you can supply further details regarding your quey I can help you! The information you give is too vague. There is a large Catholic Movement and Church in Madina which has ties with the USA., and in their literature they do use the phraseology of 'Fishers of Men', but then in Ghana a lot of people use religious themes and even call their business' by religious or 'Biblical' phrasess. This is common practise! If you come bck on the Site and give me more information I will help you. Regards to all, JOHN

guest		23-Oct-2010 08:48
I would like some information on a preacher Emmenuel Quarshie his church is Fishers of Men.... I do belive that is the name of it...He says it is in Madina Ghana. Please send me some answers about him. TY.

JOHN		09-Oct-2010 12:19
Hi Kat, Nice of you to come back on the Site to let me know what had happened! I realize that Madina is a good few miles outside of Accra, but it's a nice place and I'm sue you must like it there. I know how it feels when the people there stare at you because you are white, but that is just curiosity by the Ghanaian people! They are a lovely gentle people in the main as you know, and have and show a lot of respect for any white person. They make you feel so welcome that sometimes it feels sureal. It's a lesson in hospitality that we in the Western World could learn a lot from. I remember my trips into Makola Market and the same applied to me, as I was the only white person there. A funny thing happened to me one day in that Market. It happened that the lights all went out, which happens frequently as you know, and I was right in the centre of the Market. About 10 women Traders came to me with flashlights on, they were concerned for me, told me not to be scared and they promptly brought me out to the Main Street. Anyone that tried to approach me were quickly told to get lost, and 5 minutes later I was on my way back to where I was staying in a Taxi. That's how caring these people can be! However, as you know there are always some exceptions to that rule, but that would apply in any Country. After 2 years there I am sure that you love it there. Yes, it can be lonely at times and you would miss the company of other whites of a similar age, or of a somewhat similar background to yourself so if you did find an expats group it would be nice. All I can say to you is that there are expats groups there, especially in Airport City. I know some of the people but for obvious reasons I can't tell you their names on this Forum, but as I said before that if you go to the Bar/Restaurant that I gave you in Osu in the last posting to you, you will meet a lot of whites there. Just ask some questions and they will tell you where these expats congregate apart from the Pub 'On the Run'. Maybe you could also drop in to the Bar or the Restaurant in the Novotel Hotel in Accra, as you can also use the swimming pool there for a few Cedi, even if you are not a resident! It's a nice setting there beside the pool, and I am sure you would enjoy it! Lol., I am beginning to miss Ghana now after telling you these things and it would be nice to be there again in Ghana now that the Fall or Autumn is coming where I live. I envy you the Sun and the friendly Ghanaian people! Hope this was of some help and do come back to let me know how you get on, Regards to everyone, JOHN

kat		08-Oct-2010 19:31
hie john, sorry i have been so busy and no haircut either yet lol. i wil definately check out where u mentioned and see if they an work some majic for me if not il be lookin like robinson cruso son enough lol.thank u very much for your help though. it sems u are well aware of whats up in ghana so if i may ask u another question ,do u know if there are any expat clubs etc in accra. i live in madina and not many white people here so at times is nice to see another white person oh please dont get me wrong ghanaian people are lovely but even after 2 years people still watch me walk down da street like im some alien lol. anyways let me know .thanx again.

JOHN		14-Sep-2010 23:04
Hi Kat, It's funny how you arrived on this Site and I can see the funny side as well!! At least it made you read the Posting..lol. I cannot give you the exact location, but if you go to Osu, and go to the Restaurant called 'On the Run' ( I kid you not)you will see that it is frequented by white people mostly. As you know, any Taxi driver will drop you right outside the Premises! I'm sure that the Proprietor, or any of the customers there will be able to tell you where there is a Salon. When I was there I used to get my hair cut in the Novotel Hotel, as I stayed there on a few occasions, and they had a Salon there. Also, as you will know there is a fairly new Shopping Mall opened on the Road to the Airport, at the Shieshie Roundabout, and I am sure that there is a Salon there, as all the 'Big Names' have shops there, and it is a lovely Mall to shop in as well. Trust that I have been of some help to you, and maybe you will come back on the Site and let me know how you got on! I do hope that you are enjoying your stay in Ghana because as you know at this stage that it is a beautiful Country, and the Ghanaians in the main are very nice people! Sorry I can't give you any more definitive information. Regards to everyone, Stay Safe, JOHN

kat		14-Sep-2010 12:45
hi john. firstly i know this probably isnt the place to ask about this as the topics seem to be about scammers however i got to this site looking for white hairdressing salons in ghana lol.I read your post however u mentioned there are very few which means there must be one right . please could you kindly let me know where one is as iv been here 2 years now and really need a good haircut by someone who knows how to do it well or any other salon that can cut white peoples hair well and style it. thank you very much .

JOHN		28-Aug-2010 19:14
Hi Morley, If you can give more detail, I can get this checked out for you! A note of warning however. There are very few 'White Hairdressing Salons' in Ghana. Reason being that there are very few white people there. I assume that you are talking about Accra! Most Ghanaian Women would not be able to afford to pay a lot of money for 'hairstyling', and especially the prices that are charged by 'foreigners' in Accra! Most Ghanaian women would go to native African Hairdressers, as African Hairstyles are much different from those in the West. Reason being that most Ghanaians, and indeed most Africans use 'Hair Extensions' because of the composition of African Hair. It is a very specialised way of doing hair, and Hair Salons there mostly use, and indeed are owned by Ghanaians. Personally, having spent a lot of time in Ghana, I for one could not believe that it would be lucrative to have a Hair Salon in either Accra or Ghana on a large scale, as the prices that you could or would charge would not make it a very attractive proposition! Also, if these people are stranded in Ghana, the obvious place for them to go would be the American Embassy in Accra. If they were 'Business People', I am sure that the Embassy would be able to help them! Imagine if you or I had a Business in Accra, and it went bust, do you think that we would be on the Internet looking for help? I doubt it!! Also, surely 'Business People' would have savings, and would also know that their Business was in trouble long before it went 'bust', and would be making alternative plans to get home? Scammers are very inovative, and are always coming up with news 'Scams' to use on decent people. They will never stop changing the goalposts, and coming up with news Scams to rob people of their hard earned money, so be very, very careful, as they are professionals at what they do! Something else to remember is that if these people are genuine, then they would all have families in Houston, or in the USA to help them out, so why in Gods Name would they be looking for money from you on the Internet? Common sense should prevail here, and why should these people look to you for help, when I assume you know nothing about them? If any legitimate 'Business Person' was in trouble, I doubt if they would be looking for a 'stranger' to dig them out of that trouble! Just think about that for a while! My opinion is that this is an out and out Scam,and I would stay well clear of it. Ask yourself this as well- What is in this for you? If I can be of further help, please do not hesitate to come back! Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

morley		28-Aug-2010 03:49
Has anyone heard about a group of Americans from Houston who apparently are trapped in Ghana after their hair dressing company went bust? appently they are white girls all trying to get back to Houston. Is that a scam as wel?

JOHN		17-Aug-2010 09:06
Hello GIT, Nice to see you back from your Travels all over Europe. You seem to have had a nice time! Great to see you coming back on the Site to check on things. It has been very quite on the Site for the last 2 months or so, and I hope that is a good sign. Maybe people are becoming more aware of scamming because of the publicity that it is now receiving. I hope so. Anyway, stay well, and do come back as you stated. Hope you are fine too CK, Regards to all, JOHN

Git		15-Aug-2010 13:23
Hello John and CK. I am back at work since a week and have been traveling a couple of weeks in the beginning of my holidays. Have been in Austria and Italy and passed through Germany and The Czech Republic. I'm checking in here now and then to see if I can be to help. But to be honest, I have left this experience behind me.

CK		23-Jul-2010 14:52
Connie, Just to clarify 2 things. The IP address from a Yahoo e-mail you want to look for in the headers will show this.... Received: from [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] the xxx being the numbers of the IP address. The ones near the top that say Originating and via will show the Yahoo e-mail server. 2nd, I forgot that Yahoo also has a mail server in Sunnyvale, which is also in California. So if that IP came up and was caught with it, he could always use the excuse...."yeah California, just like where Bakersfield is. I can't help it if my e-mail is routed out of another city!"

CK		23-Jul-2010 14:29
To Connie, This scammer is somewhat clever. The reason he is saying he is in Bakersfield is because of the IP address in his mail. If you look at the headers of the e-mail, you will notice a couple of IP addresses. A couple of them near the top will resolve to Bakersfield if you do an IP check. This is to fool somebody into thinking, well ok, his IP address shows Bakersfield, he says he is in Bakersfield, so he is must be real. However......that is not his real IP address. The IP address that comes us up near the top of the headers is the IP address for the Yahoo e-mail server, which is located in Bakersfield. He sends out his mail using a "Yahoo" e-mail account and naturally it must pass through their server. If you find the Originating IP, located at the bottom of the header, you'll find one that most likely resolves to Ghana. I'll also ditto what John said, he hit the nail on the head, nothing much I could add to his warning. For the Guest looking into Phil Adams, its possible you hit upon the same scammer. Sweetheart scammers will often go after many victims as possible. But I'd say with a 99% certainy that the Bakersfield angle is solely based on the IP address in his mail in order to fool a victim who might know enough to check out the IP. John, Git and Stepanie, hope all is well with you!

Guest		23-Jul-2010 02:29
Bonnie - Please respond to my query regarding Phil Adams and his claim of being in Bakersfield, CA. This is important to me . . . your response is appreciated. Please tell me what you know about his claims.

JOHN		22-Jul-2010 09:31
BONNIE, Typographical error when I called you CONNE, sorry about that, Regards, JOHN

JOHN		22-Jul-2010 09:23
For CONNIE, Hi Connie, Just to let you know that you are in contact with a 'SCAMMER'!! You are probably clever enough to know this anyway, thus your reason for coming on this Site! I don't care if he is a 'white Ameican or a coloured one', he is a 'Scammer'. Reason why I know he is a 'Scammer'? He has used a ploy thet 'Scammers' use, and that is to ask for money!! No one but a 'Scammer' would ask another person for money over the Internet! His 'Story' is a slightly different approach, but that is to try not to raise your suspicions! How in Gods name can a 'Soccer Scout' be in Ghana with no monry? What a stupid story!! He is using the fact that Ghana did so well in the World Cup to come up with this cock and bull story, and hope that people fall for it!! Remember that anyone on the Ghana World Cup Team that are not already playing with big Clubs, are in the proces of being 'Head Hunted' by some European Clubs! An example is Gyan, the Ghana forward, who is being approched by Liverpool, and may have already signed for them! His transfer fee would be worth about $25 Million. I kid you not! So how can a 'Guy' with no money be in Ghana as a 'Soccer Scout'! it's laughable to say the least. There are some 'Soccer Scouts' there right now alright, but these 'Scouts' are paid large sums of money by Soccer Clubs to do their job, and usually work for the bigger Football Clubs! These 'Soccer Scouts' are usually ex-footballers who are rich in their own right and would certainly not be in Ghana with little or no money! Finish with him immediately, as he is a definite 'Scammer', and will try to give you excuse after excuse as to why he has no money at this time! If he really is a 'Socce Scout' and has run out of money, which is very unlikely in any case, he would be onto the Club that he is scouting for, and he would have money sent to him in hours! He certainly would not be asking people over the Internet for money! Incidentally, since Ghana did so well in the World Cup, this is a new ploy that the 'Scammers' are using, and rest assured that there are 1,000's of 'Scammers' in Ghana working 24 hours a day, who will only be too happy to take your money, by using phoney stories! To sum up; 1.Stay away from this guy, he is a definite Scammer! 2. A 'Scammer' is a person who will use any means to get your money, therefore anyone who asks for money over the Internet is a 'Scammer', and there are no exceptions to this rule!! 3. If you talk to anyone in West Africa, never ever send money! 4. There are very few 'Whites'in Ghana,but because 'Scamming' is such a lucrative business, be prepared for anyone who asks for money! 5. A rough estimate by the US State Dept., states that around 2 Billion Dollars a Year is lost to 'Scammers', by US Citizens, a lot of these citizens would consider themselves as being smart, so make sure that you don't add to that total. 6. Add in what the rest of the world has been 'Scammed' for, and you will come up with a figure of about 5 Billion Dollars! 7. Go onto the United States Embassy Site in Accra Ghana, and read what they say there very carefully, and you will become very wary about being 'Scammed'. Finally, good luck to you, and if you need any more information or help, just post on the Site. Hope this has helped you, Regards to all, JOHN

Guest		22-Jul-2010 03:00
For Bonnie regarding Phil Adams. Has he given you an address in Bakersfield, CA? Please reply in this forum. I would appreciate it.

Bonnie		21-Jul-2010 16:18
Phil Adams now says he is based in Bakersfield, Ca but travels as a soccer scout and is currently in Ghana now to solidify a contract. Has asked for money smart enough not to fall for it but lures you in looking for a serious relationship uses phil_ada2008@ yahoo.com His english is perfect online he has asked for my phone number but I did not give but I have spoken to him on cell phone via skype which when I questioned him why he had a Ghana exchange he had a plausable excuse.

JOHN		27-Jun-2010 17:21
Hi GIT, Very nice to hear from you,and thank you for your thoughfullness in wishing us all a nice holiday. I want to wish you the same, and also to wish CK, and Stephanie all the best for the summer as well. Hope you have a nice break GIT, and great to see that you are looking forward, because it proves that you realize that it pointless looking back. It's something that we should all do in life. Come back on the Site after the Holiday, if you get a chance, and I again wish you all the best in your life going forward. Bye for now, Best Regards to all, JOHN

Git		26-Jun-2010 18:31
Hi John, CK and Stephanie Want to wish you a nice summer and vacation. I am looking forward to 5 weeks away from work. Only 1 week left before vacation. I am okay, thinking less and less of what has happened to me. No idea to think back, only to look forward. But I am not on any dating sites except for Dating'nMore, where the owner keep an eye on potential scammers.

JOHN		16-Jun-2010 10:26
Hi Guest of 16th June, You didn,t supply enough info regarding 'Agnes Glover', so it's not possible to answer your query. However, you could Google her Email Address and see if anything comes up. Also, if you have a 'Photo' of 'her'? then there are other sites that you can use to see if anything comes of that! A lot of Scammers use stolen Photos of either Models or Porn stars to entice their victims, and they are usually Phots of 'White' women! If you have Photos, nd they are of a white girl, well tread warily, as there are very few white girls in Accra, or indeed in Ghana. If you have not got a Photo, well ask for one, and I will not be surprised if you receive a photo of a beautiful white girl. Just Google 'Scammers in Accra' and that will bring you to the sites that I have suggested. If I can be of further help, just leave a Message again, Hope this helps you, Regards, JOHN

guess		16-Jun-2010 06:35
Is Agnes Glover a scam artist she is in Accra Ghana

CK		17-May-2010 16:58
To guest of 12may, Like John, I'm glad to see you researched "Daniel" and came to the conclusion something was up! You can't be too careful nowadays. The sad story about his wife/daughter that he said he did not want to talk about, well eventually he would have told you about it. The scammers all have a sad story to pull on the heart strings, to help lure the victim in. He probably would have told you his wife died and his daughter was seriously hurt in an accident. Then he would have asked you for a small loan to help pay for the girls medicine or some surgery. It's also a good thing that you didn't give him your phone number, because once they get it, they never stop calling. They think their charm and words of love will win you over. Even if you told him to his face you knew he was a scammer, he would deny it and still call you professing his love. Thank you also for posting, will def help anybody stopping by looking for answers.

JOHN		13-May-2010 10:06
For Guest of 12th May @23.11. Hi Guest, Well done on doing your Homework, espesialy in regard to this Scammer!! Also, if he contacts anyone else, and uses his Name or that Email Address that you gave, and if people Google either one, then they will land on this Forum, and thus be forewarned!! These Scammers never give up, and it was perceptive of you to note the time difference, in relation to the story that he was telling you! That is something that can sometimes trip up the Scammers, as sometimes they do forget about the time difference! Delighted that you found out so soon, and thanks for your Posting, as it will help others. Stay safe everyone, Regards to all, JOHN

guest		12-May-2010 23:11
since this has become apparently the main location for posting on sweetheart scams - I have had recent - as in minutes ago contact from Danny or Daniel Anderson - claiming to be and Italian business man working with a friend in Ghana at OSu Children's Home - nothing added up but then again I did my homeowrk from minute one - he showed the same video cam clip twice on the first day he contacted me - at one point he said he was going to bed it was almost midnight - I had looked up the time difference and he should have been 7 hours ahead of me so according to my clock it should have been 2am - any time anyone approaches on line be vigilant - he has only chated with me for a few day before I found this site - I just copy pasted some of the postings here about him back to him in the Yahoo Im - Danny Anderson is using Yahoo IM and is under single.danny@yahoo.com - he stillhas a sad story about his wife and daughter and "would rather not discuss it" - he also pushes very hard to get a phone number - I did not give him my number just like I dont give it to anyone - all I can say is that if you are going to chat with anyone on line is to dig dig dig - be safe

JOHN		10-Apr-2010 10:03
Hi C K, Delighted to see your Posting, and that you had a nice break at Easter. Hope that the headaches stay away for good, and it seems that the relaxation of the break helped you in that regard. I laughed when I also saw the 'guest' telling me 'to stay out of my life', as I was wondering as to how I intruded on his 'life, when in fact I knew nothing about him until he appeared on this Site. In any case, it's funny, but I suppose that's life!! As you said, we are here to offer advice to people regarding Sweetheart Scammers, and to advise people as to how they should deal with these , and other related Scams. Nothing more and nothing less!! Great to see your Posting again, Regards, Stay Safe all, JOHN

CK		09-Apr-2010 14:23
Hi John, Stephanie and Git, Hope you all had a good Easter. I was on vacation with my family, then got sick with Bronchitis for a week. I've been good with the headaches lately knock on wood. I've ignored the ramblings and personal attacks of the new guest. He is not going to deter me from offering any help I can give if somebody posts here looking for answers or help regarding sweetheart scammers or any online scam. All any new person here needs to is basically get a cup of coffee, take some time and read the postings over the past year. I would say the postings from John, Git, Stephanie and myself will speak volumes of where we stand and our knowledge on the subject at hand. We've exposed the louse that claimed to help people find the true identity of their online "loves" while claiming he would never ask for money. All he did was refer you to a 3rd party who would ask for money instead. There are quite a few posts from people who read the discussions, saw how the story was similiar to their own situation and got out of it before it was too late. The guest is correct in saying that anybody who asks for money should not be trusted, but that is what we have been saying all along too. As for his last comment about telling John "to leave him alone and get out of his life", is John contacting you at home? Sending you e-mail? No? All he did was respond to you on here. If you don't want interaction with John, myself or anybody else here, then do not come here. There are millions of websites to visit. It's like radio, you don't like the music the station is playing, then you change to another station.

JOHN		09-Apr-2010 09:53
Hi Stephie, Great to see your Posting and that you are getting on so well. You definitely have goals in life now, and you should feel proud of the work that you do. I wish you well in your Studies. You have turned a very bad experience into something very positive, and we can all learn from that. Regarding the 'guest', well we have seen all sorts of attempts to disrupt the work on this site, but neither he or others like him will succeed in doing that! Hope that C K., is fine as well, Regards and stay safe, JOHN

Stephie		06-Apr-2010 21:01
Hey CK, I just read your amazing story about a fellow American (Hoo-ah! USA) who doggedly persued his scammer and WON. OH yeah baby! I wonder if this had anything to do with the documentary I was watching on TV? Hum........... I also read your headaches are still bothersome. I am so sorry about that. Been down that road but luckily they faded with time. Prayers for your improved health. Take care CK. What's up with the idiotic guest who continues to bad mouth you and John. I always say, "Guest who has no balls to post name, has nothing valuable to say" Hugs

Stephie		06-Apr-2010 20:43
Hello CK, John and Git:) Although a couple days late, I wanted to wish everyone a blessed Easter season. LOL - seems things never change on this site do they? I am doing remarkably well. You sounded good Git, may I hope things are somewhat smoother for you? My heart is totally healed from the scam, I am deeply involved with the deployed troops and have received many genuine responses which have far outweighed my contributions of care packages and support letters. My scammer posing as a "soldier" seems to be quite the up and coming new "vogue". Saw a news documentary from the Military warning women to beware of "sweetheart scams" involving soldiers. Ah... now why wasn't that on TV when I was going through my ordeal? Oh well, moving forward in life. I have decided to finish my degree in Psychology and work with the troops in Afghanistan and/or Iraq. Yeah, talk about moving forward. Every now and then I think of the young man who scammed me........I have forgiven him and hope that more people become aware of the pitfalls of internet romance scams, so as to avoid broken hearts and wallets. I will always be grateful to the help you have given me. Without it I would have been so lost. Thank you! Keep up the good work mates. CK how are your headaches, better I hope. Hugs

JOHN		01-Apr-2010 11:26
Hi GIT, Nice to see you coming back on the Site, and that you are doing OK. Just to return your Greeting, and to wish you a Happy Easter as well. Stay safe everyone, JOHN

Git		31-Mar-2010 06:30
Hi John and CK Hope you are doing okay. I am okay. Want to wish you both a Happy Easter. To Guest 31-Mar-2010 03:50. You don't have a clue of what you are writing about. Not until you have been walking in the shoes of the people that ran into it. Romance scam hits you like a bomb, especially if you have not heard about it before. It makes you fall down in a big, black hole. But if it had hit you, as it did to me, there is nothing to do except trying to survive and forgive yourself. I am surviving, but have still not forgiven myself being that stupid. But the damn mugu hit me in a time when I did not feel too well mentally. But what goes around comes around and some time, somewhere, they will be punished.

JOHN		29-Mar-2010 16:54
To Guest of 28th March @ 21.56. PART 2. You also state that I have become a Guru, and I quote 'or as in my case a self-appointed revered mentor', end of quote!! Can you tell me where I ever said that I was a Guru? You can't, because I never stated that. I also never have 'appointed', or self-appointed myself as a revered mentor..... The mentioning of Guru or mentor came from you, not me! You also stated that 'there are always those who are looking to make a buck, just read the comments offering help', end of quote. Yes people have come on this Site putting their Email Addresses here in the hope that they would lure people into contacting them, in relation to the finding of the whereabouts of Scammers, and then they would pass that person on to a third Party, who then would try and charge that unfortunate person for their services, but both C K., and I have warned people about that practice, on more than one occacasion, and we have consistenly told told people who visit this Site, that they should never pay anyone for that kind of service, as it is just another Scam!! On this Site, people Post here looking for help, and advice, regarding Scammers. These are people who want to find out whether they are being Scammed or are about to be Scammed, and that is where I come in with my advice. It is out of concern for those people that I give them advice and for no other reason. As I have stated before, neither C K., or I have ever charged anyone a Cent for this, our satisfaction is knowing that we have twarted another Scam, or Scammer. Furthermore, I do not canvass for people to come on this Site with their queries, they do so off their own bat, and are always very thankful when they get the help that they need. So would I, if I was in their shoes, because as the saying goes 'Do onto others as you would wish them to do for you', which is a Christian principle, and a very laudible one at that! Regarding my qualifications for giving advice about Scamming, well I deal specifically in Sweetheart Scams, and I have years of experience in every type of Sweetheart Scam that exists. I have traveled to Ghana extensively in the past 2 Years, and have lived there for one year. I have friends there who detest Scammers and the bad name that it is bringing on Ghana, and they help me at every turn. I have been in the dingy Cafe Rooms of Accra in particular, and seen at first hand how these Scammers operate. Whatever success I had in aprehending some of them I will not say, but suffice to say that I will continue to do it, as I will continue to pass on my experience to those who come to this Site looking for help, and neither you or anyone else will deter me from doing that. In summary I will say that it is easy to critisize someone who is trying to do their best, but I know that the work that I do on this Site, as indeed the work that C K., also does is appreciated by many who visit this Site. Also, I hate replying in such depth, as it is time consuming, and it is not what this Site is set up for, but I will do it anytime that I get unfair critism, or indeed that anyone else who is critisized unfairly who is helping on this Site, and also to protect my good name my character, and my motives. Constructive critisism is welcome, but unfair critism will be answered. Nothing else occurs at this time, Regards to all, Stay Safe, JOHN

JOHN		29-Mar-2010 15:48
To Guest of 28th March @ 21.56. PART 1. I was not going to dignify your Message by replying, but your cowardly written attack on me has promted me to reply. Who appointed you as the conscience of Forums like this? Do you really think that you can just come on this Site, and say what you like, and not expect me to reply. You have made some very serious observations regarding this Site and the people who are on it, and especialy in regards to me. Firstly, I have to clarify some points for you. You say that I should get another job!! I don't know what gave you the idea that I was employed by this Site. ( You should never jump to conclusions ). If you had read my Postings, as you said you did, you would have known that I give advice on this Site for free. I have never charged even one Cent for that advice, nor would I ever even dream of doing so! I give up my time voluntarily, do not ask for anything in return, and then you think that you have the right to come on this Site and ridicule me? What have you ever done for anyone? Judgeing by the way you came out of the blue and onto this Site with all guns blazing, I would suggest you have done very little, except maybe criticize other people like me!! What is your problem? Who rattled your cage? Remember that the bad guys here are the Scammers, and not people like me, and others like me, who try to help people from the clutches of these Scammers. Maybe if you vented your anger in their direction, you might achieve something tangible, instead of ridiculing me just for the sake of it!! You even question my intelligence, and yet you have no grounds to do that.. How do you measure intelligence? If I have Degrees, does that make me more intelligent? Is that your yardstick? For your information, I am not going to tell you whether I have Degrees or not, as in my eyes, it is not relevent to what I do on this Site. You also talk about education! What has that to do with anything on this Site? The only education on this Site that I am interested in, is in educating people about Scammers! Their are a lot of contradictions in your Postings, so perhaps you should have used your intelligence, and put a little thought into how you phrased your message, as you seem to have set yourself up as an expert on intelligence as well! One example of that is where you state that 'my messages are disgusting and without merit', end of qoute! Then you say that if I post my 'Doctorate Degree' that you will apologize formally. The logic to this then, according to you is that if I have a Degree, then my messages are OK!! How can that be? If they are wrong in the first instance, how can the possession of a Degree make them right? You also state that you did not attack me personally, but you did state that people should stay away from this Forum, 'as it is riddled with dishonesty and deceit', end of quote! As I am one of the biggest contributors to the Site, common sense means that this statement has to apply to me, and in the English Language, that means that you slandered me with that statement!! That's another inconsistency, and I deeply resent your statement!! You also said, and I quote 'I do not need your misguided advice, or uneducated use of our English language', end of quote! For your information, I have never given you advice, but I did make statements to you in my reply, but there is a difference between advice and a statement. Regarding my use of the English Language, I think that this reply will let you know as to how good I am in using it to convey my message to you, and others can judge it as well!! I will continue in PART 2, Regards, JOHN

Guest		28-Mar-2010 21:56
Sorry John, this was not an attack on you or anyone else. Just some common sense that passed through. It always amazes me how people of unknown education, origin of locale, etc., become guru's (as in your case a self-appointed revered mentor) of sensitive material like peoples emotions relating to experiences without exposing themselves for who they really are. You cannot possess the skills or know-how to deal with the emotions of this proportion. No, intelligent human being is going to go onto a form like this and profess just as you have done. Does that strike another dischord with you? And where did you come up with word "scurilous" might I ask, where in my posting was I grossly or indecently abusive? You need to check your dictionary carefully before using words you are not familiar with in the future. Oh, ASPERSIONS! Who did I slander? There is nothing in my posting that indicates that or warrants your inaccurate appraisal. You really need to get a grip . . . It is obvious that you are upset because I am telling it like it is . . . you need to find another job and leave these poor people alone. And, by-the-way I have read your so-called messages and they are disgusting and without merit. Post your Docorate Degree . . . and I will formally apologize . . . until then, sleep tight; I mean no harm to you or anyone, but don't attack me when there is no reason to. Nothing said in my posting mentioned you, or anyone personally. I was addressing my comment to the helpless individuals who get drawn up by the likes of you . . . (Now, that was intented) And, do not respond to this e-mail . . . I don't care what you think, just go away. I do not need your misguided advise or uneducated use of our English language. My comments were purely sincere and purely in good faith so that others out there being heisted by ill-informed, poorly educated individuals are more commonly drawn together in unity to become a force to stop the insanity. Get it? There is always a new penny to be picked up, you soon will be a old tarnished one so that a new penny can be picked up again. Good Luck to you.

JOHN		28-Mar-2010 11:44
To Guest of 28th March @ 02.06. In reply to your Posting of 28th March, well it also amazes me that someone like you would come on this Site, make blanket statements like you have just done, and then think that you are very clever!! You talk about Brain, well perhaps you should engage your own brain before you come on this Forum talking rubbish!! You say that you look in on this Site every 6 Months, well you must not be able to read properly then, if you accuse me and C K., of either looking or asking for money, because we have always been consistent in warning people of NEVER TO SEND MONEY to anyone!!! We also stated that we do not EVER requst money to help people, and I for one resent your scurilous attack on the integrity of both C K., and I!! I am sure that C K., will reply to you in due course, as he may be just as amazed as I by your stupid outburst on this Site, so I will leave that reply to him!! What is your AGENDA?? You say that people should stay off this Forum, and 'seek answers where you know who you are dealing with'!! Perhaps you moght be good enough to tell us where that is, because I for one do not know what you are talking about!! Also, how dare you tell people to stay off this Forum. What is your motive for saying that?? Again, I urge you to read back on the advice that was given by me on this Site, and if you see anything that is wrong, then tell me what it is, or where I have written it!! We do not need someone, who just now comes on this Siteout of the blue, to warn people to be cautious, because I have always stated this in my Postings on this Site!! You talk bout CAUTION, well perhaps you should be more CAUTIOUS yourself, before you come on this Site casting aspersions,if you even know what that means!! We have seen too many people like you coming on this Site talking tripe,so perhaps you may do as I suggest, and I say again, remember to engage your own BRAIN!! Nothing else occurs for now, Regards to all, Stay safe, JOHN

Guest		28-Mar-2010 02:06
Anyone with any sense should not participate in this forum. It is riddled with dishonesty and deceit. There are always those who are looking to make a buck, just read the comments offering help; you can bet there is someone making a buck or two off their obvious misguided solutions. Use your brain, God gave everyone a brain. It doesn't take much to figure this out. Be cautious, and be aware. It always amazes me to come back every 6 months to see the same senario in a different twist. Caution, Caution, Caution. If you are smart, you will stay out of this forum and seek answers where you know who you are dealing with.

CK Part 2		15-Mar-2010 12:59
I also question what you were told about gangs who "pool" their money. That sounds like whoever told you that thinks they collect the money into a pot and then split it equally at the end. There is no gang I have ever encountered that does this. If the gang gets a "job" that is going to pay, the boss "Oga" already has the % figured out of who is going to collect what. The "Oga" collects the money and then after his take, doles out to those that participated on the job. For example, there is a gang of 10. The job collects $5000, in which the "Oga" has already got claim on 70%. Emeka and Cole are the 2 guys who catch and carry the job to its conclusion. The "Oga" will then give Emeka and Cole the remaining money, again based on a percentage of who did more on the job. The other 7 guys who did not participate in the scam get ZERO. It's nonsense to assume they throw the money into a pool and then split it 10 ways. It's not a pool like where waitresses throw all their tips into a jar and split it evenly at the end of the night. Lastly, as John correctly pointed out, it makes you look suspicious to show up without any posting history and offer an e-mail for people to contact you privately so you can assist them if they are involved in a scam. There was another "guest" who did that before if you read the previous posts. He offered to help people privately and said he would neve ask for money. Then what he would do is refer the person to a 3rd party who would ask them for money. The best thing you can do is post openly with thoughtful advice for everybody to see. There have been quite a few near victims who saved themselves from being scammed by just reading the information posted here and seeing how it mirrored what was going on in their situation. It helps give visitors confidence to come and ask questions and not be afraid there is some ulterior motive at work here.

CK Part 1		15-Mar-2010 12:58
Hi John, Thanks for the well wishes, still getting the headaches, but I'm managing as best I can. It has to do with my sleeping, need more tests to see what is going on, but nothing dangerous. Just annoying! The scambaiting is not bad right now, I'm helping a group of fellow baiters with a group of scammers from Uganda. They are not savy to the tricks of baiters, so its been a good run so far in wasting their time. Your story about the anti-scamming operation was great news and glad to see somebody got something done. No doubts the American who was involved moved mountains to get this done. He must have lost a lot of money to have gone to that much trouble and lengths to catch the culprits. I also read with interest your response to "Guest" on March 14 and I concur. There is no way anybody can mess with 1000's of scammers in a years time. Impossible. I have been doing this for over 5 years now and trying to run several baits at one time can be time consuming. Even if you were baiting nothing but lottery scams (the shortest and easiest to bait), there is no way you could talk to 1000's of people in 1 year. I can't even say I've baited more than 100 scammers over 5 years. A typical bait of mine will run 2-3 months, even doing 2-3 at a time it would take me decades to approach 1000 scammers. I can also tell you even if you've gotten a scammer to admit they are scamming, they certainly did not give up, regardless of what they told you. Many baiters have gotten lads to admit they were theives, but have seen the light and turned to doing good things. How do you know they gave up scamming for good? Because they did not ask you for money again? Did you rebait them as another character to see how they would react? I've had a scammer admit to me he was doing it for money for school too (university level) and promised he would give it up. Then he turned right around and asked me to send him $$$$$ and sponsor him so he could continue his education. Yeah, I'm sure he was going to use that money for his schooling.....not. I also don't buy the 14-16 year olds are the main culprits, that is nonsense. The main culprits range from 20 something to their 60's. They are adults, not children. If there are children involved its because an "oga" is paying them to sit in a cafe and send out mail for them. There are some elements of what was mentioned that are true, using the messenger, guys pretending to be girls and using photos or sit in's to hide the truth.

JOHN		14-Mar-2010 14:00
For CK., Hi CK., I told you at the end of last year that I would have news for you about Anti-Scamming operations that were carried out by the Police Force in Accra. An American, who discovered that he had been Scammed by a person in Accra, Ghana, decided that enough was enough, and even though he knew that it was going to cost him a lot of money, he decided to hire a reputable Private Detective Agency, who tracked down the Scammer,to Accrs, Ghana. For a certain reason I will not say what part of Accra that this Scammer was operating from. When they were sure of the Scammers whereabouts, the American, along with the Detective set a trap for the Scammer, who fell for the bait. At the same time, the detective Agency had alerted the local Police Chief, who is against scamming, and an honest policeman,and he and a force of his Police, swooped and arrested the Scammer. After a long interogation, and after a raid on the Scammers house, where they found vast amounts of money, and incriminating evidence, the Scammer confessed to being a Scammer, and that he had indeed been the person who had Scammed the American man. It turned out that he had employed a gang of local women in his area, who helped him with his Scamming, and they were granted inunity if they gave evidence against the Scammer,which they agreed to do, once they were sure that the Scammer and other members of his gang were arrested. It turned out that this Scammer had 4 or 5 top of the range cars, BMW's Mercedes's etc., which he had imported from abroad, and they were all new!! So far it is estimated that this Scammer and his gang had robbed people of over $1,000,000, and the true figure could even be much more. It transpires, that like most Scammers, that this guy had never worked a day in his life!! This Scammer felt so safe in his exploits that it was common knowledge in the area that he lived from Scamming, and he lived like a king from his illgotton gains. He was also paying the local police to protect him, but that came to an abrupt end, when the Police Chief was called in!! It now seems that the American will get all his money back, and that others will as well, as a result of the Files found in the Scammers house, so at least justice has come to this Scammer. Other Scammers in that area are now lying low, and for the moment anyway, are afraid to Scam. It is hoped that the Scammer that is now in Police custody may 'sing', and that some of his 'gang' may do the same, and if they do, dozens of Scammers could be off the streets for good!! This Scammer is now in Remand in a Police Station in Ghana, and Remand in Ghana means something different than in Western Countries. It means that he could be on Remand for years, before he is charged, and it is not unknown in Ghana, in high profile cases like this, that it could be up to 5 Years before his case is heard, and there is no Bail allowed for this kind of crime!! Undemocratic as it may seem to us, maybe in this case it serves a purpose, and may scare other Scammers, for a while at least. This Scammers life will now be a hell, and I for one am not sorry about that!! Perhaps other people who are scammed will not be as lucky, or as dogged as this American, and the moral to this Story is to avoid being scammed in the first instance. That being so, it is nice to know that this Scumbag is now out of circulation, and that sometimes the Police do their job, even if they are forced into doing it. At least JUSTICE will be served in this instance, and it's nice to know that this Scammer, who thought he was above the law, is now in Police Custody, and will be meeted out the prison sentence that he deserves. I thought it would be nice for victims of Scams to hear this story. So for now C K., Best Regards, Stay Safe everyone, JOHN

JOHN		14-Mar-2010 12:29
To Guest of 14th March 04.11. I am facinated by your claims which seem to go against anything that I have ever encountered, either in talking to Scammers myself, or in Scambaiting.. Something is not right about your Posting!! You say that you 'are talking and playing games with these Scammers for a year now', and that you have spoken to 1,000s of them!! That's not possible to do in such a short space of time!! Also, how did you get these 1,000s of Scammers Email Addresses?? I can believe that you would have access to say 10 or even 20, but to 1,000's of them!! Not possible!! You must be on the Internet 24/7 to talk to all those Scammers!! You say that 'they have to pay for High School'' and that is the reason that they Scam!!! That is not true, only in isolated cases, and in any case is it right to ROB people of MONEY to further their own Education?? I know of poor people who have gone on to 3rd Level Education in Ghana, but they have not robbed people to do that. Instead thay worked, or sold merchandise at the side of the streets, or roads, so that they could get the money for their Education, and with help from their families doing that, they succeeded!! Nothing can justify Scamming, and those that do start Scamming,almost never make it to 3rd level Education, because they get hooked on the making easy money, and indeed 1,000's of them make more in a year than any working professional person, so why would they give that up?? Robbing is Robbing, no matter what guise it comes in, and nothing CAN JUSTIFY THAT!!! It's a dangerous thing to put your Email Address on any public Forum, and if you are already dealing with 1,000's of Scammers, as you say, why Post it here!!! As you know, or should know, Scammers harvest Sites like this for Email Addresses, and if you are in contact with so many of them, then I suggest that you have blown your cover!! You invite people to contact you with their queries about Scammers, but I think that it is better if people get advise about Scammers on a public Forum, because the people who give advice on Sites about Scammers, especially on this Site, know what they are talking about, and have many years of experiences in dealing with these Scammers, and you can go back over the last year alone on this Site, and you will see the results that both CK., and I have had in advising people. We have no ulterior motives, and have years of evperience in dealing with Scammers of all kinds!! I myself have been in Ghana for nearly a year, in the past 2 years, and I know at first hand how all these Scams operate. C K., has been Scambaiting for years, has had great success, and in my opinion, is one of the most knowledgeable people on all types of Scams, that I have come across!! Just read some of his Postings and you will see for yourself.. Finally, how in God's name can a woman from Ghana get a VISA to go to America with the sole intention of finding an American man, it just does not make sense. Nothing else occurs at this time, Regards to all, Stay Safe, JOHN

Guest		14-Mar-2010 04:11
I been talking and playing games with those scammers for a year now. If there was one thing I accomplished it was getting 2 of them to finaly give up and tell the truth of their intentions. I have then got to learn lot of their ways. Some of them are actualy looking for money for good reasons and yes lot of them are there to cheat you out of money. There are always woman out there looking for an American but the scammer told me its best you go up there yourself to find one do not try and look for one on messenger. He also told me that they are very good about hacking into bank accounts and its advise not to give out info to them. Another scammer who finaly admitted his intentions told me that lot of the scammers are between 14-16 years old and they do this to have money to pay for high school. In Ghana they have to pay for high school and lot of their parents are so poor as it is they find anyway possible to get money and the only way they know how to get it is by lying. I have talked to thousands of them and played games right back by wasting their time and now 2 of them are actualy trying to be better people in life. They have not tried asking me for money since. Each scammer at one point had joined an apprenticeship to learn what to say and have even started a Telemarketing business, but instead of telephones they use messenger. Most of them branched off by working independently and lots of them is just an organized gang who tries and collect money into one pool. There is always one man in the parking lot waiting for a text message by the person chatting on messenger to go inside Western Union and pick up the money so the scammer can keep chatting on messenger. The scammer also told me that if you do actualy see a girl on the webcam its just a showgirl only but the man still runs it. Those are the ones to really watch out for. If anyone on here has any questions feel free to email me all_in_one_maintenance@yahoo.com as long as I help someone with this knowledge I feel good about it and knowing I helped someone so I will never ask for any money. Im willing to do this for free anytime

JOHN		13-Mar-2010 12:00
Hi CK., Thanks, and great to see you are in good form again. Also delighted to see that you are checking in as well. As you will have noted. the Site is very quite for a while now!! I hope that is a good sign, regarding people getting Scammed. How is the Scambaiting going? Nothing much has changed in Ghana regarding Scammers, and in fact it is getting worse. Just to relay this short story to you. A Ghanaian told me of a group of 4 or 5 young guys, who are Scammers. They are so successful at Scamming, that they each own a FLEET of CARS, and flash money around, like it's confetti. Easy to do that when it's money that you robbed!! Everyone in their area know them, but even if they wanted to do something about reporting them, they could not!!Reason being that the Police would do nothing only tell the Scammers who reported them, and that person's life would then be in danger!! The Police are paid by the Scammers for protection, like the way the Mafia used operate in the States. It's hard to beat that culture, so we still have to try to warn people of the perils of being Scammed. So unfortunately nothing has changed, except that the Scammers are getting richer, and getting more sopisticated in their ways of Scamming, so we must try to counteract that. Again CK., delighted to see you back, and we will talk soon. Stay Safe all, Regards, JOHN

CK		12-Mar-2010 17:41
Hi John, Great posts as always! I just had to take some time off to recharge the brain cells, but I'm still checking in. Hope all is well! CK

Guest		25-Feb-2010 03:01
Whoa, please be aware what you read here may not be the way it truly is in every situation. Not all people are bad/scammers. I think we all need to use our common sense and make judgments from that perspective. Judging all as BAD is unfair, truly unfair. I met my husband online from Accra, Ghana. A beautiful man and everything I dreamed of, just be smart and be careful. We all have a BRAIN, use it!

eddie		23-Feb-2010 03:16
This is a recommembed way to catch them - ask them for a picture and then tell them they have to get on a web cam so you can see that they are the person that is in the picture. 99% of them will obviously not be able to do this. Also, pay attention to the clothes they wear - expensive clothes and jewelry and furniture sirrounds them and then they say they are poor and need help. One actually sat infront of a rack of about 6 dozen shoes and beautiful furniture and clothes and had their nail done professionally YET sid they needed moeny. WAKE UP PEOPLE - THE POLICE OVER THERE DONT CARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING

JOHN		21-Feb-2010 22:46
Hi Ray, Glad to be of help. It is one of the oldest Scams in the Book. It plays on decent peoples emotions, and it works because these people are professionals at what they do. Can you imagine someone going home to Ghana from Tampa Florida, spending all that Money on an Air Fare, and then asking someone that they have never met for Money for their mothers operation. They also use God a lot in their conversations, but I wonder do they ever think of Karma!! Saying your mother is seriously ill is tempting fate, and how these people can live with themselves beggars belief, but then they are only interested in money, and don't care what they say to get it. Tell your brother to get on with his life, and to forget this person, who in any case is probably a 'Cafe Boy'and not a woman.... In Ghana, even if people are in fact very sick, their extended family is asked to help out, and appeals for people who have no monies for life threating illnesses that require surgery is read on on Ghana TV Stations, and the people there are very charitable, even if its a stranger that they are contributing for. Stay safe everyone, Best Regards to all, JOHN

Ray		21-Feb-2010 15:45
John, Thank you very much for the comments. My brother said she began hitting him up for money because of the doctor who wanted to be paid up front. I told him not to give any money and that she was most likely not who she said she was. thank you for the advice and I will pass it on. For others on the site, she is going by the name of michelle morrison out of tampa florida who just got to ghana a few days ago to help her sick mother who needs a kidney transplant. i guess the hospitals run differently in ghana, lol.

JOHN		21-Feb-2010 11:55
For Miki, Well done. You are now aware that you are in contact with a Scammer. Cease all contact with him, and I hope people read your Posting. It is so easy to get 'sucked'in by Scammers, and the minute these people request money, lap-tops et., they show themselves up what what they are. These Scammers are very innovative, and saying that they are 'Soldiers' in Iraq, is now very prevalent with them, and this ploy is used most especially by Scammers in Ghana. If you are looking for a relationship, stay nearer to home, because its too hard to be sure of peoples motives, especially those that are online from West Africa. Good Luck.. For Ray, The details that you give are too vague, and it's not possible to make any observation on your Posting. However, the fact that you are on this Site means that you have your suspicions about this person. Also, the fact that you or your brother cannot find 'her' on AntiScammer Sites, means nothing. Scammers, when they are found out, just 'change' the 'Name' that they use, and they have numerous Email Addresses. Finally, as you are probably aware, always be careful when in contact with anyone from West Africa, or indeed from anywhere in the World, because unless you meet the person face to face, it could be anyone that you are talking to. If this person is a Scammer, sooner or later the requests for Lap Tops, Money etc., will be made. Another Scam is the 'sick mother', and in your case the request for money will come in the guise as a request for the 'mothers' Doctors Fees, Hospital Fees etc. This will happen if 'she' is a Scammer. Incidentally, the person may not even be a woman. So if your brother is patient, he will find out if 'she' is a Scammer, if or when these requests are made. If the requests for money are not made, then the person may be genuine, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Hope these comments were of some help, Regards to all, JOHN

Miki		21-Feb-2010 02:58
Watch out for Phil Adams. Says he is in based in Iraq but lives in New Jersey. Wants me to send him a laptop with webcam. Almost did, until he have me the address in Accra Ghana. When I question him, he got upset, said had no reason to lie. I have no patience for this.

Ray		20-Feb-2010 21:49
my brother is in contact with a girl who identifies herself as Michelle Morrison and says she is there with her sick mother. I think he is being scammed but he can't find her name or photo in any anti-scammers database. Has anyone had any contact with a Michelle Morrison in Accra with a sick mother?

JOHN		19-Feb-2010 19:43
For Joel, Are you aware that the Name that you gave of the 'woman' that you are in contact with, ie., 'Musah Suleman', is in fact a mans Name? It is a common Name in Ghana for male Muslims, and indeed it is a common male Muslim name throughout the world! On reflection, it beats me why someone who is in contact with you, claiming to be a woman, would use a Muslim male name. I hope you are serious, and not wasting my time. Incidentally, I replied to your query of of concern, and not because you asked to hear from a 'professional'. Regards to all, JOHN

JOHN		19-Feb-2010 18:32
For Joel, I have just read your Posting, and you have a serious problem. You say that you saw this girl on Web Cam, and that she is 'Raven Riley'!! That is not possible, unless Raven Riley has moved to Accra, Ghana, and has changed her name to 'Musah Suleman'. In Gods name, surely you do not believe that!! Raven Riley, as you know is a Millionaire Porn Star, from the USA. Thousands of her Photos are downloaded and used by Scammers all over the World, but most especially by Scammers from Ghana. You have fallen in love with a Photograph, and you are not the first one that this has happened to. The Web Cam appearance was a fake, that is if you saw Raven Riley,and Scammers are experts at doing this. Its quite easy to do this, so I want you to be aware of that. Have you read all the Postings that I and others have put on this Site in the last year? If not, then you should do so when you read my Posting. Incidentally, there is a whole Site, called Delphifaq.com, that is all about the tactics and the Photographs that Scammers use, and they are all of Raven Riley. She herself is not a Scammer, but Scammers use her photos all the time to scam people. You are even talking about moving to Accra, or to Ghana, but that could or would be the biggest mistake that you would ever make in your life!! What do you know about Ghana? What do you know about this 'GIRL' that you are talking to? I am telling you now,if she used those Photos of Raven Riley, then 'she' is a scammer. More than likely it is not even a woman that you are talking to, because most of the Scammers in Accra are 'boys' or young men! If you travel to Accra as you say you might, to see this 'person' that you are talking to, then you could be in serious danger. I promise you that I know what I am talking about. It is not unknown for people to be kidnapped, robbed or even killed by these Scammers. I know this at first hand, so why in Gods name would you go there to see a person that you know nothing about!! You say you are a father, and a retired military man, well if that is so, why not use your common sense and just think of the danger that you could be putting yourself in, and for what? Did 'she' or 'he' invite you to come to Ghana? Well if 'they' did, then you are being set up. I'm sorry if I sound harsh in this Posting, but I am trying to bring you to your senses. I have been in Ghana on numerous occasions, and I know what I am talking about. You have been swept off your feet, by Scammers, using stolen Photos of a beautiful woman, and you are not thinking rationally, I promise you that. I cannot tell you in an easy way that you are being scammed, I just have to tell you bluntly, and to be quite honest, if I did not know how Scammers gain POWER over peoples minds, I would think that your Posting was someone joking, but I know that you are not joking, and that is why I replied!! If you need further advise, please come back on the Site, and I promise that I will help you. Maybe C K might see your Posting as well, and he will concur with what I have just said. Stay safe everyone, Regards to all, JOHN

joel		17-Feb-2010 21:31
hello my name is Joel and I have been emailing a women named Musah Suleman from Acfra ,Ghana. I have seen her on web cam and gave two disks full of pictures. She swears she loves me and I know I love her. But I found her through another source as raven rile the porn star. I even saw utube footage. She is the same girl. I still get emails from her and the IP address is in Ghana. Should I trusrt this one and move there?? I need to know from a professional like your self. Her email is adnan.single@yahoo.com If she is real please let me know. Either way I love her with all my heart and being a single dad and a reitered Military guy I cant wait to see her. Please check this out for me-Thankyou Joel

Guest		31-Jan-2010 06:42
hello brian mcmorrow im sorry for using ur page to explain so glad u got it makes people like me c what goes on there i know ghana is a wonderful country and 99 percent of the people are true and honest but that 1 percent makes the rest of the world think different by the way ur pics r great mfg is germen best regards ray

ray from germany		31-Jan-2010 06:34
hi all im ray from germany last year i got got scammed real big (7500 euros) by a woman (gang as ive found out)called amanda rosina apparently 1 of the big 1s in ghana and wherever i traced the ip down to a cafe and informed the local police guess they get there winnings too no help just lies TELL U NOW GUYS U C ANY WHITE LOVELY GIRLS FROM GHANA DONT BELIEVE IT IS 99 PERCENT BLACK AND WHAT WHITE GIRL IS IN DISSTRESS THERE THEY ALL GOT MONEY ive tried to get mine back i know where they are but noone will help its a corupt land getting us hard working people to give our money away sorry a group of gangsters GIVING A COUNTRY A VERY BAD NAME i know there are good people they most dont even have the privlage of internet so BE WARNED THE PICS U C R NOT WHAT UR GETTING JUST AN EMPTY WALLET AND BELIEVE ME THE LOCAL POLICE EARN ON IT TOO tell u all guys and even the women who have been scammed DONT DONT EVER EVER BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY WORK OUT WHATS CHEAPER TO FLY THERE YOURSELF OR GIVE UP UR HARD EARNED MONEY i learnt the hard way because i trusted but today never again sorry all for bothering u with this just wanted those lonley hearts not to break any further and get misstrusted for ever

CK		04-Jan-2010 23:46
In my experiences, often the different IP addresses you find is because there is a gang or network of scammers involved. Most scammers have no idea what an IP is, let alone being clever enough to find and use proxy programs. For example, the Nigerian that I chased for years from Indonesia had contacts in Hong Kong, Canada, Europe and most of West Africa, including countries not often associated with scammers (Liberia, Niger, Western Sahara). This was more of a network of guys and not the frame work of a traditional gang. A guy in Senegal might contact "Hugo" in Indonesia and tell him he has a job in India. "Hugo" would then contact a friend in India and offer him a split of the job (scam). They would then figure out percentages based on how successful they were. Then "Hugo" might get one of his Nigerian friends back home to say they got a "wash-wash" job going in Amsterdam and then Hugo would contact somebody in Holland to work with them. Not a gang, just a central guy (Hugo), with a lot of contacts. Hence too a lot of different IP addresses from different parts of the world. Not like say a gang of 10 guys operating out of a cafe or 2 in downtown Lagos where they all report to one "Oga".

Git		04-Jan-2010 09:24
John Well the IP-numbers was from other scammers, not from this Ghana man. I don't care as he never asked me for money. Have some e-mails from him on hotmail, where I have blocked and erased him since long time. I did when I searched his hotmail address on MySpace and found a woman, which he claimed was his sister. I will not change hotmail address, nobody can add me without approval from me and my profile says almost nothing. I might even hide it.

hh		04-Jan-2010 03:35
hello john I appreciat .thank you very much

JOHN		03-Jan-2010 16:48
Hello hh, Just to let you know that I found Amanda Amissah on Delphifaq.com, and also the Photo that she/he was using. He/she was in contact with someone else, and was trying to get $700 from that person, but he was too wise and reported him/her as a Scammer. If you Google the name, it will bring you to that Site, and you will see for yourself. You were so wise to do your "Homework" about him/her, and he/she is a definite Scammer. The Email Address is also on that Site as well. Glad I could help you.# Hi GIT, Not suprised that this Scammer has tried to make contact with you again. Thats how they operate. He thinks that the dust has settled now, and can come back to you with some stupid excuses. How in Gods name can you have problems with the Internet for a couple of months?? The "problem" that he had and has, is that he is busy scamming other people!! The Internet Service in Ghana, while it's not the best in the World, is very adequate, and I have never known anyone who has had a long term problem like that. I bet it was alright when he was corresponding with you previously, and you will be aware of that!! It's the New Year GIT, and you did right by erasing your Yahoo Account, because he will never be able to contact you on it again, and good riddance to him. One day he will answer for what he put you thru, but that will be his problem. You are aware of the old proverb "What goes around, comes around", and that is the Law of Karma, and also of nature, so leave him in the hands of the Higher Power, and continue on your road to recovery. Just makes you wonder if he was using a gang, with all the Proxy Addresses, or if he was trying to cove his tracks. In any case, it really doesn't matter now, as you have erased him for good. Thank you for your kind wishes, and I hope that your New Year will bring you closure, once and for all, and that good things happen for you in the year ahead. Good luck to all on the Site, Stay Safe, Regards, JOHN

Git		03-Jan-2010 10:13
John Yesterday I found an e-mail from the guy in Ghana, with New Year greetings. He also wrote that he have had problems with internet. I finally decided to erase my yahoo-account. And of course I didn't answer. Looked through and copied all relevant IP-numbers into a document. It amazed me that sometimes they were from Nigeria and sometimes they used proxy-servers from different countries. It makes me wonder if I have talked with the same person on each e-mail address or if it was a whole group? Never mind, I am out of yahoo now. Hope that your New Year has started in a good way. hh I am glad that I could help!

JOHN		31-Dec-2009 12:01
Hi C K., Great to have you back on the Site, and that you are sounding like your old self again, after that bad episode of migraine. It sounds better when someone with your experience backs me up, when I advise people, as people may think that I could be wrong when I advise them on my own. You know as I do C K., that when you know what you are looking for, that it is easy to spot a Scammer. My one piece of advice for people who are looking for a "Soulmate", or for friendship on the Internet is to be aware of the "Signs" that signify a Scammer. If people don't know what to look for, or be aware of, then just read the Postings by C K., GIT, Stephanie, Fakers2go, and myself, and you will then be forearmed!! It is so easy to fall for these Scammers, who are experts at what they do, and the emotional and financial turmoil that follows when people realize that they are being Scammed can be devastating. Just some points to remember about Scammers. 99% of SCAMS are carried out by YOUNG BOYS IN INTERNET CAFES. They use stolen Photos of White Female, and Male Models to lure their Victims. Just think about it for a minute. Most of these Scams originate in West Africa, especially from Nigeria and Ghana. Now the Population of these Countries is made up predominately of Black people, after all it is Africa, and yet the amount of people who fall for the Photos of White Models is staggering. Scamming is big business in these Countries, and it is nearly beyond belief to find out that about 2 Billion Dollars is STOLEN by these Scammers, in Sweetheart Scams, each year. This figure does not include Monies that are Scammed from the rest of the World, especially from England, Norway, Australia, Germany, and from many other Countries. It's very serious, because people have been taken in by these Scams, and I know one person in America who lost all his Money, and even had to sell his house to pay off his debts. People have even committed suicide after finding out that they have been Scammed, so it is not something to mess around with. I would go so far as to say that unless people are aware of all the dangers of SCAMMMING, then they should not be in contact with anyone from West Africa in particular. First they should get educated on how to spot a Scammer, and at least then they would not be as likely to fall for these Scams. To hh, Delighted that you took my advice. You are a wise man, and you will be now aware of these Scams. You have saved yourself a lot of hassle, and you are lucky that you did research before you fell for this Scammmer. You will find someone, but not in WEST AFRICA!! Sorry if I sound like I am preaching, but please listen to what I have just said. Both C K., and I know what we are talking about, and we take Scamming very seriously, that's why we offer advice to people on this Site. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year, Please be careful, Stay Safe, JOHN

hh		30-Dec-2009 22:52
hi and thankx Git

hh		30-Dec-2009 22:51
To John thank you so much ,i followed your advice and stoped that Ridiculous thank you again

CK		30-Dec-2009 22:21
For everybody that has been asking questions the past week, John has pretty much hit everything on the head and I agree with his observations 100%. Especially now with Guest and the girl from Ghana now asking for him to pay her internet connection. What happened to her Uncle? No friends or family? When somebody who claims they are overseas says something has happened (back operation, internet needs connecting, etc etc) how is it that the only person that come to their rescue is the love interest they have only known a few weeks? Where is the family at? Long time friends? Company that employ's the worker? I'm truly amused at the scammer in Connie's story. He says he is doing renovations for the vice president's compound, falls off a scaffold there and needs Connie to pay for this guy's back operation? What the Vice President is not going to offer up any cash to help somebody injured working on his compound? Where is his company that he works for? I'm sure he wasn't just freelancing it? If it was his company, then why doesn't he contact one of his employees to pay the money. He's there from Florida, but nobody accepts credit cards, so what is he paying his way there with? Gold bars? I'm not making fun of Connie, but rather the story her scammer is trying to fool her with. There are more holes in that story than in a slice of Swiss cheese that the mice have already had a meal with, LOL.

CK		30-Dec-2009 21:53
Hi Everybody, I hope everybody had a great Christmas (for those that celebrate it). Sorry for my absence, just too much going on at the moment. I'll be back in a bit to catch up as I can see there has been quite a few posts the past few days.

JOHN		30-Dec-2009 11:36
Hi GIT, Wishing you a Happy New Year as well. Of couse you are angry at the loss of all that money, and also the fact that you were betrayed by someone. We would all feel the same way if it happened to us. However, time will heal the wounds, and thank God that you found out that this person was a Scammer, as your whole life could have been ruined. It was a very unselfish act for you to come on this Site to warn that person about Scammers, and just shows that you still care for people. A lot of people who were thru the bad experience that you had would still be feeling too sorry for themselves to even bother to help other people. With the coming of the New Year, we will all try to put the bad things that happened to us in the past behind us, and try to meet the coming New Year with renewed hope, that good things will happen for us! None of us can change the past, it's gone forever, but we can change our future, by making sure that we do not make the same mistakes again, amd to advise people not to make that same mistakes that we made. If we do that,then it's a sign that we are moving forward. There is not a person on Earth who has not made a mistake, but it is how we deal with these mistakes that can either make us or break us. After all we are only human. GIT, I do wish you well in your life, and I know that things will work out for you, so keep up what you are doing, and soon this experience will fadee somewhat, and will just seem like a bad nightmare. Happy New Year to everyone, and hope all your Dreams come thru. Stay Safe, Regards, JOHN

JOHN		30-Dec-2009 11:15
Hi Guest, Regarding Amanda Amissah, YES He/She is a Scammer. Don't doubt this for even one minute. You are in contact with a Black Man/Boy, and that person will ROB you blind. Just to let you know that these people steal the Photos of Models from Sites, and use them for Scamming. As GIT said to you, there are very few White Girls in Accra Ghana, and of those that are there I can assure you that they are too well off financially to bother about Scamming people. Most are business people,Students in Universities, work in Embassys there, or in Ghana working for various Charities. They would neither have the time nor the inclination to Scam people!! Also, this person has already asked you for money, and therefore is a definite SCAMMER!! No decent person will ask a stranger for money on the Internet!! Just think about it!! Would you ask someone for money over the Internet?? Only Scammers do that, especailly those from West Africa. Why not put her Photo on a Scammers Site, and I guarantee you that it will turn out to be a model. Just Google "Scammers In Accra", and you will see all the Sites that deal with Scammers, and the Photos that they use, over and over again!! One in particular that is used often is of the Porn Star Raven Riley, whose Photos are stolen without her knowledge. You can just put her Photo on the Scammers Sites, like Delphifaq, and see what turns up!! Also, Amissah is a popular Ghanian surname. Also, how did she/he make contact with you? I guarantee you that she/he contacted you from a Dating Site, saying that they liked your Profile, saying Age doesn't matter, colour doesn't matter etc., etc. These Scammers use these Dating Sites to harvest Names, Email Addresses, and contact 100's of people this way! Chances are that you are in contact with a Boy in an Internet Cafe in Accra, who is a definite Scammer.Thats how they make their money! Just ask yourself this question: If this White Person looks so beautiful, do you think that such a person would have to use the Internet to find a man!! I don't think so! Also, they will usually say that they are 23 or 24 Years of Age, 5 feet 7 inches tall, no children, no boyfriend, have been treted badly by boyfriends in the past, etc., to make themselves sound attractive, and to make you feel sorry for them. This is playing on your emotions. Also,remember that it's the Photo that is attracting you, because these "boys" are good at what they do!! My advice to you is to stop all contact with this "person", or you will regret it for the rest of your life if you don't!! I have been in Accra on numerous occasions, and seen, and know how these Scammers operate, so please listen to what I have to say.Don't be fooled by a stolen PHOTOGRAPH, because you have too much to lose. Hope you take my advice, and do come back to this Site if you need more help!! Stay Safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

Git		30-Dec-2009 09:02
Hi Stephanie and John I am okay but still angry about the money. That feeling will remain until I have been able to pay back what I lost. Christmas has been fine, we even had some snow on Christmas Eve - which is not common - even if it rained away the days after. Now it seems to get cold again. I wish you all a Happy New Year and a much better 2010.

Git		30-Dec-2009 08:56
To guest She sounds like a scammer. Especially if she ask you for money and show a model picture. How many white girls live in Ghana? Probably not so many, especially not if she looks like a model and could be working elsewhere in the world.

Guest		30-Dec-2009 03:23
hh i want to aske if you knew some one talld me here name is Amanda Amissah frome Ghana ,Accra. She asked mony from me and send me her pictures she is beautiful white girl,she look like model

JOHN		28-Dec-2009 16:15
Hi Stephanie, Great to hear from you. I am so happy that you sound so good. It just proves that a negative experience can turn into something very positive. Congratulations on the great work that you are doing. I hope that other people who visit this Site can take solace from your words, that while it is a very bad experience to be scammed, that time and a positive outlook can overcome adversity. Soon we will all be in a New Year, and hope springs eternal for us all. As long as we try to live our lives as best that we can, then our future is in the hands of a Power greater than us, and knowing that, fear should leave our lives. Hope that C K., and GIT are fine, and I wish you all the best for the New Year. Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

Stephanie		28-Dec-2009 05:30
Hello CK, John and Git:) Wow! Can it be past Christmas already? It's been quite sometime since I last read these posts. Guess I am finally moving on with my life. I was so stoked to see the nice Holiday wishes from all of you. Thanks bunches for thinking of me. Emailing, sending care packages and writing letters to the deployed troops has taken up much of my time. It feels so good to be past the sadness of being scammed. Git how are you doing? It seems better each time I read your posts. You are so correct in saying that with Christmas brings the hope of new beginnings. Life is made up of seasons. I am moving past the season of being scammed and into a new season filled with the hope of a real and lasting love. Take care John and CK. Wishing you the best as you forge onward in your good works to all who have fallen victim of these scammers. I will always have the deepest respect for your good works and advice. You saved my life! Happy New Year to all Hugs and smiles Stephanie

JOHN		24-Dec-2009 11:30
Many Happy returns GIT, and hope you enjoy Chrisrmas as well. Also Happy Christmas to C K., and Stephanie, and all on this Site. Hope that the New Year will see all your wishes come true. Stay Safe, Regards, JOHN

Git		24-Dec-2009 09:02
Merry Christmas John, CK, Stephanie and everybody else on this forum. In my country Christmas starts today at Christmas Evening.

guest		20-Dec-2009 17:46
You asked for more details Unique Travel Emmanuael Antwi and watch out for Mercy Nsiah and a mixed race person calling themselves Kanita Rahman. Thanks for your help made life much easier

JOHN		20-Dec-2009 15:41
For GUEST OF 20th Dec., @ 13.33. Hi, Just to let you know that nearly all the Internet Cafes in Accra do have Web Cam. The CAFE scene in Accra is big Business, and they are as up to date as most Western Countries. Maybe not as comfortable, but none the less they have all the Technology that you would get in Modern Cafes. Incidentally the details that you gave about that Scammer are very vague. If you want to warn people, and you are sure that they are Scammers, Post full details. It may be of great help to other people who visit this Site. Hope you are well C K., and that GIT and Stephanie are well. It's the start of the Holiday period now, but the fight against Scammers must go on, because they do not take Holidays. Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

JOHN		20-Dec-2009 15:22
For Conniehg, Hi Connie, Sorry to tell you, but he is a Scammer. Anyway you know that yourself. Just be careful that you do not allow your emotions to overrule your head. I hope that you have not sent this person any of the money that he asked for. You may think that it is "Dennis Anderson", but even if that is his name, does it make him any less of a Scammer. More than likely you are in contact with a "boy" in a Cafe somewhere bin Accra. These people are good, I promise you, as this is how they make their "living", by robbing people, and they have no Morals or Scruples at all. They will tell you anything that they think that you want to hear, so that they can play on your emotions!! You say that this "guy" says that he is from Florida. Well, why not quiz him about Florida, and I bet that he will be very scetchy. For instance, just out of the blue, ask him the Name of the Airport there. I guarantee that he will hesitate. Anyway Connie, it's you who have to make your mind up that he is a Scammer, and just let him go. Otherwise you will be sorry for a long time to come, not just because of the loss of money but also because of the emotional turmoil that this person can put you thru. By the way, there is a Switchback Road, Cantoment, Accra, but no Doku Hospital. Check it out for yourself. Here are the Phone No's for the Ministry of Health, that you can ring, and ask them about the existance of this Hospital. The No's are +233-21-684208 & +233-21-684256. Email info@moh-ghana.org. Tell them you have a relation there that you are trying to contact, and they will clarify the existance or non existance of this Hospital. Also, Visa Cards are accepted in most good Restaurants and Hotels in Accra, and you can also use them on most of the ATM's that are in the Banks of Accra. It can be a lot safer than carrying money. Also, it sounds strange to me that a person with a serious injury to his back can continue to correspond with you. He would also be on severe pain killers as well, so he must sound drowsey as well on the phone, and if he is Emailing you, how in Gods Name has he access to a Lap Top or Computer??? Any Doctor would not allow him to do this!! Be carefull of his next move which will be to say that he wants you to talk to his "Doctor", who will say that he needs the Operation and that Money for it. This of coursr will be a friend of his, and not a Doctor. Connie, this "guy" is a Scammer, so before it's too late, break off all contact with him, and also read other Stories on this Site by ladies on this Site, who have been scammed. Not a nice feeling to know that someone has betrayed you, and takes time to get over. Keep me Posted, and I will help you as much as I can, Stay safe everyone, Regards to all, JOHN

Guest		20-Dec-2009 13:33
wow great site want to warn people of a fellow last name Antwi at the unque traqvel agency, for sure part of a ring, also can you tell me if the internet cafe's in Ghana have webcams? I would think they would but my friend says none of them do. could you tell me the name of a couple so I can check this person's story again thanks for sharing everyone. Also may I ad to this whole thing any shots you get, check them out seems to me even the more intimate ones are in the same building lol just something my buddies and I have noticed

Conniehg		19-Dec-2009 23:48
Hi All, Thanks so much for your input. I am disappointed that this is probably a scam. I so wanted it to be 'real'. Anyway, I told Dennis Anderson that I had to borrow money from a friend to send him the $1500. he requested for the hospital. Also needed the name of the hospital, the street it is on and his room number. He supplied same. Is it possible with that info, that one of you would know if this 'private' hospital exists? He says it is Doku General Hospital. Street: 2nd switchback road cantonment Accra. Room Number Ward 2. I asked why he didn't have insurance and he said it was because it is a renovation and not newly built. I know that that is hogwash in the USA. But he keeps saying he is in a 3rd world country. I asked about credit cards. He says not even the restaurants take them. They are not familiar with credit cards. I thought internet dating had great potential but it sure has a lot of problems also! Wishing all a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year and I appreciate any info on the above Hospital address that Dennis supplied. Connie

JOHN		19-Dec-2009 18:36
To GUEST #2, Hi, I am beginning to think that she is a Scammer. Asking for Money for the Internet connection is only going to be the beginning, as you already said that you had sent her Money to buy Credit for the Cell Phone. Genuine people do not ask people whom they have met over the Internet for Money, but Scammers do, and nothing can change that fact. Also,when you called her bluff, regarding getting someone to meet her, well you have just told us what she said!! If she had nothing to hide, then she would have agreed to that! Meet her on Web Cam, but I will say that some problem will arise, like that you will not be able to see her properly or something like that, and if she does "appear" on Web Cam, well ask her a question that only she could know the answer to. Any hesitation, and you will quicly realize that you have a definite problem. Based on my experience, I think that she is a Scammer, as all the signs are begining to appear!! Why did she not remove her Profile on the other Site?? There is something very suspicious about that. If she was serious about you, well then she would have removed it immediately that you asked her, and you are right when you say that she can hideher activity on that Site, plus the fact that you cannot watch that Site all day!! You have to be honest with truthful with yourself, and ask yourself if you are making too many excuses and are overlooking too many things that do not appear to be right. If you continue on with her, you will become emotionally involved, and you will do things that your head tells you is wrong. Unfortunately, when people get involved in that way, they behave in an irrational way, as the other person will use that emotional tie that you have to take advantage of you. I can tell you from now till doomsday that she is a Scammer, but its you who have to believe that, and not me........Remember, you can wind up getting very hurt by this girl, so you have to be fair to yourself as well. I have given you the best advice that I can, so now it's up to you. You seem like a nice person, so maybe it's time for you to move on, because as I said before it seems that you have more questions than answers regarding this girl. Do come back with an update, and be careful. I wish you a nice Holiday at Christmas, and when you have that break,ask yourself some serios qustions regarding this girl. Bye for now. Best Regards to all, Stay safe, JOHN

Guest #2		19-Dec-2009 12:05
John/CK, To add to the comment below...I said I had a friend that knew someone there was a bluff to see if they would accept meeting someone else that could actually see her. I don't know if it proves anything or not, but I was just trying to use everything to see if she is real. When I ask for your thoughts...With her asking for money to assist with her internet connection, do you know beleive she is a scammer. And she did not remove her other profile, but there has been no activity, but I know you can make your actions invisible to hide your activity against the profile. Your thoughts??

Guest #2		19-Dec-2009 00:49
Hi HJohn/CK, I want to say again ...Thank You for you for inpout, It has been valuable. John, you were right she asked for money to reconnect her internet. Correct me if I am wrong, I do beleive she is a scammer now. I will tell you something I did do when she asked for money...I told I had a friend that knew someone there I could get to meet her with the money, but she quickly moved away from that idea. She do want to hookup by webcam this weekend. Your thoughts John & CK

fakers2go		18-Dec-2009 18:50
Hi, Conniehg. I live in Accra and have never heard of Doku Hospital. Ask him where in Accra it is if you really want to. But it's clearly a scam. Also, why would someone from the USA be doing manual labour in Ghana?

JOHN		16-Dec-2009 11:02
To Conniehg, Hello. Just read your Posting. To the best of my knowledge, there is not a Hospital in Accra called Doku Hospital. Doku is a fairly common surname in Ghana. The 2 main Hospitals would be Korle-Bu Hospital, or Military Hospital at 37, Accra. I cannot give you much advice as you do not give enough detail, but the golden Rule is that you never send MONEY to anyone that you have never met in person. A few observations; It seems strange to me that a person who is in charge of the "renovation of the Vice Presidents House" for 2 Months would not have any money, especially if he is from Florida. Common sense would say that anyone who is in an African Country would have sufficent Money to cover the lenght of stay there. Also, he was "working" there, so what did he do with his Salary? Foreigners would nearly always keep an amount of Money aside, to cover an emergency such as this! If he has Credit Cards, or Debit Cards, there is usually a facilty with them to cover such emergencies. Also, most reputable "Builders" would have General Insurance to cover this as well You can find most of the Hospitals in Accra or Ghana listed in Wikipidia.org. Sorry that I cannot be of any more help at this stage, for the reason stated. Stay safe everyone, Best Regards, JOHN

frankiers		16-Dec-2009 10:38
Hi, Conniehg. I´m sure it´s a scam. "Money for hospital" means "money for scammer to buy new cell phones, more jewelry and clubbing time". Try to google his email address and see what comes up.

Conniehg		15-Dec-2009 21:51
Hi - just found your site and wonder if someone can help. I've been in touch with 'Dennis Anderson' since last May. He is doing renovations for the vice president's compound in Accra, Ghana. In charge of the project and supposedly lives in Florida. Never asked for money but this morning fell off a scaffold, was unconscience, brought to 'General' Hospial (Doku Hospital?). Now he needs a back operation but first the hospital needs $1500. down payment. Sounds fishy. Dennis is out of money and is supposed to fly back next week. Already asked how he can fly only days after an operation. Is there advice for me out there? Dennis would like the money by tomorrow am so he can have the operation. I am not sending it. Need to know if there is such a hospital. Or would somebody know if the Vice pres had major (2 month long) renovation on his home? Thanks for any help or advice.

Guest #2		15-Dec-2009 03:30
Hey John, Yes she has asked about coming here, But I ask her to let me come there first just to see what she would say. I felt if she made excuses for me not coming there, that would be a red flag. I found the profile as accidentally searching and approached her with what I found after a few days. John, you make a good point...she could easily have the Adminstrator close it down...I will check to see over the next couple of days. John, you are also right..I don't know if this make a difference, but I notice the login time for the other profile does not match Ghana time. The time zone it come from is 1 hour difference. The time show when they log out of the system. John, again thanks for being the devil's advocate, I appreciate it. The last thing I want to do it waste time with someone that is not geniune.

JOHN		15-Dec-2009 00:58
Hi GUEST #2, Just saw your Posting. Firstly, yes there are Agencies that would check this lady out for you, but if they confirm that she is the person in the Photos, and that she is residing at the Address that she gave you, where do you go from there? The only other thing that they could check for you is that she does not apppear on any Official Police Files in Ghana, as the Ghanaian Police do have Lists of people who have "Criminal Records", and they can be accessed for a Fee. It would be very expensive to carry out a search by them into her private life, as it would mean that they would have to do surveillance on her for a while, to find out if she is in a "Partership" with anyone else, lets say the person who is supposed to be her "Uncle" etc. They could also find out where she goes, and what she does in her spare time etc., as well, but would it really be worth it?? Remember what I said about getting a Visa for her to travel outside of Ghana? Has she discussedd that with you at all? As I told you, it is a long and tedious procedure, with no guarantee that she would even get one, and what would you do then?. As C K., said, this lady could be genuine, but a few new things have entered the equasion now, that have you worried as well!! I for one would be worried about the fact that she is on other Sites, although she is trying to explain that away by saying that her Photos were stolen in a Cafe!! That could have happened, but if it did, then she was very careless, as she would be aware, like most girls in Ghana, that the Cafes that she was in are full of Scammers, and why would she save her Photo on a Public Computer?? If she was sending a Photo in a Cafe, then she would just scan it, take BACK the Photo, and make sure that it was not copied, so that no one else could use it for SCAMMING!! Also, how would they access her PROFILE?? No one using an Internet Cafe in Ghana would save a Profile on a Public Computer, as they are almost all aware that it could be used for the wrong reasons!! You did say that she is 36 years of age, and do you think that a girl of that age would be so naive as to do something like that? Also, if she was aware that her Photos were on other Sites, why did she not ask to have them removed by the Administrator of those Sites?? Why leave them there?? Also, how did she become aware that they were on these Sites?? Did she find out herself, or did someone tell her?? I hate to say this, but it now seems that you have more questions than answers, and also, you have to ask yourself as to how can she afford to have expensive jewellery, a Computer, the Internet,nice furniture, and then at the same time tell you that she has little or no money?? I wonder is the fact that he told you that her Internet is now cut off the first approach to asking for money to get it connected, and that could then lead to more requests for money! You can buy a second hand Phone very cheap in Ghana, and I am sure her "Uncle" would also have had his old Phone, after he purched the one that he has now, so why did he not give her that old phone?? I know that I have been "the Devils Advocate" with all the things that I have just said, but I have to be truthful and say it as I see it myself!! You have a lot to think about, and I hope that I was of help to you, as the last thing that I want to see happening to you, is that you are being lied to!! Yiu could be very hurt by all of this, but knowing Ghana as I do, you can never be too careful. Finally you have to ask yourself this question, where is all this going to lead to, and is it worth it!! Only you can answer that, but do be very careful!! I wish you a nice peaceful Christmas, and please let me know how things work out for you. Also,I do hope that C K., is well enouhh to answer you as well..... Bye for now, Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

Guest #2		14-Dec-2009 23:34
Hi John & CK, Again, Thank you for all the valuable information. I have not talked with the lady in Accra much recently because she said her internet which was very expensive was disconneted. However, I did ask about the cell phone and I did receive some photo's of her. On the cell phone, she says she cannot afford it right now. The photo's are her and some of are the same ones she emailed me....but because of all the technology, I don't know whether they are legitimate or not. One more thing...I did ask her about the other profile on another site(It turned out to be several sites with the same photo and information. She claims she had some photo's stolen some time ago when she used an internet cafe and that is why she got her internet at home. It is something that just don't add up with her...If it is a poor country and she says her finances are tight, in her pictures she has a nice computer and wear nice jewery(Her uncle is a jeweler), and I beleive her furniture could be leather...not sure. Question for you guys...I know there are agencies that will check out people for their true ID, basic address, work, etc. Do you guys think it is worth it.

JOHN		14-Dec-2009 10:46
Hi GIT, Thank you for your nice greeting, and I wish you a Happy Christmas as well. Also, as we are soon heading into the New Year, I wish you all the best for 2010 as well. The beauty of a New Year is that we can leave all of the bad things that happened behind us, and start the New Year with hope of good things to come, and let the past bury the past. To C K., I hope that you are feeling a lot better, as we approach the Christmas Holiday, and that you will enjoy the break. I also wish you the all the best for the New Year, and look forward to your help again in 2010. Thanks again for all your invaluable help in the past, and for the excellent advice that you gave to people who visit this Site. Also, I hope that you will soon be back to full help. To Stephanie, I wish you a Happy Christmas, and all the best for the New Year. Hope that all your dreams will come thru in 2010. We can all endevor to leave the mistakes that we made in the past behind us, and face into the New Year with new hope. For now I would like to wish everyone who visited this Site a Happy Christmas, and a lovely New Year. Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

Git		14-Dec-2009 07:19
John, CK and Stephanie As it is soon Christmas I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

JOHN		05-Dec-2009 18:56
Hi C K., & Guest #2, C K., it's great to hear from you. Sorry that the Migraine is still persisting, and it was good of you to come on the Site sufering from it, but hopefully you will get better after being with your Doctor. More than likely you have self diagnosed the cause, and if you add stress into the scenario, coupled with what you also stated, then more than likely these are the reasons. If one of us is missing, then the other will continue on the Site, and I do again wish you a speedy recovery. Guest #2, Regarding how women are treated in Ghana, I suppose you must understand that it is Africa, and it is a different culture, but in the main women are treated no more differenly than in the rest of the world. I will agree that women in isolated Ares of Ghana, like those in the many villages that are there, could be treated differenly, as the man is regarded as the Head of the Family, and he does command respect. However, in the Cities, like Accra and Kumasi, and Tema, the women are fairly independent, much like Western Women, except maybe a lot are not as sreet wise. Also, like in any 3rd World Country, Ghana is a poor Country, and the standard of living is not very good, and Money is scarce, but it never ceases to amaze me to see how Families there place so much emphasis on getting their children the best possible education, despite all the sacrifices that they would have to make. With conditions like this, i e., the poverty that is in Ghana, is it any wonder that people will try to get a better life for themselves, and that is why they have no problems leaving Ghana, if they can have a better life abroad. Also,Ghanaians are a very gentle, and respectful people, in the main, in my estimation. Regarding down the line, it is not very easy for a Ghanaian, who has no ties outside of Ghana to get a Visa. Be aware that it is a long ardous proceedure, and is not just a matter of going to an Embassy and being handed one. More so now, since the economic downturn. The positive thing for you is that she has seems to have given you her own Photo, and seems to have not pretened to be someone else. However, I would still wonder about why she is still on a dating Site? Did she tell you about that? Maybe she was still keeping her options open!! That worries me a little, and also that some of the things on her profile are not the same as she told you. Like C K., the "Uncle" bit wories me. I would hope that it is not a boyfriend who is using her to set you up, which is a practice that is widely used by Scammers. It is a practice wherby the Scammer will actually pay the girl to talk to a potential victim, especially if she has good English, so bear that in mind. As C K., has told you, it is a ploy that can be used to "soften" you up, before the requests for money are made, and they can wait a long time to actually request this money, because these type of Scammers will often be talking to a number of people at the same time, and getting money from others while they wait to ask you for money or "Gifts". Also, did you ever ask her why she has not got a Cell Phone? Again I say that it very unusual for a woman of 36 years of age in Ghana not to have one, especially if she is on dating Sites. So try and find out the reason, and see if it makes sense to you. Like C K., I am not paranoid, but I would say again, tread very carefully, until you are absolutely sure of this girl, because it is very easy to be swept off your feet, and then your reasoning will be affected, and you may do something that you will regret for the rest of your life. Keep in contact, and stay safe, Regards to all, JOHN

CK		05-Dec-2009 17:57
Hi Guest #2, I would have to defer to John on how women are treated there. The story she has presented sounds innocent enough on the surface. Well I'm glad that at least you are proceeding in a cautious manner and you are prepared and watching out for what develops. You are correct when you mention the old saying...."if it's too good to be true..." Love scammers often lift their pictures from online modeling sites where portfolios are often listed. Though they can lift pictures from other websites of ordinary looking people who just happened to list their own personal pix, family albums, etc. Keep us updated and I for one actually hope that you have a sincere, honest girl there. It would be nice to know that not all dating sites are filled with crooks.

Guest #2		05-Dec-2009 16:20
CK, I have run her pictures through gogle and a picture search website for scammers and it has come bach negative. I did goggle her address and it did come up, but I could not tell whether she lived at the address or not. I have ran her name through search engines and it has come back negative....The reason I am asking questions and playing it safe is because of many of the things you guys have shared with me....and I have to wonder if it is too good to be true (I mean she is attractive and very grounded in our chats). I don't think she is a model type...her looks could be that of a model, but she has a medium frame, maybe too large for a model. Thanks again

Guest #2		05-Dec-2009 16:13
Hi John & CK, Thanks again for your valuable input.. Let clarify one thing on her wanting me to come to Ghana after 2 months...She wanted to come to the US after we got to know each other better; so I figures I would pay for the trip at that time in the future...I had already read about Scammers wanted someone to get a ticket for them and they never hear from the person again...So I reversed psychology and ask her if I could come there to see if she would be hesitant and give me a lot of excuses...She did agree to me coming there in the future...Sorry for not being clear. I do agree that the thing with the Uncle's phone seem a little strange. John, I think you asked if she was white or black (she is black. However, since my posted comment yesterday, I did find a profile of her on a Ghana Singles website. After reading her profile, for the most part everything we have discussed in our chats vs what's in her profile are the same...there are a couple of things that are diff from what she told me and I will confront her with the next time we chat... The picture on the profile is the same as one she sent to me. Let make a statement and then ask a question...The reason she is looking for a mate abroad is because she feel most of the men there are liers and they can't be trusted & they don't treat women equal in a lot of cases. She has had a number of bad experiences and she is feed up with the dating scene there. Her best friend recently left Ghana to go with a partner she met online and things worked out for the two of them...Is there any truth to what she says about how women are treated there? Thanks again for your input. It is valuable.

CK		05-Dec-2009 15:05
Hi Everbody, John, Git and Stephanie, thank you for the well wishes, some days are good, some not so good, will be going to the doctor soon to see what he says. I think it has to do a lot with my work schedule and getting little sleep on my work days and then too much sleep and caffeine withdrawl on my days off. Guest #2, thank you for your updates and John pretty much said everything I would have said. The bit about having you fly out to Ghana so fast and talking to the Uncle bothers me though. The girl in the pictures could be working with the "Uncle" in an effort to lure you to Ghana. Be aware also that people have been kidnapped and held for ransom in the past too upon traveling to Africa, though that's more of an issue in Nigeria. However, with the proximity of Nigeria to Ghana, it would not be beyond Nigerians to set up a kidnapping scheme by having you fly to Ghana, meet you there at the airport and then drive you out of the country. I know they will travel out of Nigeria to Ghana because I baited a gang a few years ago where they pretended to be Govt officials at the Central Bank of Nigeria and they wanted me to fly to Ghana and meet them there for official business. Of course I knew if I traveled there for real, I would most likely never be seen again. It's just another scenario to beware of. Like John, I really don't want to seem like a very paranoid person trying to scare you, but from my years of dealing with scammers, you have to really, really be prepared. This seems rushed on their part. Has the girl already expressed very strong feelings for you? I'll be checking in often as possible and I hope this is not a case of scammers. Take care John, Git, Stephanie and everybody else reading and hoping you all have a wonderful holiday in the event one of us is off the boards for a while to respond.

JOHN		05-Dec-2009 12:23
Hi GUEST #2, Good to hear from you. I think that you are on the right track now. At least she is agreeing to do what you suggest. However, when she comes on WebCam, remember what I did tell you. Please remember to ask her a question that only both you and she will know the answer to, and then observe on WebCam exactly what happens. If you see anything strange, like a long delay in answering, or that it appears that she is conferring with someone else, when you ask that question, well then you will know that something is amiss. Also be careful about the Photos, because if the person is "working" with an acclomplice, she will have the Photos taken for you, but what will that really prove? By the way,is she a native Ghanaian, or is she white? The reason for this is that in the majority of cases, scammers use Photos of white models, and if she has been truthful with you from day one, well then she will have sent you real Photos of herself. I know that you may think that it not nice to so suspicious, but believe me, it will pay off for you in the end, and it's better to be safe than sorry. The girl may be sincere, but do please tread carefully, because you do not want to wind up getting hurt in more ways than one,and there is nothing wrong with you taking all these precautions. I do really wish you well, and please do come back, and let me know how things are progressing. Take care everyone, Stay Safe, Regards, JOHN

Guest#2		05-Dec-2009 11:32
John, Thank you very unch for your advice and input. And yes, I have asked for: 1) Hoer to send me several hardcopies of the same pictures she emailed to me and to take some pictures at several designated sites that I researched. I have asked the next time we chat, it be by webcam and she agreed. I will keep you posted & thanks again for your advice.

JOHN		04-Dec-2009 23:13
For GUEST #2, Good to see you back on the Site again, and that you are looking for advise. Some people just rush in, and then it is too late. What I find strange is that this lady is inviting you to Ghana after only talking to you for just 2 Months!! I also find it strange that she has not got her own Cell (Mobile) Phone, and that she now wants you to talk to her "Uncle". What would you talk to him about, if indeed it is her Uncle? As C K., said this could be a ploy, that is talking to her Uncle, for you to lower your guard, and not be suspicious of being set up by them, so that they can Scam you. Be very careful, because I sense that something is not right here. Be very careful about going to Ghana, because it is a fact that people have been met at Kotoka Airport in Accra, (People who were invited there),by their "Lovers", "Business Partners", etc., who they thought were genuine people, then brought away from there, robbed, beaten up, and left in some God forsaken place, and the people who were responsible for this were never tracked down, as the Addresses, Photo's, etc., were all false. The Police will not be of much help to you in finding them, and indeed, you may even have to get Money sent to you to pay them as well, but in most instances it will be to no avail!! Indeed, if you Google the Gananian Daily Graphic Newspaper today, you will see where a Lady travelled to Acrra, from London, to appear in Court there, to tesify against her "Husband", who happens to be a Ghanaian Pastor, but who was already married. She was introduced to him by a Ghanaian "Friend" in London, and after going to Ghana, she had a whirwind romance with him, married him, and gave him over £11,000 (nearly $20,000) to mind for her, and after she went back to London on business, he tried to disappear out of her life, money and all. So strange things happen to people, when they get involed with people that they do not really know!! Especially when that person lives in a different Country, with different sets of Values, and from a completely different Culture. Regarding getting someone to do a background search for you, that is a hard thing to get done!! It would be impossible, unless you are sure that you have the right Photo, the right Address, etc., and it would cost you money. Even if they found out that she existed, how would they find out about her past?? You will have to think long and hard about this, and I did ask you before to ask yourself a lot of questions, which you should read again, in my Posting to you a short time ago. Did she appear on WebCam, like I asked you to get her to do? Did you ask her to take the Photo like C K., advised you to ask her to do?. These are my observations, and I had to be truthful in what I say to you, because this is a serious matter, and it is not meant to hurt you in any way, rather to get you to think about all this, from someone elses point of view. Hopefully C K., is well enough to give you his advise as well, and that he will read this soon. Also, perhaps FAKERS2GO will answer you as well, and remember that he lives in Ghana, so please pay attention gto any advise that he may give as well. Nothing else comes to mind at this time, but I do wish you well, and do come back to this Site with any updates or queries. Regards to all, and hope you are getting better C K., Stay Safe everyone, JOHN

Guest #2		04-Dec-2009 19:55
John & CK, This is Guest #2 & thank you for your input. This lady is 36 yrs old and she has given me her address and invited me for a visit. I ask her to send me a hardcopy of a photo by mail(my PO Box) and I am awaiting that photo. She ask me to call her uncle to get to know him...but I know tht can be anyone on the phone. Are the people that can do an actual investigation on a person in Ghana to determone their legitamacy? Thanks to all for your help.

JOHN		04-Dec-2009 13:28
Hi Stephanie, Great to see you on the Site again, and I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas as well. Congratulations on the great work that you are doing, and I am sure that a lot of Soldiers that are away from home for Christmas really appreciate what you are doing, as this time of the year can be a really lonely time for those brave people, being so far from home, and missing their loved ones. I know at first hand about that feeling as I did serve in the forces myself, so keep up that work, because you will never realize the happiness that you bring to those people. Regarding you almost "lapsing" and contacting your Scammer again, well that thought is only natural at this time of year. Christmas can be a lonely time, and sometimes we think back about the past, especially the last year, and as that scammer was a "part of your life" for a long time, it is only natural to think of him. However, like our schooldays, we only think of the good times, and want to have that "happy" feeling back again, but don't ever give in to that urge to contact him!! You are almost out of the woods now, and if you go back there again Stephanie, you may not have another recovery in you again, because you have been thru a tough time emotionally, so let it go, and it will make you a stronger person, as it will prove to you that this Scammers power over you is gone forever. The reason that he has not contacted you is that he knows the "game" is up for him regarding you, and as all scammers do, he has moved on, and he is now busy scamming someone else Hope that bit of advice is of help to you, and continue to keep busy with the great work that you are doing, and do give yourself a congratulatery pat on the back, because you deserve it. C K., I do hope you are better, as you are missed. Will say a prayer for you, and hope that you have a lovely Holiday as well, and that you will soon be back to full health, and Posting here again. Git, Wish you a happy Holiday as well, and hope you are doing well. Fakers2go, I do know what the Electricity situation is in Ghana is like, it's hard for anyone in the Western World to imagine that these cuts can last for days, without any warning,but it seems to be geting worse over the last 2 weeks in particular. Hope that it will get better. I have read AWAL's Posting, and if you read it again, you would imagine that he was presenting himself as a woman. Would not be too worried about exposing him as a Scammer, because if he is getting any easy money, he's only a heartbeat away from becoming a "full time" Scammer. Regarding the Visa, I would not worry about it. Copyright for Visas is not the property of the Visa Holder, but of the Goverment that issues it. There is a Statement on all Visas stating that the Visa "always" remains the property of the issueing Goverment. Keep up the good work, and have a nice holiday as well. Enjoy the Holidays everyone, and stay safe, Regards, JOHN

Stephanie		04-Dec-2009 03:30
Hi CK and John, Happy Holidays - Merry Christmas! CK I am so sad you are having a tough time with the migraines. Being a fellow sufferer I can not only sympathize but empathize with your pain. Luckily with time they did slack off some. My Dr. did discover that Nutrasweet caused very severe clustering migraines. They subsided greatly when I ceased using the stuff. I wish you well and hope you can somehow get some relief. Thanks for thinking of me, I really appreciate that. Silly me, tonight I had such a strong urge to contact my scammer and logged on here instead. Guess I was having a "moment", ah........ Not matter how strong we are, it takes time to "forget". I am now on 3 volunteer websites for supporting the troops and have been busy with letters and care packages. It has helped to fill the void my "scammer left". The feedback from the troops has been wonderful, but always in the back of my mind I wonder if I'll ever meet my the real "soldier" who I felt such a strong digital attraction for. Oddly enough, my scammer has never made an effort to contact me from the day I called it off. Odd..... Anyway, wishing you a lovely holiday season. Keep up the great work. As I've said repeatedly, I very much appreciate this site and the wonderful help I received from both of you. Smiles and Hugs Stephanie

fakers2go		02-Dec-2009 09:49
Hi CK and John Sorry about the delay in replying but we've had no lights since Monday! The message from the guy I suspect of being a scammer is from Awal on 30-Apr-2008. Have emailed Brian. He is on our website as 'Nick' and he has just seen himself there and has written to say he's not a scammer. So I'm doing more research to confirm. In any case, I don't believe he's a hard core scammer, just an opportunist who tries his luck with sob stories. I have even questioned whether these sort of people are worth exposing. I don't know the answer. It is a difficult issue about how much info we put on our sites. Scammers definately visit our site. We have just added a fake visa scan and given detailed info on why it's fake. We had to balance the chance of criminals learning from this (but they probably know already) with the information it can provide the rest of us. Now it seems someone has clicked on the 'report abuse' button on our site and accused us of copyright breach - probably the guy whose visa we exposed. So the site is temporarily suspended (you can still view a cached copy of it) although we have a back up at blogspot which we'll have to update now. It is indeed encouraging to meet other people who are involved in this work. It is sometimes a lonely and thankless task. The only encouragement is from people who we stop from being scammed. We often get abuse from scammers and from naive foreigners who think we are 'justice by blog' or that we are unfairly accusing their new internet friend who couldn't possibly be a scammer! There also seems to be a 'scam gene' - people who are scammed then continue to either get scammed by the same person or who move onto another scammers and get scammed again! In our experience, they are often intelligent men, who know Africa well, but want to suspend their critical judgement when if comes to romance! I just read on twitter that a gang of Nigerian scammers have just been arrested whilst trying to rob someone in a hotel. So justice does get served. Keep up the good work. regards f2g

JOHN		30-Nov-2009 19:22
Hi C K., Great to see you are almost back to full health, and thanks for your observations regarding f2g's Posting. He is indeed welcome here, and as you said it great to see other people putting out warnings as well. It's a very good point that you made about f2g putting the Names of those other Sites here, and to be honest I never thought about Scammers now being able to access these Sites from here, but if I could suggest now to FAKERS2GO to Email Brian McMorrow and ask him to delete that Posting, at least it would not be here for too long, and the Scammers would not get acccess to it from this Site, so F2G., when you read this, perhaps you could send that Email to Brian, giving himt the Date and time of that Posting, and ask him to delete it. It would be appreciated, because as C K., said, it's bettter if the Scammers do not have easy access to these Sites, because both C K., and I are well aware that Scammers do visit this Site, and indeed even try to disrupt what we both try and do here, but we are wise to them. Like C K., I have no problem that you are on this Site, and your expertise is welcome by me as well. I have friends in Ghana, and I love the people there, and the Country, itself, and I go there as frequently as I can. Its the Scammers there that I hate, and like C K., I will always endevor to fight them, in any way that I can. That's why people like C K., have my respect, because it can be a thankless job at times, and is very time consuming, but people like him never ask for praise, even though they have saved many people from those Scammers. So I do hope you will be back to full health soon C K., to continue your good work. F2G, I hope that you will Email Brian as soon as you can, and we will see you on this Site again. Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

CK		30-Nov-2009 16:44
Hi John and welcome F2G, I'm feeling better now, have to wait to see how I feel tomorrow as it is on Tuesdays when I am off from work after 4 days that I get my headaches. Trying something new so hopefully I'll be feeling good tomorrow. No concerns from me from f2g's first post, it is similar to other warning messages I have seen posted on bulletin boards over the years. I'm familiar with the romance scams website and know a member or 2 over there, so I know they do good work. If he had read earlier posts going back, he would have seen the scammers no longer have an advantage here since John first came on board, but no harm no foul. I don't feel like he is stepping on toes here. It's refreshing to see people taking an active part in putting out warnings. I would caution about listing the websites you mentioned on boards that are frequented by scammers. Scammers obviously frequent here and could visit the websites where they could gain information to learn from their mistakes or pick up pointers in order to further help them in their scams. Scammers typically do not go out and google for sites that show how we fight back against them. I belong to a major baiting site but I won't list it here because that would just give the scammers here an opportunity to go visit the website and see what we do. Having never been to Ghana myself, I have to leave the expertise to John when giving first hand information about the locals and the communities there. I just try to contribute because of my first hand knowledge in dealing with scammers and the tactics they use. I also agree with John when he says that if you are dealing with anybody over the internet and they say they are from West Africa, you have to assume that person you are talking to is most likely a scammer. You don't have to jump gun and make the accusation, but your guard has to be up 100%. It's not the time to be PC and assume the person is innocent. They need to prove it to you.

JOHN		30-Nov-2009 12:27
Hi Fakes2go, I understand now where you are coming from, and you do raise some interesting points. As I have been in Ghana on numerous occasions, I know where you are coming from, regarding Foreigners, whose behavior when they are in Ghana leaves a lot to be desired. The sight of old men, with mostly bald heads, and pot bellies, who frequent the Hotels and Restaurants, and whose Egos are as big as their bellies is disgusting. Yes, thay do use Money to try to buy young girls in particular, and they care about no one but themselves. They leave an impresion with the Ghanaian people that all foreigners are like this, and they should be ashamed of themselves. In the main, the Ghanaian people are a very gentle kind of people, and much nicer in nature that the Nigerians, who are much too sreet wise. You will also know that the Nigerians, especially those in Ghana, also use a superior attitude in dealing with Ghanaians. They think that they are better than Ghanaians, but little do they know that Ghanaians are very suspicious of them, and in most cases do not see them as their "brothers", but rather as people to be very wary of. In all the Countries of the world that I have visited, I have found the Ghanaian people to be the nicest, most welcoming, and the most respectful of all of those Countries. It is so unfortunate that the good name of the Ghanaian people is being destroyed by Scammers. I will reply in more detail, possibly later today, but for now, I know where you are coming from, and I believe that your intentions are good. Take care everyone, and I hope C K., that you are making a good recovery, Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

fakers2go		30-Nov-2009 02:59
Hi John, I'm sorry I don't actually know much about this site, what it is or who you guys are so apologies if I have spoken out of turn. I traced an email address here of someone I'm investigating as a supsected scammer (the guy who wants to be a model) and saw the discussion. I hadn't realised you had already posted the same advice so I'm sorry if I have duplicated the discussion. I’m involved in a group of volunteers and one of the things we do is raise awareness of this issue. Most of us, but not all, are in Ghana. Perhaps, if you had seen our site you would not be so suspicious that I am attempting to spread misinformation. I was also not intending to ‘tread on your toes’. Yes, I am in Ghana which is why I said come here. There reason why I said do not assume everyone is a scammer is because foreigners sometimes talk to every Ghanaian with a rude and superior attitude. Of course, you should always be wary but don’t talk to people as if they are only out for your money. Most Ghanaians have had rude comments when corresponding with foreigners and far worse as well, often being treated as if everyone can be bought. I do not agree that if someone asks for money they are a definite scammer. If you have been to Ghana you know that people often ask other s for money – it is part of the culture and a way people dialogue with each other. It is not always serious. People will also try their luck with the ‘rich white man’. If you politely refuse and they drop the matter they are probably not a scammer. It is only if they keep persisting that you should become concerned. My comment was more about the way you talk to another human being and not to talk to every Ghanaian as if they are automatically a criminal. From the name of our website it is obvious we deal with people who target gays (a serious business here as the illegality offers blackmail opportunites). However, the advice on our site is often the same for straights. The scammers we have pictured on our site are not necessarily gay and some are definitely not. We know some of them also work on straight dating sites. I posted the other sites because they all complement each other. Some of these sites, particularly Romance Scams, offer a lot of advice, counselling, support, legal institutions you can complain to and pictures of scammers. I hadn’t seen those sites mentioned on yours so thought you and your readers might be interested. You are correct that it is dangerous to bait or entrap scammers and the advice is not to do it. The members of our group remain have to remain anonymous as we are exposing criminals, some of whom are dangerous. Hope this answers some of your suspicions. f2g

JOHN		29-Nov-2009 22:20
To fakers2go, I have just been reading your Posting on the Site. You never actually stated why you Posted here. All the advice that you gave has already been stated on this Site by both C K., and I,on numerous occasions. Also, although I did not open the Link to your Site that you gave, it seems that Site deals with Gays!! You can correct me if I am wrong. Why did you Post all the other Sites here as well?? I would be delighted to know the reasoning behind that. I will agree that advice is always welcome in relation to Scammers, but most of what you Posted is already known by both C K., and I, and we have dealt with it frequently on this Site, to make it known to the people who visit this Site. We also give advice to these people, and warn them about the various Scams that abound on the Internet, especially to those people who are in contact with people from Nigeria and Ghana, and in most cases we actually can tell them, from our experiences that most are in fact being Scammed!! I take it that you are a Ghanaian, or if not, that you live in Ghana,because you stated in your Posting ; " Come to an Internet Cafe in Ghana" etc. If you did not live there, you would have said "Go to an Internet Cafe in Ghana" etc. Am I right?? Also you said ; " Don't assume that everyone's a Scammer" end of quote. My advise to people would be to always assume that a person from Nigeria, or Ghana is a Scammer ( I am referring to those those who are in contact with people on the Internet),until such time that those people prove otherwise!! That way a person will always be on their guard against those slick Scammers. I do know that there are genuine people who use the Internet, both fron Nigeria and Ghana, but they are very few of them, so the odds are stacked against people who are in contact with people from those Counties, so that is why it is better for people to be always on your guard. Better to be safe than sorry!! I do agree however, that the moment someone requsts money, that all communication should cease immediately, because no matter what the reason is for requesting Money , that is the SIGNAL that the person is a definite Scammer. Also, I know Ghana very well, and I know the "Cafe Culture" there and that these Scammers will use any means possible to entrap people. They have nothing else to do only spend 24/7 in those Cafes, and it is a fact that some of these Scammers can earn almost 1 MILLION DOLLARS a year. That may astound people, but it is a fact. Yet as you say, the Police Authories turn a blind eye, as Scamming brings a vast amount of money into both the Nigerian and Ghanaian economys. How sad!! That is why it is so dangerous to deal with these Scammers, or to try to entrap them, because with that amount of money to lose, these Scammers will stop at nothing, and human life means little or nothing to them. For now I have nothing more to add, but I would welcome C K's observations on your Posting, as I may be getting too suspicious of everyone. Stay safe everyone, Hope to see your Posting soon C K., Regards to all, JOHN

fakers2go		29-Nov-2009 18:57
Hi everyone. Hope you don't mind this intervention. One of our scammer's emails led me to this site. It's not surprising that so much discussion to focus around scammers - it seems common on sites dealing with West Africa. There is one rule - never send anyone money to someone you have met on the internet, no matter how real they seem, how well you 'know' them or how sad their story appears. Come to an internet cafe in Ghana and you will be amazed at all the young boys doing their business. If they are illiterate they can hire typists to write the messages for them. They often have Word documents of statements which they can copy and paste into your chat. You will also notice them on gay and straight dating sites using different email addresses. They will also pose as men and women. Scamming is referred to as a ‘game’. And you are their ‘mugu’ – fool. In Africa, state laws do not operate as they do in ‘developed’ countries. In Ghana and Nigeria, the police can even work with the criminals and can be employed to intimidate people to extort money. The police claim they are trying to stop cyber-crime but, if true, resources are limited. Besides our own site which exposes scammers and offers information and advice: http://www.squidoo.com/Online-gay-dating-scams-in-Ghana There is also Ghana-pedia which recently caught a gang: http://www.ghana-pedia.org/org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=47 the excellent Romance Scams: http://romancescams.org/ and our brothers in Nigeria, Lagos Heat: http://lagosheat.wordpress.com/ Some of these groups are working with friendly police to entrap the scammers (as we have also done) or help people who have been scammed. The best way to stop the scammers is to raise the issue in your own countries. It’s astonishing to us that people have still not heard of the various scams and fall prey to them. Write letters to your newspapers and try to get stories into the media generally. If it’s personal it’s more likely to be published. Something strange happens to foreigners when they correspond with or meet Africans – they suspend all critical judgment and do things they would never do with their own people. Maybe it comes from guilt or from feeling pity. The scammers are well aware of this and exploit it to their own means. Please be polite to people on line, don’t assume everyone’s a scammer, if someone requests money (it’s a habit in Ghana) politely refuse, if they persist or get abusive stop all contact. Peace f2g

Git		27-Nov-2009 13:11
Hello CK Sorry to hear that you suffer from migraine. I have had that too - or at least severe headache that left me crawling on the floor. Went away when I stoped eating candy, so I guess it is sugar that make me sick. Sometimes salt also. Try to exclude these as much as you can, at least sugar, and see if that makes any difference. John This weekend it is a year since my hell begun, so I guess that when Christmas and New Year has passed and we are in half January it will be better. It is like when you loose someone, a year has to pass before it stops hurt too much. I am doing other things now, struggling with learning Spanish so I can communicate with some Spanish friends a little better.

JOHN		27-Nov-2009 11:26
Hi C K., Great to hear from you. I had a feeling that you were not well, but don't ask me how I had that feeling. Mental Telepathy?? I do hope that you are recovering well, because Migraine can be very distressing, and it's not nice to have to be confined to bed. Delighted that you are back on the Site, as your Postings are always straight to the point. Wishing you well, and that you will soon be back to full health. Take care, and look after yourself, Regards, JOHN

CK		27-Nov-2009 11:07
Hi John and Git and Stephanie and Guest #2, No worries, I'm still here. It's Thanksgiving time over here in the US so I extend my best wishes to everybody here, whether you celebrate the Holiday or not. Plus I am a migraine sufferer and I had a doozy a few days ago that left me laid up in bed for a while. Guest #2, John had an excellent response, keep it all in mind as you move forward with this girl in Accra. But be warned about her sending you pictures that show a time stamp. Those can easily be forged with a paint program by inserting some text over the picture. The best way to verfiy the person in the picture is to get them to hold up a sign that has something very specific written on it that cannot be made up, even with a photoshop program. Unless the person is very skilled with a paint/photoshop program, if the person you are talking to is a fake, they will make up excuses for not taking such a picture. Much like the Webcam angle that John explained. I'm suspicious of her using her Uncle's phone and needing you to buy airtime. Why doesn't the Uncle buy time then? It's his phone. From the sound of it, I'm betting if it is a scammer it is a guy, but using a female to talk on the phone with you to keep up appearences. Also, can you describe what the girl in the pictures looks like? Is she African in appearence? Does she look like a model in her pictures? Do the pictures look like they were all done professionally? Also again, a good love scammer will not tip their hand early and may wait months before they ask you for money, gifts or favors. They want to get you very comfortable and break down any doubts or reservations you might have. Hope everybody else is doing well! Sincerely, CK

JOHN		27-Nov-2009 10:34
For Stephanie, I do hope that you are doing well. You were omitted you in my Posting to GIT, but I am not forgetting about you, and hope to hear how you are doing from time to time. With my Regards to all, JOHN

JOHN		27-Nov-2009 10:27
GIT, Just read your Posting. Nice to know that you are doing OK. It's only natural that you feel angry about the Money, and also about the emotional journey that this person brought you thru, but I promise you that it will get better. I know a person who actually lost everything to one of these Scammers, and is now homeless. However, he now spends his time helping other people, and he has recovered from it. He says that he lost a Year more of his life by being angry about what happened, because time just passed him by, but everyone else was getting on with their lives. It gained him nothing, and he says that it was only when he forgave himself, that he moved on with his life. GIT, it is not easy, but you have to let the past bury the past. That person still has control over your life, because of the anger that you feel. Do you want to give him that kind of power?? Close that Chapter of your life, forgive yourself about your mistake, and you will move on. It's human to err, we have all done something stupid, or silly in our lives, but if we learn from it,we would be stronger people. Wasting your time being angry, while it may seem justified, is futile. It does not mean that you were stupid in the first place, just that you were too trusting. That is your makeup, but now you have learned to think before you act, and you can be of great help to other people, who might be headed on the same path that you were on. This year is now coming to an end, and a new one will be here soon, so just let it go. There is a Power greater than us al, and that guy will have to answer for what he has done, so leave him to the Higher Power, and make a conscious decision to let the past bury the past. Look at all the people around the World who dealt with Banks, Investors, etc., in the last 2 years, and what happened to them?? Some were Scammed out of all their Money, and a lot of these people would have been thought of as being very shrewd Business people. Sure they were angry, but most have now moved on with their lives, because no one can afford to live in the past. It will destroy anyone who does. GIT, you are a nice person, and that person on Accra is SCUM. Ask yourself this question; Do you still want him to have Power over you? Well obviosly not, but when you let the the anger go, and he will not have that power, and you will feel a sense of relief that you have not felt in a long time,when you take back control of your own life again!! Then get on with your life, because there is so much that you can do that is positive. Life is so short, so we all have to learn how to live each day as it comes, to the best of our ability, and rememer that we cannot change anyone else, but we can change ourselves. So today, make a conscious decision to forgive yourself, thank God, or your Higher Power for another day that he has given you, and leave all this anger behind you. Leave that person to the Judgement of the Higher Power, and close this Chapter in your life forever. GIT, I do hope that I do not sound like a Preacher,but I feel that somewhere in what I have said, that you will find comfort, and be able to take control of your life again. Remember that there are still some good people left in the world who do care about you, and they will help you. I trust that you will find Peace in your life again, and if you need help, well I am here, as is C K., so for now I can only wish you all the good things that life can offer, and give up on being too hard on yourself. Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

Git		27-Nov-2009 08:01
John I am ok. Still angry about the money, but what can I do. I have been stupid and I have to pay for that. Don't hear from the man in Accra so I think that you were perfectly right in your conclusion of him being a scammer. Otherwise he should have contacted me and wondered why I am not there for him anymore.

JOHN		26-Nov-2009 21:51
For GUEST #2... Hi GUEST # 2, As GIT has just said to you, there is no way to know whether that Lady from Accra is a Scammer or not for now at least.....Also, do ask her to use a WebCam, and then you will know at least that she is the person in the Picture....I would say that she is using a Cafe to correspond with you, so for a small fee, she will be able to use a WebCam, because contrary to what a lot of people say, or think, most of the Cafe's in Accra do have them. If she says that there is not a WebCam in her "Cafe", then just ask her to go to the BusyInternet Cafe at Circle, which is in Accra. Everyone in Accra knows where it is, as a lot of Students and Business People use it, and it is very well known. They keep an eye open there for Scammers, and anyone caught Scamming is not welcome there!! A few things to be aware of; 1. Webcam appearances can be "fixed", and it may not be the person that you think it is at the other end, so I would ask her a question on IM, at the same time that she is on WebCam, that only she would know the answer to. If there is any hesitation, or if you notice anything happening on the WebCam, then you wil have to use your own judgement, as to whether you are satisfied or not. 2. I find it strange that she has not got her own Cell Phone, or Mobile Phone, as Ghana has one of the highest ownership of these Phones in Africa. I find it strange that she is using her Uncles Phone!! Do you know what her age is, as it is only the very young people who have not got Cell, or Mobile Phones in Ghana!! 3. It is a fact that Scammers have been known to wait for a long time before they ask for Money, and sometimes it can be even a Year or more before this happens, so just be aware of that!! 4. Also be aware that there is Technology that Scammers use with Cell Phones,that can actually change a Mans Voice to make it sound like a womans voice, and visa versa. 5. If "she" starts to make excuses about using WebCam, then there is a problem, because as you said, she sent you Pictures of herself, so why should "she" not use WebCam, it costs only a few Cents to use it??? 6. You are the only person who knows how this "Lady" first made contact with you. You have to think back about that, and decide for yourself if you thought "her" approach was unusual in any way, because if it was, well think about it, and be honest with yourself in your recollection!! 7. If it was you who made the first approach, then 6 above is obviously irrelevent. Finally, you have to decide what you want from this "relationship". Remember, even if this turns out to be a genuine person, it is very, very hard to conduct a Relationship from a distance, and you will have to ask yourself some serious questions. It can be so easy to get caught up in the moment, and you may not have thought thru the emotional consequences of all this!! I am not a counsellor, but I do have a lot of experience, and I am only stating what I have said, in the hope that it will give you food for thought. Please come back on the Site, if you think that we can help you further. As GIT has alredy stated, there is no way, given what you Posed here to know whether this is a Scam or not, but I would advise you to tread very carefully, and I hope what I have said will be of help to you. For GIT, Nice to see you Posting here and I do hope that you are well. It's also nice to see you giving your advice. For C K., It's been a while since we were on the Site, and I was begining to worry as to whether the controversary had put people off. Maybe that was their intention, but it will not work. Hope that you have something to add to this Query. Stay safe everyone, Regards for now, JOHN

Git		26-Nov-2009 08:07
To guest #2 Ask her to use a webcam. It is one way to proof that she is the woman on the pictures she has sent to you. But if she is a scammer or not, who can say? John or CK will probably know other ways also.

Guest # 2		25-Nov-2009 20:32
Ladies & Gentlemen, Need your help...Recently, I me a lady from accra,ghana. We have been talking by internet and IM for about 2 months. She has not asked me for money, however she did ask me to buy airtime so we could talk occassionally wit her using her uncle's cell phone...but she called me a few times using his cell phone before she asked for the airtime. I did volunteer to send her something for her birthday. She has sent me several pictures...so to prove who she was, I asked her to take some pictures with a camera that had the date and time and send them to me...And she did the same day. How can I be sure she is not a scammer.

Git		10-Nov-2009 07:40
Pam Ok, we have different opinions. I have difficulties to understand you and vice versa.

Pam		09-Nov-2009 06:54
Git i didnt think we were arguing

PAM		08-Nov-2009 18:53
No, i have never been scammed. But i have been to Africa and i have seen what goes on and thats why i have said look in your own backyard and i am sure the scammers that know about this site hates for me to tell you all that because if you are willing to be victim after reading from this site and the reason i repeat myself, if you are a victim once it possible to be a victim again because you havent found what you were looking for in the beginning. And me say this i have many many friend from over Africa that are more like family. And they have watched my back. there are good and bad from everywhere so i am not saying stop looking for someone from there all together trust that voice you hear within. and if you cant stick to your back yard.when you meet a real man from over there he want be asking you for money or gifts. and my goal now is to traveling all over africa some other countries

Git		08-Nov-2009 08:59
Pam Nice to have a name on you. Yes your words were wery harsh and is really not what victims need when they are through this hell. We need to heal and to get comfort. I don't know if you have a personal experience of scamming, except for the woman you wrote about. But I can assure you that it is a real tough experience and I wish I had done some things very different from the beginning. But done is done and I am through almost all now. I look back on this as a bad experince that should not have happened if I had used my head and not got so scared. But as I pointed on above, done is done. English is not my native language so I hope that you understand my meaning.

Pam		07-Nov-2009 23:48
stephanie, you are right its deeper the a romance scam

Guest		07-Nov-2009 23:45
Git, its Pam, i will use it for now on. and to my friends i have met from this site in the past year. i want to apologize if you have been here reading my recent post and have notice i have spoke about your situation. i wasnt thinking about you coming to the site checking to see what going on here lately because like i know and what some of you have said my word are harsh but you need to hear. and you have moved on.

Gundoszdb		07-Nov-2009 14:59
Aloha! czv

JOHN		07-Nov-2009 13:34
Hi Git, and Stephanie, Good to see that you both can now stand up for yourselves, and that you do not accept the tripe that GUEST is trying to say...I wouldn't bother anymore answering him/her, because it will just bring back bad memories for you both, at a stage when you both are moving forward, and learning by yourr experiences...Rather, continue what you both are doing, and keep moving forward....We cannot change the past, but we can use the experiences of the past to move forward, and it will help you to change the future....Let the past bury the past, because it's gone forever.. For GIT, My advise would be not to bother opening those Emails, as they are all similar anyway, and most Scammers just use different variations of a Standard Script... You have saved the I P Addresses, and that should be the end of those Episodes for you. You are both doing well, and you both have come to terms with what has happened to you in the past, so don't allow anyone to keep opening up old wounds, because it will servr no purpose now....Just continue on with your healing process, and never look back, and time will heal all....You may find it hard to forgive, but you will forget in time. Great to hear from you both, and I am sure that C K., will have his observations to make again. Stay Safe, Regards, JOHN

Git		07-Nov-2009 08:09
Guest I wish you could at least use a name here, not only Guest. Thanks for at least give some understanding. I lost a lot of money yes, but I finally accepted and can live with that. It still makes me angry, I could have used that in a better way, but done is done. I can't turn time back even if I wanted that. Had a miserable year until I accepted what had happened, thanks to people that have had the same experience and often much worse. I actually wrote down the whole story and put it in the open on Romance Scam. I can only blame myself, but it does not help me if other people also do. I have been scared almost to death. But as I said before, I am much wiser now. Won't trust them until I have seen them in their eyes. I am not a Christian in the way that I am member of a church, but I believe in faith and I think they will be punished, if not in this life they will be in the next. John and CK I want an advice also. I am thinking about closing down my yahoo account, with all e-mails. I have saved some IP-numbers, but I don't want to read all the mails again to find typical texts that I can post on RS. Is it better to close down and just forget about what they have written?

Stephanie		07-Nov-2009 03:42
To Guest 07-Nov-2009 01:59 Much of what you say has merit. The hard truth is often brutal and unkind but that doesn't make it any less true. However, you are very much mistaken to say these incidents are not centered around "romance". Every alarm bell was ringing in my head saying "this dude can not be real - he can't be an American Soldier - he can't possibly be in love this fast". Because he wanted me to send the money and gifts to "his agent" in Ghana, this constitutes him as a "Nigerian Romance Scammer". The beautiful words, handsome visage and constant attention are strong incentives to carry on a conversation. Yes, the first "gift",an IPOD and money, was acceptable. A little more than I would have liked to spend but nonetheless it made me feel good. The second amount of money sent was not the best of feelings. Misgivings were running rampant within my head but again I justified the transaction. Now I start to search for answers to questions and doubts. The third amount of money sent was a big misjudgement - and here is the rub - "it's faith in love/romance" that is all our undoings. Some people learn the lesson early in the relationship, whereas others take longer because more of "their feelings" were invested. Each person varies on the amount they will give and take before the "bottom falls out" of their dream world. This is where the anger/complaint comes in -the disillusionment of dreams and goals. We were given promises by people who would never fulfill them. People involved with this type of lifestyle are not Christians but heathens. Thou shalt not steal is God's commandment, to not bear false witness against your neighbor for your own personal gain. These internet lovers blatantly lied in order to obtain personal gain (money) knowing they would never fulfill a single promise of love and marriage. Guest, although your remarks on Satan are very accurate, it is also true to say "Nigerian Romance Scammers" have turned their backs on God through purposefully breaking the commandments; they have become worshippers of false gods (money). Satan claims heathens as one of his own. Christians live on faith. They haven't "seen God in person" yet they know he exists because faith assures them of that. Through scripture God makes promises. If we give everything we have to Him, our money, love and life, then we have the reasonable expectation that he will fulfill those promises because He assures us of His love. Therefore, Christians would be justified in our anger towards God if he failed to fulfill His promises. The victims anger is justified when promises made by "internet lovers" are not fulfilled. A spouse is justified in anger, towards a partner who fails to fulfill marriage promises. Most importantly there would be justification of anger towards an employer who failed to fulfill the promise of wages for work performed. God will be justified in his anger towards "Nigerian Romance Scammers" for their worship of false gods (MONEY). Guest if you truly feel compassionate for victims of any scam then do as Buddha teaches; outward actions will be indicative of inner goodness. Your quote "but people never feel they have been a victim until they are hurt and broke" is harsh and not necessarily true. I am by no means broke but I am a victim of lies told to gain my money through trust and love. I, like other victims am justified in "anger". I am thankful and appreciative of this site. The practice of avoiding "romance scammers" is ongoing. Lending wisdom and guidance to others who may be experiencing the same troubles is rewarding. Thanks to CK and John and Brian for keeping this site going, and thanks to those people who want to help "victims" regardless of why, but because of "how" they became that way. Kudos to you for a job well done and for the inner goodness that shines through your actions. With warm regards

Guest		07-Nov-2009 01:59
Git i am sorry about what happen to you but maybe if you would have read what i am saying somewhere your eyes wpould have been wide open. and its not about a romance scam. its about hearing what i have said because i know each time you sent something there was something within you that said should i but you did it anyway. i dont know how much you have lost but one time you sent, ok, its done, 2nd time ok, but people never feel they have been a victim until they are hurt and broke. like i said before it took me talking to one woman everyday, telling dont do it, and she tells me but he gets so mad, this went on for a while and she stopped sending and he got mad and became verbally abusive. and she cried a many of days but she even said to me what if he was not scamming me I told her he was because by then they he a jackpot she had sent over $20k. but one thing i say . satan will make you go further then you want to go, stay longer then you want to stay, make you pay more than you want to pay

JOHN		07-Nov-2009 01:42
C K., & GIT, I have been away from the Site for a while, and it neve ceases to amaze me as to the kind of people that come on this Site!! CK., you are a good person, as is Git, but we are only wasting our time replying to Idiots on this Site. We are only wasting our energy talking to them, because they are not open minded,and as C K said, they can try to justify antthing that they do. As you said also Git, Victims do not need Idiots telling them the mistakes that they have made, but you have to remember that these people have limited Inteligence, and it is impossible to get thru to them,as C K., said,they will find ways to try to justify there Actions. Ghana is a beautiful Country, with beautiful people in the main, but these Scumbags do not care about the image that they are portraying of their Country. They are only interested in one thing, and that is to make a quick Buck, and they do not care how they get it..Their Rational just defies comprehion. I know of an instance where a Scammer killed nearly a whole Family, then got away scot free, when he was found out, by paying the next of Kin about 1,000 Cedi, (About 1,000 Dollars), and it was accepted by them.In Gods namehow can that be justified?? Thats the way it is in Ghana, Human life means nothing to these Scum, and no one really cares....How sad....This will give you an idea of what happens there in Ghana. Altough C K., has never been in Ghana, to the best of my knowledge, he is aware of exactly what happens there, and I urge everyone to listen to him, when he Posts on this Site, because he is one of the most astute people that I have ever had the pleaure to know, and this Site is lucky to have him here. Never doubt what he says here, because his knowledge of Scams , and Scammers astounds me, and I thought that I knew a lot!!! Regarding Smile, I don't have any intention of meeting him, because, although he may not be directly involved in Scamming, he has a made a lot of Money out of Victims who were Scammed, and that is not right no matter how you try to explain it.... Every time that I am in Ghana, I am well propected, because I have to be, so I not in the leastworried about anyone in Ghana, but not everyone is that fortunate, so for anyone who intends to go there, I would advise them not to, as it is too dangerous, that is if you are trying to trace a Scammer. However, if you want to go on Holidays, it is a Paridise, and if you stick to the Tourist Sites, it is an experience never to be forgotten.. I have spent some of the happiest times of my life there,but I have to take precautions!! C K.,may God give you long life,and I look forward to working with you over the coming Years, because we are not going away. and we will never be diverted from helping people. Stay Safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

CK		07-Nov-2009 01:22
LOL, spoken like a true lad! Well done! You call me a fool but its you who looks like the complete fool on how you wish to discuss my sarcasm and explore that in detail but you'll dodge and duck how the real facts which expose you as a scammer. You know, like your earlier posts where you told people they would have to pay to get help. The one that contradicted another post of yours where you said you have helped lots of people find the person they were really talking to. Yeah, you risked life and limb and you bravely found the real life name of the person who was using fake ID, throw away SIM card, free e-mail and operating out of 1 of the 100's of internet cafes in Ghana! Liar! What's wrong Smile? Business bad now that John and I have warned everybody showing up about your game? Too bad for you! Okay, enough of this nonsense. I'll go back to lurking mode in the event somebody needs some help. Anybody new here reading this, best advice is to go back a few months, reread all the posts, especially the ones where Guest/Smile and his friends out themselves with their own words and you'll see for yourself what a bunch of criminals they are.

Guest		07-Nov-2009 00:57
CK you need to be on this site because you are foolish. and for the wife statement sad if you cant tell if the person you are with will scam you or not and if you are married hahahaha why should you have to gave it to her that tells me something about you alone. if anything i hope you were saying that you and your wife would discuss the money. because she should be able to spend as you would you speak as its only your not as it would be ours when you marry you become as one.

Git		06-Nov-2009 12:59
CK In the end it will all reverse back to them and they will suffer like we have done or even worse. God or faith, whatever you want to call it, will punish them.

CK		06-Nov-2009 11:16
Git, Smile/Guest and his friends blame the victims because they want to absolve themselves of any guilt. This cretin says hey if the victim gives money of their own free will, that is their own fault. Of course he forgets to say the scammer is telling lie after lie to deceive their victims. When you love somebody and trust them, its hard to question their motives. If my wife of 12 years asked me tomorrow for $5000, by Smile/Guest's insane logic, I should not give it to her because she might be trying to scam me. Bottom line is they can post all their BS here, but it does not change the facts. Smile may not ask you for money, but he will refer you to the guy who will ask you for money. He himself as already admitted it in his earlier posts he refuses to acknowledge. Oh and Smile, if you are practicing Christians, God knows exactly what you are doing. You and your friends can post your drivel here and think your lies will fool people, but they will not fool God. You are bearing false witness and you are stealing. In case you have forgotten, those are part of God's commandments and God will not condone you lying in order to steal from innocent people.

Git		06-Nov-2009 07:47
Guest, Thanks for using lowercase, now it is easier to read as I have eye problems. I am a victim and yes I have been stupid. But it does not help me to heal being called something that I perfectly know myself. I had never heard about romance scamming. I knew about the so called Nigeria letters, but internet love scams - never. You know Guest, I have difficulties in believing in men now. I have learned a hard lesson and I will always remember that. And I have discovered a couple of scammers because of my new knowledge. I now avoid dating sites that I know don't cares about having scammers on their sites, only counting members and money. I can't understand why you only accuses the victims. Does not the scammers have any guilt in this? What about the gouvernments in those countries? Do they not have any guilt? What these young men needs is a future with an ordinary work to be proud of. A salary good enough to live on so they don't need, what we call, money under the table. Their countries needs investments, from wealthy persons in their own countries and from abroad. Tell those scammers that they at least do something for their own countries for the money they are stealing from lonely women and men.

Guest		06-Nov-2009 02:40
Ck i never read all of your posting not worth. but i see that you only see to understand what those that feel the same way as you. and as for smile you feel he is a scammer because of what he post not that someone on here feels like he scammed them. No one on here has every said thay felt like he has scammed them and i am sure there are many on here that has contacted him. even if you have not.

CK		05-Nov-2009 20:32
Brilliant post! Guest = scammer = Smile. You completely ignore what I have said time and time again, you ignore what John, Git and Stephanie have said and you keep sticking to your guns that if a victim gets scammed that is their own fault. I will say again, for the 4th or 5th time, that not all scammers ask for money, but you completely ignore that. Ignore any facts that are brought to light that you cannot answer. "Victims are victims because they want to be". How pathetically disgusting. This is clearly the words of a scammer trying to absolve him and other scammers of all possible guilt or somebody who slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night and thinks love scams are so clear cut as to see through what is and is not a scam. I also find it interesting that around the same time you start posting this drivel, Smile shows back up to play the innocent act. I see he did nothing to defend his 2 posts he made that show him to be a liar and a fraud. Plus you're use of the small i as Smile did in the past when he faked posts that looked like others were thanking him for his help. Guest, if you are not Smile, fine you think all victims deserve to be victims. So when innocent children are involved and lied to by the scammer that they are going to get a new mom or dad, tough on them for not knowing any better right? That's basically what you are saying by your rational. Why don't you go post your theories on victims deserving to be ripped off on some of the forums that fight scammers and see what type of responses you get there.

Smile		05-Nov-2009 20:16
John if and when you are in Ghana come to my office and you will know me well instead of the negative thougts you have towards me. I will be willing to meet you and i am sure that together we will be able to to help those who need our help. I am not as bad as you think. So have rethink, I called Americans foolish back then and I did apologised for that. Hope today put a smile on your face and may the good lord gives you the power to keep helping victims.

Guest		05-Nov-2009 19:24
Ck, you gave alot of thought to your comment DUI come on. you have to know how to make an intelligent decisions. so CK i am a very good person and tell me bscause you have such a negative opinion about me what if i started asking for things that i desperately said i needed and it would be the honest truth would you hand it over or would you think about it? there is no scam behind that it is the choice of the person to give and to continue giving. Or would you make an intelligent decisions. Victims are victims because they want to be. these people are giving to their internet lover over and over they dont claim to be scam until they are broke or in trouble with paying own bills after giving them so much of their money. and may loneliness = dumbness = stupid and those people that it has happen to know this its about waking up smell the coffee i know one too many that this has happen to.

CK		05-Nov-2009 16:19
Smile, Glad you're here. Maybe now you can retort to my posts from Oct 28 17:06 and 17:20. You know, where you said you "helped lots of victims" in finding out the identities of those scammers they were involved with. The other being where you said outright that a victim would need to pay in order to get information. It's okay if you ignore them, much like "GUEST" who ignores the facts and then continues to proceed to blame victims for being victims of scams. GUEST is the type of guy that would blame the victim of a DUI car accident by saying they should not have been on the road away from home knowing there are drunk drivers out on the roads and they could end up being hit by one. You go right ahead and continue to deny your involvement in the scams. Just like the three guys who continue to tell me they are the real Gen. Sani Abacha and only they have the correct paperwork to claim the millions of dollars in the trunkbox being held at the security company. LOL Also, don't be ridiculous in posting some challenge to have John meet you in your so called office. What would that prove? A 30 minute sit down chat would prove what? That you could at least go 30 minutes without trying to run a scam? Besides, would you go to a meeting with somebody you don't know (who you assumed is a scammer)and risk running into five guys who could be brandishing clubs to lay a beating on you? How absurd.

Smile		05-Nov-2009 14:08
John if and when you are in Ghana come to my office and you will know me well instead of the negative thougts you have towards me. I will be willing to meet you and i am sure that together we will be able to to help those who need our help. I am not as bad as you think. So have rethink, I called Americans foolish back then and I did apologised for that. Hope today put a smile on your face and may the good lord gives you the power to keep helping victims.

JOHN		05-Nov-2009 13:55
Correction to last Posting.. Meant to say" Will not divert either C K., or I doing what we can to help Victims, or potential Victims" Regards, JOHN

JOHN		05-Nov-2009 13:46
Hi C K., & GIT, Hope you are well..Just came on the Site, and was reading the latest Postings, so I have a few comments to make on them!!! As you said C K., people come on this Site, but do not read the Postings properly, and that is why they post rubbish comments...If only I could understand what that GUEST is trying to say, because it is so hard to make sense out of his Postings...However, I do understand that he is calling VICTIMS stupid people...I wish he would take my advise and go to Night School, and learn how to write proper English, and then maybe we might understand him!!! VICTIMS are not stupid, but rather are the victims of FRAUD, which is a crime!! There is a difference, but then maybe you would not have the intelligence to understand that, or maybe you cannot comprehend that fact!! In any case, Victims do not need to be made feel worse, after they are scammed, rather they need some compassion to come to terms with what has happened to them!! There is not a person alive today who has not been scammed in some shape or form, so if that's all you have to offer people on this Site, then you are not welcome here.....I also notice "Mr GUEST", that you came on immediately after SMILE did his Posting, and you were complementing him!!! Complementing him for what I ask?? Were you complementing him for the fact that he called all Americans " Stupid and Foolish", or because he called him a "White Pig" ??? I notice that you send him all your LOVE, which means you should then be of the Female Gender (Or at least I hope you are)!! Also, it seems that you know him, by the tone of your finishing sentence!!! In any case, I do not have a clue as to what you are doing on this Site!! C K., Did you notice that SMILE, or Da SMILE is back??? Wonder what his motives are ???He must have made a lot of MONEY from this Site, by getting people to contact him, and for him,it must be hard to let that go!! In any case, we have warned people about him, and we do not need to waste more time praching about him, as now people know his motives, and his Modus Operandi!! As for the Posting by NUGGET, I will agree that Nigerians are scamming in Ghana. (incidentally, just for informations sake, SMILE is a NIGERIAN, which is something he forgets to tell people, I wonder why??) However, Americans are scarce on the ground in Ghana, and those Americans that are there, are either in University, or are CEO's of Multinational Companys, or are Executives in large Companys, and have very large Salaries, so why in Gods Name would they ant to scam?? I know of no incidence of any Americans who were caught, or exposed for scamming in Ghana!! As C K., said, the incidences would be about 0.0001%. Scamming is on the increse in Ghana, and the Ratio of Scammers would be about 20% Nigerian, and 75% Ghanian, and 5% others!! Cafes are open 24/7, so thats tells you that business is brisk for these Scammers....Anyone who has an Email Adddress is a potential Victim, and they Harvest Sites for these Addresses.. Regarding Proxys, they could not care less, because as C K said, the Scamming is done, in the main, from Internet Cafes, and so to try to find a Scammer, is like looking for a needle in a Haystack!! I do hope that this Site can get to helping people, and that we will have less of the comments from people who are just trying to confuse the issue......Either way, they will divert either C K., or I from doing what we do to help Victims or potential Victims!! Regards C K., GIT, and Stephanie, and to all with good intentions on this Site, Stay safe, JOHN

Git		05-Nov-2009 08:27
To Guest I suggest that you use lowercases instead of uppercases. It is difficult to read what you want to point out, especially on this black background and if people have problems with their eyes. And it also means shouting on internet and is very unpolite. People will probably "listen" to you a little more if you write in a way that we are able to read, without copy and paste into word and then change to lowercases.

CK		05-Nov-2009 03:26
It's laughable how people love to comment on what is posted here, but it is clear they don't actually read what has been posted. Nuggett quotes me as saying "all single parents are mothers" and that I need to open my eyes. Go back to my post 2 Nov, 14:57 and read the first line, second sentence and as I cut-n-paste I said and quote "A lot of victims of love scams are single mothers raising children." Did I say all? No I did not. I said "a lot". Maybe you should open your eyes and read a bit more carefully next time. As for your statement for somebody from America using Proxies to make it look like they are in Ghana, yeah maybe one person for every 10000 in Ghana who are scamming. 99% of advanced fee fraudsters have no idea what a proxy is, let alone how to use one. Besides since they mostly operate out of internet cafes, they don't need to use a proxy since it won't point back to them anyhow.

NUGGETT		05-Nov-2009 00:42
Forgot to mention, that person will tell you that they are from Ghana and is living with the mother...when you have cammed with this person...hahaha, you've been scammed by a famous person from 'vegas' and to comment on the person who had said that "all single parents are mothers" open your eyes to the real world..a lot of single parents are Dads too..like me and i am from the UK.

NUGGETT		05-Nov-2009 00:23
For gods sake, you people on here always blame the Ghanaians...Americans should start looking on their-own-doorstep. The Americans & Nigerians use Ghana as their base to scam people out of their hard earned cash because they know it would be hard to prove other-wise as the Technology there isnt as good, like it is in the rest of the world. Have you ever heard of Signal-hopping???..in the Oriental side of the world; they are famous for this....will give you this to check out and find out for yourselves who the scammer is and where from..ask to web cam when you get to chat find out who it is and ask for an email and check it out from where it came from with the IP address...you will have your answer and where that person comes from..be ready for a Surprise... here it is ajara_09@yahoo.com

Guest		05-Nov-2009 00:22
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING SCAMMED HAVE TO CHRIST AND LOVE SELF FIRST

Guest		05-Nov-2009 00:19
AND TO STEPHANIE NO I AM NOT A SCAMMER JUST SOMEONE THAT NEEDS SAID IT EVERYONE HERE WANTS TO ACT LIKE THEY ARE VICTIMS SOMEONE NEED TO SAY IT WAKE UP......AND I FOUND THIS SITE AWHILE BACK HELPING A FRIEND FIND A SCAMMER THATS HOW I FOUND IT

Guest		05-Nov-2009 00:14
CK. THERE ARE AMERICANS DOING THE SAME SCAM BUT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THEM. YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE OVER THERE ARE MAKING A LIVING JUST LIKE THE BIG TIME SCAMMERS HERE. THE ONLY THING THAT COVERS THEM UP ARE THE NAME LIKE SAVINGS AND LOANS AND INVESTMENT FIRMS THOSE TAKE BILLIONS AND U R RIGHT THE AUTHORITIES DO NOTHING BCS THE MONEY THEY TAKE FROM PEOPLE THE NEED TO HEAR I LOVE YOU. IF WOMAN WOULD STOP TRYING TO BUY A MAN AND LET A MAN BE A MAN THEY WOULD JUST BE HURT BUT THEIR CASH WOULD STILL BE IN THERE WALLETS.QUESTION ANYTHING WHEN YOU SENDIND MONEY TO SOMEONE THAT TELLS YOU CAN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE THEIR CAMS IS BROKE AND I guarantee NO BLACK AFRICAN MAN SOUNDS WHITE. I MET A WONDERFUL MAD FROM OVER THERE AND NOT ONCE HAS HE ASK ME FOR ANYTHING AND WE HAVE BEEN 2GETHER 2YRS NOW. WOMAN STOP LOOKING WHN I MET THIS MAN I WAS NOT LOOKING AND CK IF A WOMAN IS WORKING AND HAS KIDS SHE CAN STILL MET SOMEONE THERE ARE MEN ON THE JOB, IN THE GROCERY STORE AND AT THE PARKS WORKING OUT OR PLAYING BALL YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT. ITS WHAT I KNOW I HAVE MET SO MANY WOMEN FROM HERE THAT WERE LOOKING FOR A FAIRYTALE. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR A PERSON TO DUMB NOT STUPID OH HEY SMILE...........LUV U MUCH,,,,HAHHAHAH . KEEP THEM ON THEIR FEET

Smile		04-Nov-2009 22:46
I don’t want to know what you think about me but I have resolved to keep posting issues and materials to help people avoid been victims of scam. You might call me a scammer or a thief but I know within me that I am doing what my conscience wants me to do and that is to keep posting to help those who know nothing on how scammers operate. I still will help those who think I can be of help and receive criticisms from those who want to criticize my goodwill. It is said that ‘’ the owner of the horse can take the horse to the river but he can not force it to drink from the river’’. Regards, Smile (Da-Smile)

SMILE		04-Nov-2009 22:26
A British millionaire William West was beaten to death with a cooking pestle by his young Nigerian wife Kate Artori as they stayed at his beachfront home in Gambia. The body of the 76-year-old retired computer entrepreneur, was found near the four-bedroom holiday property he bought soon after meeting Artori, in 2000. He had been bludgeoned to death with the heavy pestle, doused in petrol and his charred body dumped in a bin bag close to the beach. Artori was convicted of Mr West’s murder by the Gambian court yesterday, London’s Telegraph has reported.

Stephanie		04-Nov-2009 03:09
Hi CK and John, You made me smile, thanks :) Yes John, I've been sleuthing a little about the topic and look forward to your enlightenments. Well, it appears we're dealing with two "twit-twats". Smiel or DA_Smile who according to Urban Dictionary is one "who smiles big and retarded". And Guest 02-Nov-2009 01:15, who lacks the brains to make-up a name. Even "little boys" can do that.... LOL Ah, pockets to let, wonder who's smiling now........ Take care Warm regards

CK		03-Nov-2009 03:36
Great to see you Stephanie! The "little boy" comment is pretty close to hitting home on a major insult that drives Nigerian scammers nuts. They hate being called a "small boy" as it is very demeaning, though I'm not sure if other West African's are as insulted as the Nigerian scammers get. John, can't wait to read your future posts and hopefully some great news coming on how bad things are going for the criminals over there! Git, nice to see you not taking it either and dishing it back. You can see how they can't take it when the tables are turned on them. Regards to all as well!

JOHN		03-Nov-2009 02:07
Hi Stephanie... Great to see your Posting, and it's great to see that you put that "Twat"..."Twit" in his place..LOL..You certainly have your sense of humour back, and that is brilliant to see.....Yes Stephanie, you are right, it is getting harder for these Scammers now, and they do not like it one bit....At last the Public are becoming informed about their schemings, and it is hurting them in their pockets, as you said.....Thanks to the likes of C K., and people like you who have the courage to come on this Site, and share experiences...I really can't say how happy I am to see your Posting, and I hope that you will be able to add my "word" to your repitoir...lol.....Keep up the good work Stephanie, and I am sure that C K, will be happy as well to hear from you....Watch for my Posting soon about what happens, or is happening to Scammers, especially in Ghana, and you will be delighted to know that all is not to ROSY for them....As you know,as does C K., there is a price to be paid for doing wrong, and when you hear what is happening to them, you will hardly believe it, but it is true and factual..... Till next time, stay as well as you are, God bless to all, Talk soon C K., Stay safe everyone, Best Regards, JOHN

Stephanie		03-Nov-2009 00:13
To Guest of 02-Nov-2009 01:15: Why are you on this site? Did you run out of victims to "Scam" so you need to vent here? Poor baby, what's the matter "little boy", feeling the pinch of empty pockets? Business not so good lately? Ouch, it seems the "little boy comment" hit too close to home or is it that you identify too closely with "little boys have little"...... Hello CK, John and Git. Nice to see your posts. John, I learned a new word, "twat" for "twit" Smiles to you Stephanie

JOHN		02-Nov-2009 20:35
CK.... I was going to answer that "Guest", whoever he is....Now I do not have to, because you have put him/her firmly in their BOX forever.....What an insentitive twat!!! God knows that victims need help, and not to be made feel as if it eas their fault that Scammers came onto them....They are trusting people, and the Scammers feed on that...However, it is nice in this modern ERA to see that there are still trusting people in the world....The work that you and I do C K., is no ones business, and as you said,we do not look for praise...Like you CK., I too have a life, and I thank God that I am fortunate in my life...Like everyone it has it's ups and downs, but that will still not deter me from trying to help people......A great summary C K., and well done!! FOR GIT......Also well said..........You were direct and to the point, and you are right....These Scum have never worked a day in their miserable lives, but they cause devestation for good people who are just looking for friendship......They rake in vasts amounts of money at the expense of innocent Victims, and they justify that by thinking that the world owes them a LIVING......But I have good News about a lot of the Scammers, and it is that they come to a very bad end...Trust me, I know what I am talking about, and when they have to face up to the consequences of their Scamming, they cry like children, and try jusify their actions, but to no avail.....I will say more about this later, as will will give some comfort to Victims, and proves that their is such a thing as KARMA... For the "GUEST", I still see that your Spelling and Grammer has got worse instead of better, maybe you could get a life BY GOING TO NIGHT SCHOOL, and learn how to write proper English, and you might then be able todo a Posting that makes sense!!! Stay safe everyone, Regards to C K., and GIT, and all on the Site, JOHN

Git		02-Nov-2009 17:20
To CK I can only say "Amen"! To guest I will say this: Instead of writing here and put a guilt on victims who are already lying on the ground, go and kick those bastards in their asses and make them work as normal people do. Invest and start companies so they have a work to go to.

CK		02-Nov-2009 14:57
guest, Just saying look in your backyard is not as easy as you would think it is. A lot of victims of love scams are single mothers raising children. A mother who has to work a job or 2, getting kids to school, doing all the housework, running kids back and forth to day-care while they work, etc etc. Doesn't leave a whole lot of time for running out to bars and singles events to meet people. So a lot of people turn to online dating sites to look. Scammers (using stolen credit cards) post phony profiles on every singles site there is. They say they are from New York. They say they are from Ohio, Florida, Texas, wherever. They look for other people from the same areas and contact them. Then they tell them some elaborate story about being a businessman and they are currently working overseas and will be back home in the U.S. (or whatever country) shortly. The scammers don't always say they are in Africa, there are plenty of them in the UK, Amsterdam, Spain, Hong Kong, etc. So since you are so smart, please explain how the targets of these crimes are supposed to know instantly they are dealing with scammers? If you have never heard of the red flags then how would you know? Hey "Bill's" profile says he is from New York and so am I! Well that's backyard right? As I mentioned previously, I clearly spelled out that not all victims of these love crimes are asked for money. Guess you missed reading that. I also mentioned that some of these criminals are so good they will spend months trying to get their victim to fall in love with them before they ever ask for money or favors. Its easy to sit there and arm-chair quarterback when you have not the first clue as to what goes on with these crimes. You have no idea of the emotional needs of the victim that gets heavily exploited by the scammer in order to get them to part with money or do favors for them. You have no idea how lonely a single parent can be when they barely have time to get the grocery shopping done let alone go out every Friday night bar hopping. How many guys run when they find out the woman has a kid and they don't want to become an instant father? It's not simple to bring victims of love scams back to reality, especially if they have been schmoozed for months with love and affection. Not everybody can be like Mr. Spock from Star Trek and turn off their emotions to take a hard logicial look at the facts and events. You go and tell a lady that her love interest (who she has been involved with for say a year)is a scammer and see how fast she tells you to drop dead. And no, I don't just throw my hands up and say "oh well, she doesn't want to listen to bad for her, she'll have to live with her mistake". That's the easy thing to do. You know, like sitting around and mocking victims on bulletin boards rather than lifting a finger to do anything about it. People like John and I volunteer our time, without asking for reward or praise, because we believe we can make some difference out there. Key word is - VOLUNTEER. I assume you are the same guy who told us "TO GET A LIFE". If John and I choose to devote some of our free personal time to trying to help others, what business is it of yours? The question that should be asked is what does it say about a person who belittles victims and then mocks the volunteers who try to help the victims?

Git		02-Nov-2009 07:40
To guest You are not to judge over the people that has made a mistake, falling in love with a person they did not understand was a fake. What you are doing is to put all the guilt on those who made this mistake, not on the men/boys in West Africa that started all this. This is criminal and the authorities make almost nothing to prevent. It's like they think that western people has to be punished because of what they did in the past. Those guys is making a bad name of their countries and that will not help them, rather make it more difficult because nobody wants to invest in such countries.

Guest		02-Nov-2009 01:15
If i typed anything wrong and out of grammar text, ONLY because i was typing too fast and pissed off at a statements that were made. NO I AM NOT SMILE. And I am not a scammer. It was sometime back a posting about "grown people being so foolish they are the idiots where they are send large amount of cash to people they have never seen. And if either of you know helping people it was be as simple as bringing them back to reality. When you talk about a cafe. NOT thats little boys telling lonely people what they want to hear. AND DONT TRY TO CORRECT MY GRAMMAR THERE IS TOO MUCH I WANT TO SAY, BUT I DO NOT SPEND THAT MUCH TIME HERE. JUST PEOPLE IF YOU WANT TO MEET SOMEONE LOOK IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. YOU MAY BE SURPRISE WHAT YOU FIND

CK		29-Oct-2009 23:32
Well said John! Best Regards to you too as always!

JOHN		28-Oct-2009 23:29
C K., Smile can "dance" with me too if he likes, but like you, he is onto a hiding to nothing!! I refer everyone to what "SMILE" wrote on 6th Febuary on this Site.....He said that all Americans were "Stupid and Foolish"....Read it and see for yourselves, and then judge the kind of person he is.....Who in their right minds would put such a statement as that on this Site, and he says that he is married to an American!!!! I wonder what she thought of that Statement, and also when he called a Guest on this Site a "White Pig", also in that same Posting!! Those Statements just tell me the kind of person he is, because the person he called a "White Pig" had also challenged him about his MOTIVES for being on this Site...He must have hit a Raw Nerve, for Smile to reply like that.......They say that it is hard to face up to the truth, and if Smile thinks that by saying things like that will make people like C K., and I go away, well then he is sadly mistaken..... We have seeen people like you before Smile, but that will not deter us from helping people on this Site who need our advice......I asked you before Smile, to do yourself a favour and stay off this Site, because you have nothing to offer, but a lot to try to gain, so I say again, please go away!!!!! Do you not realize that every time that you come on here, that you are just putting yourself deeper and deeper into a Hole?? There are many people who wish to use this Site, to get advice on Scamming, and that is what C K., and I will continue to do....We will not be diverted from that Goal.. Regards to you C K., and everyone, Stay Safe, FROM, JOHN

CK		28-Oct-2009 17:20
Here is another little nugget Smile forgot he posted back in August.... SMILE - 08-Aug-2009 03:51 MOST OF THIS PEOPLE USE MAGICAL POWERS AND THEY ARE NOT JUST EASY TO DEAL WITH. NOBODY WILL DO AN ASSIGNMENT FOR ME TO GET SOMEONE IF HE OR SHE DO NOT GET SOMETHING TO MOTIVATE HE/SHE. YOU DON'T ALSO EXPECT ME TO LEAVE WHATEVER I AM DOING TO START WOALKING THE STREETS OF ACCRA TRACKING SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW WITHOUT GIVING THE PEOPLE SOMETHING TO GIVE ME INFORMATION. IN ACCRA NOBODY WILL JUST PASS INFORMATIONS TO YOU WITHOUT GETTING SOMETHING FROM YOU. ..... I HAVE HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS SITE AND I HAVE NEVER ASKED MONEY FROM THEM BUT IF YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS RISKY,YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE I WILL NEED TO INVOLVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO KNOWS HOW TO TRACK THEM. .......DA-SMILE Thus, Smile puts his own nails in his coffin here. SMILE can make always make the truthful claim "HE" has never asked anybody for any money. What he does (as most scammers do) is pass you off to the next scammer in the food chain. Then the guy SMILE connects you to (Private company, PI, police contact, etc etc)is the guy who says he can get you the scammers identity if you pay them! That's because SMILE is what is referred to as a "catcher". The "catchers" job is to hook the victim with the story. If the victim looks like they might pay, he then passes them off to the next level scammer who goes about trying to collect the money by using the next part of the story. Typically its the banker, Barrister, Diplomat, but here its the Private Investigator. So SMILE can swear on the Bible he never asked anybody for any money, but he is the one who hooks up the victims with the guy who will ask for the money. Then if they are successful, SMILE and his partner split the money. Anyway, his own post says you might need to pay if he has to refer you to the people who can track these scammers down. Which of course is in total contradiction to the comment of his I just posted where he said he was successful in helping LOTS OF PEOPLE track down these criminals. Wanna keep dancing SMILE? I can go all day!

CK		28-Oct-2009 17:06
Smile, Since you want to run your mouth, let's dance, you and I shall we? Here is a post of Smile's back in Jan..... SMILE - 24-Jan-2009 10:05 IF YOU ARE DATING ANYONE IN ACCRA AND YOU FILL THE PERSON IS A SCAM.............YOU GOT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. JUST EMAIL ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIND OUT THE REAL IDENTITY. I HAVE DONE THIS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I FEEL I CAN HELP YOU OUT. MY NAME IS SMILE AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS xxxxxxxx You've done this for lots of people? ORLY? Fake names, fake addresses, disposable SIM cards, internet cafes and you've tracked down these scammers and exposed their real identies FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE? For FREE? A real Private Investigator would need months if not years to be that successful, not to mention spending a good amount of money on the cases. If your claim was true, the Law Enforcement agencies all over the world would be paying top dollar for your "expert" and very fast services. In other words - BS!

CK		28-Oct-2009 16:57
John, Thanks for defending me, but no worries. The "attack" was nothing more than a scammer being upset that he was exposed and is trying to make us look bad. Look at his illogical rambling and twisting of my words. I never said I was the victim of a love scam (I never was) and I never said I could track down scammers, other than by their location via IP address. Smile, or whoever you are, you busted yourself long before I showed up here. I was just another verification that you were a fraud trying to get people out of their money. Anybody can show up here and look back at all the posts and read for themselves and make the same determination. I come here to lend a hand and help people. I don't ask for money and never will. Smile did by claiming he could hire a private investigator to track the scammers down. Again. A scammer using a fake name, working in a public internet cafe where dozens of citizens use every day and using free e-mail. But a PI being paid a couple of $100 can track down the scammer for a victim based on phony information? Yeah okay. It's cool, it's all part of their story. When they get caught red-handed in their lies and scams, they attack the people who are doing the warnings as fraudsters. Just remember, look at who is asking for money and who isn't. Game over Smile. :-)

Smiel		28-Oct-2009 12:49
What have I done wrong John, Have I stolen anything from you or anyone you know? Why calling me names I don't deserve? Is it a crime to have been truthful to people in this forum? Now you just called someone else smile. I have done nothing wrong and no one here can call me a thief because I stole nothing from them. I think you better stop calling me names and concentrate on helping people from becoming victims of fraud. Thanks for your understanding. Regards, Smile NB: This is the first time of me visitin this pge after some time. I have been busy recording my songs. Wishing everbody well.

JOHN		27-Oct-2009 22:28
FOR GUEST @ 3.59 on 27th..... You are an Idiot to come on this Site and try to vilify C K......Reason being that C K., has done more in a day to help people, than you will ever do in a lifetime..OK...I was not going to even to answer you, but I cannot stand idly by and see you try to make little of someone, nor indeed anyone on this Site who helps people.....By the way, it may do you no harm at all to try to learn how to spell properly, and I suspect from your Posting, and your Spelling, that you are a Scammer as well...You may even be "Smile", because your grasp of the English Language leaves a lot to be desired.....I am stating again that "Smile" is a SCAMMER, because anyone who asks for MONEY over the Internet, no matter what that money is for , is a Scammer....I have proof that he asked for Money on more than one occasion to find "Scammers", and if you read what C K., said about this, then you would know that he "Smile" has as much chance of finding a "Scammer" as I have of winning the LOTTO!!! Who said that C K., had a "Broken Heart"??? I have known him now for a long time, and he has never stated that OK.... Incidentally, it's you who should get a life, and leave this Site alone, so that people can get help here......I know Ghana well, it's a lovely Country, with very nice people in the main, but it is the Scammers who are ruining the good name of Ghana!!! C K., tried to help you, who ever you are, and this is how to repay him!!! You should engage your Brain before you come on this Site attacking good people,who are here to help, and maybe you could also learn how to spell properly!!! That's all that I have to say to you for now.... Stay safe everyone, Regards to you C K., JOHN

Guest		27-Oct-2009 03:59
CK my question was there any woman not it some man asked SMILE to get info for him. One person comment dsnt make him a scammer. And the stuff you are telling these people that you track down scammers if you are claiming to to this. You are a joke, because you DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ARE TALKING ABOUT. GET A LIFE WHICH MANY OF YOU NEED TO DO STOP LETTING A PERSON TAKE YOUR MONEY AND HEART.

JOHN		26-Oct-2009 17:45
GIT... Nice to hear from you, and that you are doing fine.....Also delighted to hear that the "GUY" in Ghana has not contacted you again....Reason being of course that he now knows that you are wise to his tricks......He is not a loss, and I am really glad to get your update, as I am sure that C K., will be as well!!! Keep up the good work, and you do know that time is a great healer.....As I said before, we will always be here for yo, God willing......... Stay safe all, Regards, JOHN

Git		26-Oct-2009 12:27
John and CK Update. The guy in Accra has not tried to contact me again, even though he has 2 e-mail addresses to me. I guess he has given up, or at least I hope that. I feel good, no problems so far.

JOHN		20-Oct-2009 22:59
C K., Thanks for clearing that up for me, as you are perfecly right in your summation of my Posting.....I was indeed just puting out that as a general statement for people who would see this Site, and it was not meant for GIT as you rightfully said!!! Git,it goes without saying that we know that you would not tell a Scammer about this Site, and that you would not direct one here,and I am indeed sorry if I gave you that impression....I would never doubt that you are a genuine person, so as C K., said, no worries on that score.... If that person does Post here, I will only be too glad to talk to him, as indeed I am sure that C K., would as well.....I know how RomanceScam works, and they are doing a very good job on that Site regarding waring people about Scammers, and also exposing them......They are to be commended for the work that they do in that regard, and the more Sites that are informing people about Scammers the better, as the fight against the Scammers must go on!! Sorry again Git if I left you with the wrong impression, as I never intended to do that... Stay safe everyone, Regards, JOHN

CK		20-Oct-2009 21:14
Git, I understand that is what you were referring to and that you would not direct a scammer here. John was making a point in his post .........."but EVERYONE has to be so careful, when they talk to people on a one to one basis, because Scammers are everywhere, and can even try to use this SITE," That was the part of the post I was referring to. He was making a general statement for everybody else reading here. That's all, no worries.

Git		20-Oct-2009 18:43
CK Then you both misunderstood me. This person is posting on RomanceScam, he is not a scammer. Would not even cross my mind to tell a scammer that he is posted somewhere.

CK		20-Oct-2009 18:02
Git, I think John just meant that as a general reminder for anybody reading this. For somebody it could be tempting to tell the scammer...."HA! You were exposed as a fraud at this website. Go look for yourself and see!".....Which could tip off the scammer about where he went wrong and what steps he needs to correct for next time. Granted, any scammer could stumble in here, but scammers generally are not wasting their money in internet cafes surfing around for scam warning sites.

Git		20-Oct-2009 13:46
John I have told this person to post here and ask.

JOHN		20-Oct-2009 10:44
C K, What I meant in my Email of 20th @ 00.01 was that you will have some fun with the Spammers and the Scammers, who sent you Mail to the Email Address that you Posted.... Hope all is well, Regards, JOHN

JOHN		20-Oct-2009 10:36
Git, Happy to hear that you are doing fine......It's good that you have thrown in the towel with that guy from Ghana..........He is just taking time to think up a plausible excuse that he can come up with, so that he can try to convince you that it is alla mix-up, but don't fall for it, because he is a defnite Scammer, so bury your past history with him, and move on....Remember, as I told you, that these guys are professionals at what they do, so do not be lured back to him by his petty excuses, because they are all lies.....Let it go, even if he comes back, because as you know in your heart, their is nothing to gain, but a lot to lose....You are over the worst of it now, so just keep moving forward,and you will gain your happiness back....He is not even worth a second of your time..... Regarding the person from Romance.Com., what does he want exactly??? I can get my Secondary Email Address to you, because it is only one of a few Email Addresses that I use, and it is well protected from Viruses, Trojans etc., and that's why I just want to know what that person want's me for.... Like C K., if or when I Post it here, it will be inundated with Spam, and with Letters from Scammers, but that is not a problem, if I thought that it would help this person!! Like C K., and Frankiers, I also Scambait, and I want to be sure that it will serve a purpose if I Post it here, but I have to be a little careful, as you can appreciate, and I want to state that I have no problem giving advise, or passing on my knowledge to people on this Site, but EVERYONE has to be so careful, when they talk to people on a one to one basis, because Scammers are everywhere, and can even try to use this SITE, by posing as a "GOOD GUY"!! I do not want to undermine myself, as you can appreciate, because a lot of people out there need advise, need help, need to know about Scamming, etc., and that is what C K., FRANKIERS, and I are doing here on this Site, each in his own way...... So if you let me know why that person wants to contact me, just come back on the Site, and tell me...... For now, stay safe everyone, Best Regards, JOHN

Git		20-Oct-2009 06:14
John I am okay, no problems. That guy from Accra have still not answered my request for pictures, so he excluded himself. It was the last drop - so to say. Had a mail-conversation with a guy from RomanceScam a couple of days ago. He had tried to come in contact with you by e-mailing Brian. But he did not get any answer. Is there another way to contact you? He wanted to know if he could help you.

JOHN		20-Oct-2009 00:01
Hi Stephanie, Glad that you are making progress, and the reason that he does not like you being confrontational is because he now realises that you are on to him.......If I were you I would cease all contact with him, and here is the reason why........I notice you said that his adopted Sons Name is Dan "Quashie"...Well I can tell you this, that is a Ga Name, from Accra in Ghana.....They are one of the Tribes in Ghana, and a lot of them live in Osu, Labadi, Nungua, and Teshie, which are all part of Accra, and Greater Accra.....The Ga Tribe look after their own, so that is another lie that he is telling you.....This is a Gang of Scammers,Stephanie, that operate together, between Ghana and Nigeria, and they are dangerous people........They would sell their own Mother for Money, and indeed some have already done that.......They are "SCUM", and have no regard for anyone!! They have no Morals, and they "work" the Cafes 24/7 in search of Victims...Thank God that you are rid of him, and he will not be happy now that he is losing you, because he thought he was on to a good thing.... Am so happy that you are much better, as I am sure that C K., will be as well, and we are happy that we were of help to you........Glad that you Posted his Name and Email Addres here, BUT NEVER TELL HIM ABOIUT THIS SITE, because he will only be forewarned, as they read these Sites, if they can get the Addresss.....Thanks for coming back to us with your update, and do stay safe.....I promise you that you will get better, and your life will be good......Bye for now Stephanie!!! C K.,glad to see your Postings as usual, and you are right to remind people not to Post their Email Addresses either on this Site, or indeed as you said, on any public Forum.......I would say that you will have some "fun" with them, and no doubt will give them the run around......At least it will keep them busy for some time...LOL... I hope that GIT is fine as well, and we will always be here for them.... As you said C K., if we only help one Person from these Scammer, it will be reward enough for us.... Stay safe everyone, Best Regrds, JOHN

Stephie		19-Oct-2009 22:42
Hello Everyone, John and CK Well I am doing much better now. I've slowly been breaking it off with my scammer for the past two weeks. With each conversation I'm confrontational which he dislikes. For anyone new reading this post, he's under the name Dave Lewinston, Lewinston1@yahoo.com,posing as an US Army Soldier stationed in Iraq, however emails are from Nigeria. Has an agent Jeremiah Bonsu, Diploma004@yahoo.com and adopted son Dan Quarshie. on danquarsh01@yahoo.com - beware, they will take your money and laugh! What you read and learn on this site in valuable. They saved me money and an ever deeper wounded heart. Thank you all.

CK		19-Oct-2009 20:56
Just in case anybody was wondering, John is 100% correct in advising you not to post your e-mail address here or on any bulletin board service. This is because they use software called e-mail harvesters to go through the internet to pull e-mail addresses to send their scam mail to. This is just one method they use. Anyway, it only took 3 days after I posted an e-mail address here to start receiving scam mail. I'm surprised it even took that long! LOL

CK		18-Oct-2009 13:44
randy, glad to see information here helped save you from a scam. Can you give any details as to what the scammer was trying to do? The info you post could save another potential victim down the road!

randy		18-Oct-2009 11:15
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CK		13-Oct-2009 19:00
SMILE was a fraud. Here is a part of what a guest wrote back on 13-Aug-2009 19:48 For John, you are right,Smile is a wolf in sheeps clothing. I contacted him some months back, I could quickly tell where he was going so disappeared on him during conversation after couple minutes. I never gave him photos of my scammer or anything he asked for. He contacted me a couple days later trying get money for detective he hired for me. Paying a private detective, to hunt down a person who is using a false name, false pictures, a free e-mail account and of course an IP address that would only lead to an internet cafe that dozens of people use over the course of the day with many pictures. It's wishful thinking at best that a PI would be successful.

JOHN		13-Oct-2009 18:51
For Guest of 13th October @ 15.37..... Please read my Postings regarding "SMILE" from the 21st August to 30th August, and also CK's Posting of 29th August....... If you are in contact with him, for Gods sake stop immedaitly, or it will cost you Money, and then some.............He's a Wolf in Sheeps clothing, and I do not want to waste more time talking about him, as you will see in the Postings that I have mentioned, I have said all I want to about him....If you need help,then we are on this Site to help you, and we will!! All you have to do is to Post your Query here, and I promise you that help will be available, and it will cost you NOTHING..... FOR GIT; I can just imagine what you are going thru, and it cannot be easy, but the advise that FRANKIERS gave you is excellent advise, and you will feel all the better for sharing your Story as you did.....That Format has been used for people, who can share their experiences, their hopes, and their grief with each other,so that each can help by sharing their own Stories......As bad as yours is, you will come to realize thaat you are not alone in what happened to you, and it's theraputic, and will help you on the way to recover......Keep up the good work, and remember you are not alone, because CK., Frankiers and I will always be here for you......Do please let us know from time to time as tohow you are doingm and we all wish you the very best...... Stephanie.............Hope you are doing well also......Be sure to let us know how you are also doing... May God be with you both, as you go forward ( Don't look back), Regards to all. Stay Safe, JOHN

Guest		13-Oct-2009 15:37
Is there any womam on here talking with the guy named SMILE if so has he ask u for anything

Git		13-Oct-2009 06:17
John I am ok. Some of my wounds got open again when I posted my story at RomanceScammer a couple of days ago. When I first started to talk with Frankiers about this he encouraged me to do so. It took me a week to first translate the report I made to the police and then to re-write a lot of it, all with a lot of thinking in between (and of course I have another life also). But it really helps to get it out in the open. I got some kind of perspective on what has happened. I still have not decided if I should post the guy from Accra, but I do not have any contact with him now.

JOHN		12-Oct-2009 23:20
CK Thank you so much much for your kind words....Your help to me and others on this Site have been so much appreciated...I was finding it hard to geet thru to some people until you came here and gave us all your wisdom and experience....Yes this is lonely work, but T G.,that we have been able to advise people, and they did take notice...Stephanie is a case in point...She is now doing grest work, and it must not be easy for her...I too was moved to tears by her story, and she has been thru Hell and back...She is a great example to others who were in her situation,and I know that she will be all the better when she is over the Emotional stress...She should realy be do proud of herself...I wish her well in her life.....Frankiers is so welcome here, and what you said to hom also applys to you...Between us, we will do our best to pass on our experiences to people who are in the clutches of these Scammers, and we will make inroads.....Sorry about that poor man in America, but the Scammer will answer one day...Not by us, but by a Power greater than us...I hope that GIT is alright too, and those people know that we are here for them......God Bless, and take Care everyone, For now, My Regards, JOHN

CK		12-Oct-2009 20:36
Frankiers, Yes dealing with a SHS victim can be very emotionally draining on the warner as sometimes we have to move mountains in order to get through the shell the victim has placed around them to shield them from the truth. It is very easy to get burned out, I know, I've been there. Reading Stephanie's very brave post below brings me joy that we were able to assist in helping her out and brings me to the verge of tears with her story. Warning SHS victims is not for everybody, you really have to have a lot of patience, thick skin for the abuse you sometimes get from the victim and be able to get on a personal level with the victim. As you said, sometimes there is that one victim that will not hear from anybody. You can only do as much as you are willing to put forward. I could easily sit down and send out 50 formatted e-mails in a night warning Craigslist sellers they are the targets in a fake check scam. Anybody can do that. Spending weeks trying to convince somebody who is in love that their "soulmate" is really a scammer? That is not for everybody. It's not a knock, it's just how it is. Also, when you say you are not doing any special stuff, just posting scammer profiles, well in fact you are doing something special. What you are doing is 99.9% more to stop fraud than more people will do in their lifetimes. If one profile you post averts a scam from happening, that is again 99.9% more than people do in a lifetime. You don't get paid for it, you volunteer your own personal time to make a difference. That is something special, because a lot people will never volunteer their time to help out with anything in their lives, let alone fighting scam and fraud. I give a lot of props to John who was carrying on the fight here on this forum by himself for a long time without help. Every little bit helps.

frankiers		12-Oct-2009 17:52
Thank you for this shocking report, CK. Recent stories I came across while overlooking how some threads on reported scammers grew and grew with people saying "I know this face, I have been in contact with the same man OMG!", I tend to "forget" details of individual scams after days on purpose, I need this to not get too emotionally involved into this, I see them as "cases" with individual fates and losses but also with so many parallels to other romance scams that after a while, in my head they are all a big grey cloud with possibly 95% successes (they seem to believe it was a scam and the money is lost and gone...) and 5% "failures" (they dont believe posted evnidence, yet put the blame on you and sometimes getting abusive. These 5 % are the reason why I see them all now as cool as possible, in order to keep going to write so many worldwide people basically the same day after day after day, as a pure hobbyiost, amateur, non-policeman and non-psychologist. Well you see the 95% by far outrun the 5 % :)- Anyhow, what I wanted to say originally was that I failed in convincing a US person that his Bulgarian girl was a fake, despite all evidence hving been piled up by me and other forum contributors. At a point, I simply had to say "Good luck for your future.", and move on. It was demanding too much energy, the way he denied all evidence. The only thing that was clearly his fault is that he continuies to speak to his scammer (often for 1 hour on the phone). While I understand this to be hard for anyone, just 1 week without internet might be great for him...instead, he still WANTS to believe....and while I do not expect his story to end like Dan´s, he is on a great way :( To sum it up, most people I think are a bit suspicious already when they start to research...so your job is easier with these 95%. It´s the other 5% that make it, well, challenging. And I do not do any special stuff, I´m just an ordinary forum member posting up scammers´ profiles. Cheers.

Stephanie		12-Oct-2009 14:39
CK - thanks for sharing this story It has given me the courage to share mine, in hopes it will impact someone else. My scammer was successful because I had an emotional need. Deep in mourning for the loss of my husband and the death of my two children this past year, my heart was broken to pieces. Depressed, despondent and suicidal, I desperately needed to hear "I love you" once again. My scammer played on those needs and was able to extract $2,800 from me. Only he was greedy and asking for $8,000 and another $5,000 made me question what was going on. The sad part is, while I'm investigating his stories, I'm continuing the love dialogue making it more and more difficult to break off. Reading this website and my sessions with my grief counselor literally saved my life. A week ago suicide was the immediate plan. Pulling on my faith, Counselor and you all on this site, I was able to turn this sad experience into a positive one by adopting a Troop of US Soldiers as I previously mentioned. The pull to be needed and appreciated is very strong. Thank goodness my friends have been so supportive and helpful as well. Thanks CK, John and Frankiers for caring to help those who aren't able to help themselves. For me, it will take a long time to heal from this wound. Doable but not easy. Bless you Smiles

CK		12-Oct-2009 10:33
This is a personal story I was involved into help show people how bad these scams can be and how fragile a victim of a love scam can be. About 4 years ago, we came across a deaf man from the US named Dan. Dan was a victim in a long running love scam where the scammer (a male) pretended to be a beautiful woman, who used pictures he lifted from a modeling website. Since Dan was deaf, no need to worry about needing a female voice. Dan was contacted by several people and he ignored every warning that was sent. Dan had sent the scammer $1000's in cash and gifts. He sent the money always Western Union and it was $500 here, $300 there, $600 this time. The scammer would have an endless supply of excuses, medical bills, rent, car payment. Anything that made it look like she was a damsal in distress and Dan could save his princess. The scammer was next using stolen credit cards to send items to Dan's house, who in turn would take the packages and mail them out to Nigeria. Here, the scammer said "she" owned a store and companies in the US would not ship to her in Africa because of fraud concerns. So she asked Dan if she could have the packages sent to him and for him to mail them to her. He agreed. These were very expensive electronics. His family was contacted and they tried to intervene, again with no luck. Then with the help of Law enforcement contacts, the police in Dan's town were brought in to stop it. At first it looked like he succeeded until he turned around and told the scammer everything about the police investigation. Then the police in another state got involved because of where the stolen credit cards were from. Finally it looked like it had stopped. Six months later, it was learned that Dan had to move back in with his parents (he was in his mid 30's). Even after everything the police and his family had told him about his "love" really being a male scammer, he got sucked back in because the scammer kept writing to Dan and telling him it was all a big misunderstanding and "she" was for real. So he fell for it because his heart overruled his brain. This cost him every dollar he owned plus his house which had to be sold to cover his debt. A few months later after he moved back in with his parents and still overwhelmed with the grief of what happened, he committed suicide. The mother blamed everybody involved especially the lady that had worked tirelessly to help stop the scam. The loss was devastating to all of us that pooled together to save Dan. I will never forget that as long as I live. That is my motivation to help out anyway I can to stop these criminals.

CK		12-Oct-2009 10:02
Hi frankiers and welcome, I commend you for wanting to do more to help out the victims of these love scams. IMO they are the worst of the scams because of the emotional damage that happens once the victim finds out they have been scammed. As John and you have said, education is the key and the more the word gets out, the better chance a scam will be averted. One big problem is that love scams are often not reported by their victims because many of them feel ashamed and hurt by the deception and don't want their friends and families to know what happened. Though I have seen it happen to people that are lawyers and doctors all the day down to the blue collar, single parent struggling to make ends meet. One point I'd like to stress is that with a love scam victim, if they are already in deep, it takes a lot more than a simple form letter with links to educate them with. It's not like a next of kin or gold dust scam where a form letter will do the trick. That's because the heart will not overrule the reasoning of the brain in a "greed" based scam. I've seen a few victims over the years take the most dire of warnings and brush them aside because in their hearts, there was no way that "David" or "Sarah" were fakes and scammers. Victims that are in deep in love scams need a very personal touch to get them to see the light and not form warnings with suggested links to an FBI website. I know you and John are aware of this with your experience, I just am posting this for the other people that follow this forum that are reading for information purposes.

frankiers		11-Oct-2009 23:37
Thanks, John :) Yes, I have been baiting for nearly 3 years now on Eater and indeed this is how I came into the dark sides of this subject...now focussing on collecting scammers´ details they use in scams and letting victims find that by Google, with the main purpose of education about romance scams and preventing them to lose more, which very often means long strings of emails and PMs. So for me, what started as a mere hobby (baiting) has turned into a very rewarding task. Mind to add, I also browse a few traveling blogs and read non-scam-related information about Africa, South America etc. and therefore have an additional reason to enjoy photo galleries and travellers´ reports. :)

JOHN		11-Oct-2009 21:55
To Frankiers; Nice to have you on the Site.....I am sure that you will be of great help here...CK is excellent and is a great asset on this Site... Each of us in our own way, who "fight" the Scammers try to do two things...First as you know, we warn people when we know that they are being Scammed, and secondly we try to offer them advice, as we know what the feEling is like when a person discovers that they have been the victim of a Scam...Like CK, and I am sure that this applies to you as well, we also Scambait, so that we can give these Scammers the run around, and waste their time, because time is money to them, and if we only divert them for some time, they have less time to Scam innocent people... CK., and I have also warned people not to engage in this Scam baiting, unless you have experience, because it is both time consuming, and can be dangerous.... In any case, it's nice tohave you here, because the more people with experience the better.... BEST REGARDS TO ALL, STAY SAFE, JOHN

frankiers		11-Oct-2009 13:03
Hi to all. I come from a forum against these love scams and was invited to follow this discussion. It is excellent and also disillusioning reading. I specially like the summaries CK did 05-Oct-2009 15:11 and 15:02...in fact, I have written them down because they sum all the problems up in a nutshell and all that we are trying to say to victims of these kind of thieves always circles around this. I also agree with Git in that writing down bad experiences (oh whichever kind) and posting this has the helpful quality of writing a diary, it helps to get one´s thoughts back into order again and like a book, you close it afterwards and look ahead and they are dealt with and it all adds to to something called life experience.

Git		10-Oct-2009 08:36
John and CK Thanks for your wonderful words. It is nice to have someone to share thoughts with, as I don't want to tell my relatives. Stephanie Don't know what sites you have tried to post on, but on DelphiFAQ you post and then it has to be approved to be put in. It can take a while if the moderator is out of town. On RomanceScam you have to register before you post. But it is easy to do, use a nickname. They are very helpful and concerning, all of them have the same experience as you and I. Post every e-mail address and name you have and pictures if you have that also. It will help others when they Google adresses and names.

Stephanie		10-Oct-2009 02:36
To Everyone, I shared my experience with five of my best friends and they have all offered to help me fill boxes for "my adopted troop". Thank you John and CK for the positive feed-back. It was very heartwarming. I have tried to post my scammer on different sites but can't seem to do it. Must be doing something wrong. Talk about Karma, how fascinating that you mention this since I'm taking an Asian Humanities course and it's all about Buddha, Karma and Nirvana. While I'm not angry with these scammers, I do pity them. For their day of judgement will come. Hey CK, I'm hoping you'll keep me posted........ Bless you Smiles to all

JOHN		10-Oct-2009 00:15
Stephanie and Git...For you both. As C K., said to you Stephanie, you have turned a negative into a positive, and thats a credit to you...You are taking this experience on the chin, and fighting back in a very positive fashion, ans both I and C K., admire you for that...You see Stephanie, as C K., has said, too many people have been devestated by experiences like this, and you are an example to all the people who have been Scammed!! Those Soldiers,who are 1,000's of Miles away from home, will feel nothing but gratitude for the kind thing that you have done for them, and you have shown them that people do really care, and that there are good people in this World like you......Keep up the good work, and you will fel very satisfied by the response of thode Soldiers that you have been so kind to...Mark both C K's and my words, Karma does exist, and a bad deed from a person will always come back to haunt, just as a good deed wil be rewared....You are to be admired, and now get ahead withy your life and enjoy it, because we can't change the past, but we can change the future...May you have a very happy life, and thanks for the kind words to both C K., and I, because they do mean a lot.... For Git, I promise you that good things will happen to you, because you are also a caring person, and please don't allow an experience with a Scammer to stay with you....You will rise above it, and then it will have no no power over you...Please don't give up on people, because of this bad experience, instead, focus on all the good that you have inyour life, and I promise you that the Pain will go away...I wish you well for the future.. Thanks again C K., for your nice Posting....You are proof that there are indeed good people in this World,,, Stay safe everyone, God Bless , JOHN

CK		09-Oct-2009 20:26
Stephanie, Great post! It's heartwarming to see you take the steps to not let the scammer beat you. I've seen quite a few people go into total despair after such an experience. You and Git are wonderful people and don't ever forget that. I am a firm believer in Karma and you both will meet somebody great, while the loathsome scammers will continue to live in squalor as John as mentioned.

Stephanie		09-Oct-2009 18:56
To All: While it is never easy to accept being a victim, I have taken this experience and turned it into something positive. Because my scammer posed as an US Army Soldier in Iraq, I decided to go onto "Any Soldier dot com" and pick a small troop that needs some "home" attention. Today I sent them 10 dozen cookies from "Cookies Direct". Now I feel good and the bad taste of being a victim is wiped from my mouth, and replaced with the desire to do more for our Freedom Fighters. I do appreciate the work and help you provide John and CK. All the best to you

Git		09-Oct-2009 17:34
John Thanks for your kind words. Actually I got tears in my eyes. I have been tought to believe in the good in people until they prove the opposite. Today you can't do that, you have to get proof that they are good. What a world we have made for ourselves!!! Everything is about money. In a way I can understand them, politicians that only think of their own best and not of the people. An oldfashioned society with clan system that collapses. It is a result of the western worlds colonialism, we should not forget about that. I am now on a datingsite called Dating'nMore, which really try to prevent scammers. Well, dating and dating...I look for new friends, but it also a kind of community. I am not a christian, but I will say a prayer for every honest human being, that they will not have these experienscs that I have had. It has been an expensive experience, but not more than I can handle. Most of all it is the feeling that I have been betrayed, that some people have made me look at new people with suspiciousness. I don't like that feeling, I don't....

JOHN		08-Oct-2009 19:57
JOHN, GIT, Don't be too disappointed OK....If I were in your shoes, I would just thank God that I found out, before you got in too deep....Remember, the Picture is only an illusion, and it may or may not be him at all.....In any case, I would say good riddance to him,because he is only a Scammer, and after a while you will even forget he exists....You have left him in his squalor, and believe me,he is more annoyed and upset than you, because he thought that he was on to a nice little earner in you.....but now you are too clever for him, and he will be very frustrated, and very annoyed!! It's a sad fact that people like him exist, because we have all met someone in him in our lives....but don't think think that all people are like him, because they are not!! Good people like you get upset when you come across people like him, as we would all do, but don't let it shake your confidence in all people, just be a little more cautious in future, as indeed we should all be!! You sound like a very nice person, and the day will come when you will meet someone nice, and then all this will be behind you.........Whatever you do, don't waste time wondering or thinking about his person, because it will only be a waste of your good time!! Human nature is very fickle, and some people are also evil, but thank God that there are good people are well..... You could also put his Picture on www.delphidaq.com, and I guarantee you that someone will also have his Picture there as well, because I assure you that you are not the first one that he will have tried to scam.... In conclusion, don't feel too bad, because as I told you before, you are not the first person to meet one of these Scammers, and you will not be the last!! Keep your faith in human nature, and I promise you that all will work out fine for you in the long run...I will day a Prayer for you, and you do likewise... God Bless and stay safe, Regards, JOHN

Git		08-Oct-2009 18:26
John I will disappear from him, he does not answer anyway. I have tried before to get pictures from him, without luck. I guess I will post him on RomanceScam to see if somebody else have talked with him. But I feel sad about the world being like this, that you can't believe in or trust people from everywhere.

CK		08-Oct-2009 01:18
Hi Stephanie, Thank you for the update. Several things, first the passport. Yes the passport can easily be faked with a Photoshop program. Any types of papers or ID scammers can make up on their PC's quickly and quite professional looking. It's quite amusing that you asked him to take the picture I suggested and he responds by asking you to send him a webcam? Clever excuse. He has a few pictures of himself to send you but now can't get anybody to take just one more picture for you? It's just one more freebie he is hoping to secure from you. He'll sell it and make a few dollars off of it. The only way he could truly, and I mean truly verify who he is, is to see him holding up a sign with the same exact face as in the other pictures. Since he is not that person, he will never do it for you. Instead he begs you to check out a scanned copy of his "passport" as proof? No. In fact I would bet you if he did send you a picture of this passport, the head shot in the picture would be the same as in one of the 6 photographs he already sent you. See, scammers screw themselves when they use a fake picture. They are then stuck with that same face. If they only have one pic, they will use that same headshot on the Drivers Lic, Passport, work ID, etc etc. If he was a legit person stationed in Iraq and asked you to mail him something, it would go to an APO military address. From there they would send it to the solider in Iraq. I'm guessing he is saying send it to his son in Ghana so he can mail it to his Dad? That's because he is a fake. The IP address you mentioned for Sunnyvale, Ca. That is the e-mail server address for Yahoo Mail. In the header their are several IP addresses listed. You want to check the IP that is listed closest to the bottom of the header information. That is generally the starting point for the IP. Since you said you sent something to his son in Ghana, I would not be surprised to see the IP being Ghana itself. Stephanie, I know it's hard to truly accept this, especially if you have been in contact for so long. There is a part of you that wants to think this is all one big misunderstanding and he is for real. I've talked to numerous people over the years who were victims of a SHS and gone through the same thing. But remember, this is not your fault. These scammers are pros and could deceive anybody, anywhere at anytime. 1000's of people are scammed every year in sweetheart scams. Men and women alike. Unless you are aware of the scam from the start, it's hard to see the warning signs and red flags. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask and John and I will do our best to help answer them.

JOHN		08-Oct-2009 00:03
For GIT...... Be careful about the Information that you received by Email from the Contemporary Centre, because this person may be in cahoots with this man... I promise you, that a few Cedis to her/him, and that person would tell you anything...You may think that I am paranoid, but you have to know how the people in Ghana operate, and then you would believe me....They would sell their SOULS for a few Cedi, and thats a sad fact... You have to realise that a good Wage in Ghana is about 400 Ghana CEDI a Month, that's about $350!! So for them, $1,000 is a FORTUNE!! The average Wage is around 80 Ghana Cedi a Month, that's about $70... So you can imagine the tempation for them, if they were offered any kind of bribe at all by these people!! The majority of Ghanians' are honest people, who do the best that they can to survive,and get on with their lives, but it's the Scammers that are ruining the good name of Ghana, and those Scammers have destroyed many a good persons life,because they are SCUM!!! Remember Git, that person could easily pose in front of the Art Centre, but what would that prove!! He is more than likely using his own Phoos, in the ones that he sent toyou,but it would not prove that he has a business there....and even if it did, why waste your time with him?? He is a definite Scammer, and nothing can change that!! Forget about him,and get on with your life...Life is too short to be wasting it on someone like him......Their are a lot of nice people in the World, and you will find one, but I I promise you that it will not be in Ghana.... Please stay safe, and all my best regards to you, For now, take care, Regards, John...

JOHN		07-Oct-2009 23:30
Hi C K., and Stephanie, For Stephanie, do as C K has suggested, and Email him...I promose you that you will not be sorry! He will give you the advice that you need on a one to one, and I guarantee you that you will be glad that he has ofered you that facility... As C K., has said, don't be worried unduly about this, because the Scammer realises that you are on to him, and he will make every excuse to you to try to win back your trust!!Don't fall for it, OK. He can't touch you or harm you in any way, because these Scammers are cowards, and he will not be able to get a Visa out of Ghana, if thats where he is...Just think about it for a moment....Even if he could get a Visa, do you think that he would travel half way around the World on a Wing and a Prayer....It would not be worth it for him, and in any case, even if he could afford to do that, he would lose too much time, and that's time he would not waste, because he has other people to Scam... Take C K's., advise, and let him handle it, because C K., is an expert at what he does, and you could not buy better help or advise!! Also, don't be too caught up in tracing Email IP Addresses because as C K., knows as well, these can be tampered with, and you will only waste your valuble time!! Clever of you C K., to use gmail, because I use it as well to Scambait, you know what I mean about gmails IP Addresses, because they can't be traced, but lets not give too much away, as Scammers look in on this SITE as well..... If it's OK with you C K., I will contact you soon, and we can chat for a little while...I will also be using my GMAIL ADDRESS when I contact you...It's a Secondary Email Address that I also use for Scambaiting.... Sorry I have not ben on the Site for a while, it seems that the Server for this Site was having some troube, but it is fine now... By the way C K., I was reading the Postings on Scambusters 419, and its brilliant reading as you know.....He is also doing brilliant work, just like yourself, and he has made IDIOTS out of a lot of these Scammers, as well as wasting their time...It's like reading a Novel, and I think that it is hillarious the way he gives those IDIOTS the brun around!! Please Stephanie, be guided by what C K., advises, and you will have back your peace of mind OK... In the meantime, stay safe, and we will talk soon CK....And thanks againfor your advise to Stephanie.. God Bless. Regards, JOHN...

CK		07-Oct-2009 22:53
Hi Stephanie, Don't worry, it's all part of his Modus Operandi. He will keep on e-mailing you because you have already sent him some things and he does not want your giving to stop. By his constant e-mails and phone contact this keeps the pressure on for you to get over your doubts about him so he can win you over again. A lot of people give in again because the pull of the heart strings often overrules what the brain is saying. Be strong and you will get through this okay. I want to help you with this so I'm going to ask you to send me his e-mail address and which website you met him on. You can use this address to contact me at colekutz2009@gmail.com Now John correctly points out that you should not post your e-mail address on any forum or bulletin board because scammers harvest any e-mail address they can find to send out their spam. Since John knows I scambait, he knows that me posting the e-mail contact above does not affect me. Once I get his information, I can use my tactics to expose him as the fraud I already know he is.

Stephanie		07-Oct-2009 21:05
Hello CK and John, Riyadh in Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia is the first address for the emails that he sends. I have done all you've suggested but he still emails me and now he is emailing me asking what my week-end plans are? Nothing regarding Ghana has shown up. Should I be nervous?

Git		07-Oct-2009 19:48
Stephanie. I met one that used a picture of a retired american general. He called himself Ken Cody, he could not use other surnames than Cody because the name was on the uniform. With my experiences I did of course check his IP-number and found it was from Ghana. I faced him with that and he disappeared. If you have not done that I think you should report him, with pictures, IP-number and so on, at RomanceScam.com. You might help another victim wbu doing that. Unfortunately I had no knowledge about romance scam and I was actually the first to post two of these scammers.

Git		07-Oct-2009 19:38
Hello CK and John, Have not been looking in here for a couple of days. Thanks for all your advice. I realize that Ghana and other West African countries are full of people that wants money to do what they should do. Yesterday I actually e-mailed Foundation for Contemporary Art i Accra and asked if they had heard about this man. They knew about a man with almost the same name, but not the right age. So I e-mailed Lawrence and asked him to pose in front of what he calls his craft and send me some pictures. He has not answered so far and I will probably not get any answer either. That's it! No problem with me at all.

CK		07-Oct-2009 18:38
Hi Stephanie, Thank you for the update. Several things, first the passport. Yes the passport can easily be faked with a Photoshop program. Any types of papers or ID scammers can make up on their PC's quickly and quite professional looking. It's quite amusing that you asked him to take the picture I suggested and he responds by asking you to send him a webcam? Clever excuse. He has a few pictures of himself to send you but now can't get anybody to take just one more picture for you? It's just one more freebie he is hoping to secure from you. He'll sell it and make a few dollars off of it. The only way he could truly, and I mean truly verify who he is, is to see him holding up a sign with the same exact face as in the other pictures. Since he is not that person, he will never do it for you. Instead he begs you to check out a scanned copy of his "passport" as proof? No. In fact I would bet you if he did send you a picture of this passport, the head shot in the picture would be the same as in one of the 6 photographs he already sent you. See, scammers screw themselves when they use a fake picture. They are then stuck with that same face. If they only have one pic, they will use that same headshot on the Drivers Lic, Passport, work ID, etc etc. If he was a legit person stationed in Iraq and asked you to mail him something, it would go to an APO military address. From there they would send it to the solider in Iraq. I'm guessing he is saying send it to his son in Ghana so he can mail it to his Dad? That's because he is a fake. The IP address you mentioned for Sunnyvale, Ca. That is the e-mail server address for Yahoo Mail. In the header their are several IP addresses listed. You want to check the IP that is listed closest to the bottom of the header information. That is generally the starting point for the IP. Since you said you sent something to his son in Ghana, I would not be surprised to see the IP being Ghana itself. Stephanie, I know it's hard to truly accept this, especially if you have been in contact for so long. There is a part of you that wants to think this is all one big misunderstanding and he is for real. I've talked to numerous people over the years who were victims of a SHS and gone through the same thing. But remember, this is not your fault. These scammers are pros and could deceive anybody, anywhere at anytime. 1000's of people are scammed every year in sweetheart scams. Men and women alike. Unless you are aware of the scam from the start, it's hard to see the warning signs and red flags. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask and John and I will do our best to help answer them.

JOHN		05-Oct-2009 21:29
Hi CK, Nice to see your Posting again...I do hope that Git takes our advise...This is a definite Scam, and he is good..He is playing all the Scammers CARDS,as you and I know, and he is patient, another Sign of a Scammer!! What in Gods name is he doing on all the Dating Sites, other than finding people to Scam!! For you Git, you sound like a lovely Lady, and I plead with you to hear what C K., has to say!! He has more experience than anyone on this SITE, and I for one thank God that he also takes the time to come on this Site, to pass on his Years of experience....So I beg you to do as both he and I have advised you, and move on with your life...Otherwise, we promise you that you will suffer both Financialy, and Emotionaly... As C K., has said, you will never find this person...I regularily go to Ghana, and do you know, that the population og Accra is over 6 Million People, and growing all the time!! The population is growing so fast, and Shanty Towns are springing up all over the Subarbs of Accra, so much so that most of these places have no Street Names!! As C K,told you, even if you find this person, what will you gain?? He would use his own Photo onthese Sites, because he knows that the Ghana Police will just do nothing, regardless of what he does in the way of Scamming, and it's a sad fact but you can "buy" a Policeman in Ghana for a few Ghana Cedis, and some of them are even involved!! They are also immune from any action being taken against them by anyone!! I was in a Police Station, reporting an incident that had taken place, and before they would do anything, the Police Sergeant demanded 100 Cedi, which is about $80 Dollars, and if I did not give it to him, he would do nothing!! His immediate Superior, who was a Police Inspector was right beside him when he demanded this Money, and she was only laughing when I protested!! Also, this Policeman had his Name and Number displayed, but he just did not care.....The new Police Chief is trying to clear all this corrupion up, but where does he start?? So please Git, do as we ask, and get on with your life.... I for one can give you no other advise, and it's now up to you. Regards C K., and to all others on this Site, please stay safe, Yours, JOHN

CK		05-Oct-2009 16:06
Okay, if he's told you that he is suffering from a financial crisis and has had to resort to selling his house and car, that is a sympathy play. He is a liar. He says that to lay the groundwork for whatever plan he has. That is classic SHS (sweetheart scammer) material. Git, I'm telling you that if you went to any website that is involved in exposing SHS and told them the things you have mentioned here, every one of them will tell you the same thing John and I are saying. He is a scammer, cease all contact with him and move on. Also, Facebook is also loaded with scammers, just like any dating or networking site. This guy could be bold enought to use his own pictures because he knows the likelihood of a victim travelling from another country to find him and get him arrested are slim to none. I know this because there is a Nigerian scammer living in Jakarta who I have been thwarting for sometime now. He uses his own picture on phony UN Diplomat ID cards that he uses when he is scamming. Interpol has a copy of this ID and they have done nothing to stop him since they got the copy of the ID 3 years ago.

CK		05-Oct-2009 15:54
Git, my past experience with helping sweetheart scam victims makes me nervous about what you are posting. You said you have been scammed before and have cut off all other contacts from Africa, except from this "Lawrence" that you say you just have a casual chat with from time to time. You said he has asked you to do some things for him which you say you have denied, but you sent his daughter a book. So it's more than just a casual chat. If you are aware of the scammers and "Lawrence" is just a casual contact, then why the need to determine if he is real or not? You seem to be going to extra lengths here to validate Lawrence's identity which points to an emotional attachement. I strongly urge you to heed John's warning posts to you. All the red flags are there, gold, art dealer in bad financial times, dating site, little daughter, asking you to do things for him. Those are all classic signs of a sweetheart scammer.

Git		05-Oct-2009 15:24
CK. Yes I know about check frauds. Have been there also, but that check ended up in the garbage bag in peaces. But it was not from this man. He is also suffering from financial crisis, but seem to manage - as he say by selling house and car. It is quite interesting to see how this will end, now when I am aware of the danger. John. I might do this, have to think about it for some time first. I am not fond of talking English in telephone, especially not with somebody who has a thick accent(have problems with american accents too). English is not my native language. This man is on Facebook also and he looks just the same as the man I have seen in webcam. But that doesn't say that he is honest on Facebook.

CK		05-Oct-2009 15:11
Also, be aware that the sweetheart scammers often pose as single parents with young children. They do this to play the sympathy card in order to make the victim think this truly is a great person, working hard to take care of a child. They usually say their spouse died in some tragic accident to claim even more sympathy from the victim. A month from now the "Art Dealer" could come out and say that his daughter broke her leg or got sick with swine flu and because his business is suffering, he needs $500 to pay for the medical bills. If you say you can't pay, he'll lay a big guilt trip on you for not helping out a poor little sick 6 year old child and thinking of yourself while he is struggling just to put food on the table. Guess you don't care or love him/her enough if you can't part with a measly $500 to help a hurt/sick little girl get better. Oh the stress you just put him under by not paying. Then the victim can't stand the guilt and sends the money. That's just the first payment of course, the scammer has a dozen other tricks up his sleeve to get you to send more, regardless of your own finanical conditions.

JOHN		05-Oct-2009 11:26
JOHN...for Git.. Yes, that is where the Art Gallery is. It's on Castle Road, just down from STATE HOUSE. They sell everything there, and there are many Shops there as well! If you persist in trying to find this person, well here is the Number to ring; 0233 027 6902806. You will be able to ask the Receptionist if such a Person or Business is there, and they will put you thro to him! Then you will know whether it is the real person or not, or someone just using his Name! Good luck, and let me know the results, because you seem intent on finding if this person really exists! Stay safe, Regards, JOHN

Git		05-Oct-2009 06:23
I have been fooled by scammers so I am very much aware of the danger. We don't talk much as I have uninstalled Yahoo IM and only use web version. I don't open that so often, only to keep my yahoo account alive. I am only curious about to know if he is what he says. I have cut of every other contacts in Africa, had some in Gambia. Yes I know that Quechup is a dating site, but I only wanted contacts to chat with. I tried Badoo also, it was the same. Either scammers or men trying to think with the wrong head - the one without a brain. I am a lot wiser now than I was before, it was an expensive lesson, but life has to go on.

JOHN		05-Oct-2009 00:44
FOR GIT... I am sure that you also realise that QUECHUP is also a Dating Site!! There is not a Dating Site in the WORLD that Scammers do not "Harvest" for potential people to SCAM... You have been talking to him now I note, for a long time!! What in Gods name do you think he is doing if he is on that SITE?? If he has a daughter, then obviousely he has a a, or is married, so I ask you what do you think he is doing on such a Site!! He may well be doing the work that he states, but trying to find him would be nigh impossible! There are 1,00's of Art Workers in Accra. Anyway, he may be just saying that to put you off your guard..... They are very good at playing on peoples emotions, so my advise toyou is to cease contact with him immediately!! Scammers can wait years to ask for Money, so be aware of that!! If he has "GOLD" then what do you think he is upposed to be doing Art Work for....?? That's the ALARM BELL!! Thats the BAIT!! Scammers use that to keep people interesed in talking to them, until the are ready to use their "GUILE", so that they can then pounse, and then comes the sad Stories and the request for Money! His next move will be to tell you that his "Daughter" is sick, and in need of urgent Medical care, and that he needs Money for Medical Bills for her!! Oldest trick in the Book, for Scammers!! You have to ask yourself only one question, and that is this; "What's in this for you?? You may think that you are helping a "Poor Soul" in Africa, but in fact these Scammers make a FORTUNE every Year, so you just make sure that you are not the next Victim!1 They are ruthless people, and very good at what they do, because they have been doing it for years!! That is my advice to you!! Please be very careful, before you regret what you may do.... Think rationally, and just recap on how he contacted you, and then ask yourself. what are his real motives?? Better to be safe than sorry... Regards, JOHN

Git		04-Oct-2009 19:11
As you have knowledge about Ghana and Accra I want to ask about a man I chat with from time to time. I met him on Quechup, he started the usual way, but as he is around 37-38 I said he is too young and I could be his mother. Now he calls med sweet mother "LOL". He has never asked about money only for some help which I have denied. I once sent a childrens book to his daughter, 6 years old. Anyway, he says that he is making and selling African art in Accra. Name Lawrence M Charway. I have found a businessman by that name in Accra, but wonder if he is using this persons name or is real? I am wondering because he once talked about gold, but that was before this economical crisis that started last year.

Guest		04-Oct-2009 14:07
If you are already here, you will probably have the same information Wymoo will give you back. Chances are they will just confirm your suspicions, with what they say, but look very closely at what they say, they do not back up their investigation and show you how they arrived at their conclusions, most of it will be the background you already know which is why you are here. As a matter of fact most is a form letter filled in with most information on the country you want info on. If you are here, if you want more information, You will get in their basic offer of around 350.00 exactly what is being said here. If you want your culprit watched, I am sure that will cost much more. I was not satisfied with what they provided, they did not tell me anything else I didn't already know. Mainly, that there is a high probablity I was being scammed, that is it. I have compared notes with others that have used them. Yep, with a few exceptions a form letter. Use your money wisely.

JOHN		02-Oct-2009 21:27
Hi C K., It's nice to see your informative Posting. As usual, you are straight to the point, and your Postings should be heeded by those who look in on this Site, and thay will be well educated on all the tricks that the Scammers use! I wish you well in your "Baiting" of that "Chief of Police" (SIC)!! He will be severely p..sed off when he discovers that you have made a FOOL out of him, and that you have wasted his time... The fight against these Scammers is not easy, but if you or I just save a few people from their clutches, it will have been worth it all. That kind of work is very time consuming, and the true rewards will never be known, but I do know for a fact, that a lot of Scammers are getting very, very frustrated, when it turns out that they have been led up the garden path. It's dangerous too C K., as you and I are aware, and I just want to remind people again, it is not a task for just for anyone... You have already pointed that out, but I just want to reiterate it... I exposed one sometime ago, and he is furious, and has threated me, but he is an IDIOT, because he even thinks that I live in another Country, and he can never trace me!!! The IDIOT even thinks that he has my real IP Address, but you and I are too wise to be caught in that way! He even tried to destroy my Computer by sending Trojans, and a very clever Virus, but he is only wasting more of his time, which is great, because it leaves him less time for Scamming!! Stay safe as usual C K., and good luck with the great work that you do! As long as there are good people around like you, there is hope in this fight against these Scammers. Stay safe everyone, and I hope that Stephanie, and the other person have read your Postin as well. It's great to know that you are always looking in on this Site, as your points of view and knowledge are always very welcome! For now everyone, stay safe, and be very careful with who you may be in contact with! Regards, JOHN

CK		02-Oct-2009 18:37
For the person asking about doing a background check on somebody in Ghana (or anywhere overseas), if the person says they work for a bank, call the real bank and ask. If they say they work for the government, call the consulate. Beware that scammers do use the names of real officials to perpertrate scams. Best example is Charles Soludo of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Do a yahoo search for "Solduo scam" and you'll see plenty of examples of how he has been used by scammers in Africa.....Here is your basic red flag to watch for, if they are using any type of free e-mail service (yahoo, gmail, aol, hotmail, livemail, etc etc) and they are posing as somebody official, it is a fraud. Example, James Addo says he is from UBA Bank Ghana, but uses the e-mail address uba_bank_ghana@yahoo.com. No real business or govt official would use such an e-mail address. That is the MO of scammer e-mail. Watch for "official" sounding e-mail too such as @lawyer.com. There is a free service that uses official sounding names like that and scammers use that to fool people....right now I am baiting the "chief of ghana police" who goes by a name like inspectorchief_ghanapolice@yahoo.com No police chief would ever use a free e-mail account for official business, though they will have plenty of excuses as to why they are if you asked them. Also, they are quick to push "official ID" to show you they are legit, so they will send you scanned copies of their ID or passport. These are photoshopped fakes, some bad and some very good. Nevertheless, they are all fake. I could show you a George W. Bush Nigerian passport I did with photoshop that looks almost 100% real. As John has said, if somebody approaches you about a deal or a relationship and they say they are overseas, run for the hills and save yourself the trouble of losing your money.

CK		02-Oct-2009 18:08
Hi Stephanie..............The "Iraq Solider" bit has been used to death by scammers. Sometimes they send out e-mail saying they found Saddam's long lost money, or some Iraqi General who escaped as got funds hidden in Dubai and will share it with you if you help them get it out. Of course these are just stories that are used as a means to scam somebody......The Solider story as John correctly pointed out is just another means to sweetheart scam people through dating sites. As for the picture he sent you, the internet is filled with thousands of pictures that scammers can use at their disposal, so finding a serviceman would be quite easy to do......I would follow the advice John gave regarding dumping him and ignoring him. At least you were savy enough to figure out that he was scamming you, most people in sweetheart scams are not so lucky and end up with shattered hearts. Just do a google search for sweetheart scams and you'll find dozens of websites devoted to exposing these scams. There is no chance this guy is for real (other than his picture) but he would swear on his mother's grave and the bible to convince you he is for real and not a scam.....if you doubt what John and I have said, the best way to expose the fraud is since he sent you a picture of himself already, ask him to send you a picture with a big red heart on it and your name and his name and the date in big block letters. Since he is not really the solider, there is no way he could ever take such a picture and would come up with every excuse to say why he cannot take such a picture....if you have any other questions, please ask and John and I will do our best to answer them for you. Knowledge is the key to putting a stop to most of the scammers.

JOHN		02-Oct-2009 11:16
FOR STEPHANIE... Stephanie, The fact that he asked you for Money, and an Ipod,and then some, means that he is Scammer!! No one, unless he is a SCAMMER, asks for Money on the Internet! In any case, before you divulged that Information, re giving him your Address etc., I already knew he was a SCAMMER! Not because I am clever or anything like that,it's just that I have Years of experience dealing with these SCAMMERS, and they do devise new SCAMS each day, to SCAM people! Regarding the fact that he has your Address and Phone Number, well don't worry about that for now, as he will get fed up tyrying to contact you,and when you do not respond, then he will just give up, because time wasted for these SCAMMERS, is MONEY! Also, Stephanie,please don't ever be tempted to talk to him again. Believe me, we all have emtional needs, and even though you now know he is a SCAMMER,you may think that you have some kind of feelings for him!! But these feelings are only for a Soldier in a Picture, and this in all probablity is a stolen PHOTO! THE PERSON YOU ARE CORRESPONING WITH IS A YOUNG "CAFE BOY", WHO IS SITTING IN A DINGY INTERNET CAFE, SOMEWHERE IN GHANA, MOST PROBABLY IN ACCRA, WHO WOULD SELL HIS MOTHER TO GET MONEY! Stephanie, there are 1,000's of them who do this 24/7, and they are ruthless people. They do not deservere any pity, because they are Robbing genuine people daily! It's now an EPEDEMIC in Ghana, and Nigeria, and these people have never worked a day in their lives, and when you don't respond to this "SOLDIER", he/she will just move on to the next PERSON that they want to SCAM! I must warn you however, that SCAMMERS do not give up easily, and he/she will persist in trying to contact you, so that they can give you another STORY, or an "EXPLAINATION", now that they will be aware that you have are on to them! Also, they will use other "friends" to contact you, so be carefull of who you correspond with from now on. This SCUM may even threaten you, but ignore the threats, and just get on with your life. Don't spend too much time looking for him/her, because it is like looking for a needle in a Haystack, and you have better things to do with your life! Just put it down to a bad experience, and time will heal any emotional pain that you feel now! You will be much wiser now, and you will be able to help people if you become aware thar something similar is happening to them. Don't feel foolish either, because we all have been SCAMMED at some time in our lives, by one means or another, because we are human, and people play on our emotions! Just thank God that you found out in time, because 1,000's were not so fortunate! A word of caution, Stephanie, be very careful of who you choose to contact by Email, even if the Email Address is on this Site, because SCAMMERS also try to use, and disrupt this SITE, and they will use very devious means to do that! Never give your Email Addres to anyone that you do not know, and never POST it on any Public Forum! Also be aware, that MATCH.COM, is full of SCAMMERS, because that Site does not "VET" people properly, and people who register there, with proper PROFILES, are easy TARGETS for these Scammers! They look at these Dating Sites on a daily basis, and they just "HARVEST" the people on them! Regarding wanting to contact that other person, well wait to see if they wish to reply, and then see what you will do, but DO NOT put your EMAIL ADDRESS on this SITE. I hope I helped you, and please feel free to POST again, if you think you need any kind of assisantce, if that SCAMMER insists on contacting you. I will be able to advise you on that as well. Maybe C K., will see this as well, and comment on it! Stay safe, and I wish you all the best in your Life, Regards, JOHN

Stephanie		02-Oct-2009 03:53
To the guest who posted Sept. 16 in regards to the US soldier. Would he be attractive, with brown hair, in the Army, serving in Iraq this past year and did he send about five photos to this woman from Ghana? If so we need to talk.

Stephanie		02-Oct-2009 02:18
Thank you John for your honest and informed comments. I appreciate your sincerety is wanting to help would be victims as well as those who have been stung. Yes, I gave him my Florida address and phone number because I sent an Ipod and yes some money. It was the repeated request for more money and an Iphone that alerted me to a probable scam. Thank goodness for sites like this that helped me get the information needed, which enabled me to put a swift end to the communications. Now I will pray that they will not feel a need to bother me further. Thanks again John Smiles Stephanie

JOHN		01-Oct-2009 02:11
FOR STEPHANIE ENRILLE....... Stephanie, Scammers would use the Guise of God himself, to set you up.... They have no Morals at all, because they are just the SCUM of the Earth.. There is not a cunning Scheme yet that they have not adopted to dupe people!! Sure he was nice, thats how they play on your emotions!! My Question to you Stephanie is this? What do think that you will gain, even if you think that this person really exists? This is a Ploy that is used a lot by Scammers! Why in God's name would this person want to entrust these Items to you!! Just think about it for a minute!! Also, I hope that you have not given this person any personal information, but I actually think that you have, because otherwise why are you aware that these Items are "supposed" to be held up in Kotoka Airport!! I can assure you of this, that if these Items were LEGITIMATE, and if they were discovered by Customs Agents at KotokaAirport, then I can tell you for certain that one of two things would happen! The first thing that would happen is that they would most likely keep them for themselves, because it is my experience, that a lot of them are crooked themselves!! The second thing is, that if they were confiscated by honest Customs Men, then they would just impound them, and Social Security would have no say in this whatsoever. Stephanie, I don't care if this man sent you 50 Photo's, he is a SCAMMER out and out!! Just suppose that he is a real person, well then he is trying to get you involved in something that is illegal, and you could leave yourself open to be prosecuted, by both the Autorities in Ghana, or in the Country that you live in......Do you think that this is worth taking such a big risk for? My final advise to you is that you break off all contact immediately, or you could find yourself in danger!! This is a SCAM, and do not even think for one second that it's not!! You have too much to lose, and I promise you that you have nothing to gain!! I do hope that C K., sees this Posting,as I know that he will also give you the same advise that I am giving you! You now have my advise Stephanie, and I hope that you take it!! If not, then I hate to be cruel or blunt about this, but I promise you that you will regret your actions, if you go ahead with mad escapade, for the rest of your life!! Stay safe, and may God look after you. I wish you all the best in your life, My Regards, JOHN In either Scenario, you are

JOHN		01-Oct-2009 01:34
TO GUEST @03.40 30th September. If you read my Postings, over the last few Months, you will see that I have stated that I am not affialiated to any Group, nor have I any ulterior Motives regarding why I Post on this Site, other than to state again,that I want to help people who are being SCAMMED, or about to be SCAMMED. However, I will give you thye address of a reputable Investigation Company, who have Agents all over the World, and they also carry out Investigations in GHANA! The name of the Company is Wymoo International, and you can contact them on www.wymoo.com. They did do work for me in the past, and they did get results for me! They are based in New York. Do be advised that they will Quote you a Fee for there Services, and they will report back to you in 7 Days, from the time that you give them the go ahead! Its up to you if you want to engage them or not, as I am only supplying you with this information, in relation to your Query! Bear in mind that the person that you want to do a background check on,may not even exist! Whatever you decide to do, I wish you all the best, and I have no vested interest with the Company's name that I gave you..... I am sure that C K., will have some observations to make on this, if he sees your Posting... Best Regards, JOHN Best Re

guest		30-Sep-2009 03:54
Just wondering how do you do a background check on someone in Ghana? All I can find is sites for US and even though they say international they dont have anything to offer

CK		18-Sep-2009 21:40
Also to note, some scammers use a format where they pretend to be a hit man who claims he has been paid a lot of money by an enemy of yours to kill you. But due to the "sliver" of conscious he has, he will tell you that if you wire him more, he will let you live. He'll also say he is watching you and if you contact the police he will kill you. Seems unbelievable, yet people fall for this scam and pay off the "hitman". Meanwhile this hitman who says he is watching the victim, is really sitting in an internet cafe, drinking a lukewarm Fanta and laughing at the people who send him money......Basically anything the scammers send out can be Googled and found on the internet, labeled as a scam.

CK		18-Sep-2009 21:29
Hi John and good to see your posts too.....as John pointed out, if a scammer has your real life information and you cut the communication, you will not be in any danger. As John said, they may keep trying to contact you and might even threaten you, but time wasted for them means money wasted. They want to spend their time with victims who will pay, not waste time and resources tracking down somebody who refused to talk to them......that said again, somebody who wastes their time and money by baiting is another story...those are the people the scammers would be interested in finding.

JOHN		18-Sep-2009 21:09
FROM JOHN.. HI C K...GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU,AND AS ALWAYS A GOOD POSTING... I HOPE THAT PEOPLE HEED YOUR ADVICE, BECAUSE AS USUAL YOU ARE ACCURATE AND TO THE POINT! YOU DO NOT MESS WITH THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE. AS C K SAID, THEY HAVE NO VALUE FOR HUMAN LIFE, ONLY THERE OWN!! IT HAS NOW GOT A LITTLE HOT FOR SOME OF THESE SCUM IN NIGERIA, AND A LOT HAVE NOW RELOCATED TO GHANA, MOSTLY TO THE ACCRA, KUMASI, AND NIMA AREAS! UNFORUNATLY THEY CAN TRAVEL THERE, AND RELOCATE, TO START THEIR SCHEMEING AGAIN,AND JOIN UP WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL SCAMMERS THERE, AND SADLY IF THEY PAY A FEE TO THE LOCAL POLICE,THE POLICE JUST THEN IGNORE THEM, AND IN SOME INSTANCES EVEN HELP THEM IN THEIR "DIRTY WORK". THESE PEOPLE ARE ALMOST UNTOUCHABLE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE CARRIED OUT KIDNAPS AND MURDER, AND ALL THIS FOR MONEY. THESE "SCUMBAGS" EVEN INVOKE THE NAME OF GOD, AND SOME ARE EVEN ON THEIR LOCAL CHURCH COUNCILS, WHERE THEY GAIN "RESPECT(sic) FROM THEIR COMMUNITY, AND UNFORUNATLY, THE PASTORS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE "MONEY". MONEY THERE GIVES THEM STATUS, AND NO ONE DARE ASK THEM HOW THEY OBTAINED IT, OR THEY WOULD BE DEALT WITH BY THESE PEOPLE VERY SEVERELY. IN FACT, IN MOST AREAS THE LOCAL PEOPLE KNOW WHO THESE "SCAMMERS" ARE, AND SOME, BUT NOT ALL, REVERE THEM, FOR TAKING MONEY FROM THE "MUGUS", IE., THAT IS HOW THEY REFER TO WHITE PEOPLE!! AS C K SAID, NEVER ATTEMPT TO TRY TO OUTWIT THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THEY WILL OUTWIT YOU, AS THEY HAVE BEING DOING IT FOR YEARS!! THESE GHANIANS, BUT MOST ESPECIALLY NIGERIANS,ARE INDEED ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND THEY ARE LIKE THE MAFIA. THEY ARE HIGHLY ORGANISED, AND COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY... MONEY IS THEIR "GOD", AND THEY SPEND 24/7 TRYING TO OBTAIN IT BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE! C K, AND I, AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE US DO DEAL WITH THESE "SCUMBAGS", BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT YEARS DOING IT, BUT FOR ANYONE ELSE, AS C K JUST SAID, PLEASE DON'T ATTEMPT TO DO IT, BECAUSE THEY WILL OUTWIT YOU, AND YOU COULD EVEN BE PUTTING YOUR LIFE IN DANGER!! ANYONE THAT IS IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE FROM GHANA, NIGERIA, BENIN, TOGO., ETC., DO AS C K AND I HAVE SAID, AND CUT OFF ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THEM IMMEDIATELY, OR YOU ARE IN DANGER! IF YOU CUT YOUR TIES WITH THEM, THEN THEY WILL PESTER YOU FOR A WHILE, AND EVEN TREATEN YOU, BUT THEY WILL GIVE UP AFTER A WHILE IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT THEM, BECAUSE ITS WASTING THEIR TIME, WHICH THEY DON'T LIKE, AS THEY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE TO SCAM!! AGAIN, NEVER PUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON ANY PUBLIC FORUM, NEVER SEND MONEY TO SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE NEVER MET, NEVER GIVE DETAILS OF YOURSELF TO PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET, AND NEVER LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE! LIKE C K., SOME OF THESE SCAMMERS HAVE TREATENED ME, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO I AM, WHEREAS I ON THE OTHER HAND DO KNOW WHO THEY ARE! IT HAS TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO DO THAT, AND EVEN THOUGH I TRAVEL TO GHANA REGULARELY, THEY WILL NEVER KNOW ME, BUT TO STAY SAFE, WHEN I TRAVEL TO GHANA, OR EVEN NIGERIA, I HAVE MY OWN SECURITY NEAR AT HAND, JUST TO BE DOUBLY SAFE. TO FINISH, FOR PEOPLE WHO VISIT THIS SITE, PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR ADVICE. THATS ALL WE CAN DO, ADVISE YOU, THE REST IS UP TO YOU, FOR NOW, BEST REGARDS TO ALL, TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE, JOHN.

CK (part 3)		18-Sep-2009 18:55
If you have given a scammer your real life info (phone #, home address) and then discovered they are frauds, it is best to drop all contact with them and ignore them. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY THEM if they have your real life information. Nigerian scammers are all over the world, from the US to Europe to Africa all the way to Asia. You have no idea if they have contacts that are close enough to travel to your front doorstep. You also have no idea how sadistic the "Oga" or leader of the gang is and how much revenge he might want to extract revenge on you for messing with them, especially if he has friends near your home address. That is why if you don't know how to "bait" a scammer safely, do not engage in it......I've had my share of death threats over the years, but I know how to engage these scammers safely.....It's like snake handling, if you don't know how to pick up a King Cobra without getting bitten, you certainly aren't going to run out and do it.

CK (part 2)		18-Sep-2009 18:40
Also, travelling overseas to catch the scammer is foolhardy and extremely dangerous. As John pointed out, these guys often operate as part of a gang. Even if you were lucky enough to track one down, what are you going to do? Take on the whole gang? I just recently baited a group to wait for me at Accra airport who waited there for over 7 hours to discover I was not actually there. But they thought I was coming with cash and very expensive gifts. They told me in advance they had my hotel room all set up and would drive me over there personally for security reasons. Had I been an actual victim and really thought this deal was real, they would have picked me up, driven me out of the city, robbed me and then left my dead body in a field some place. These scammers might seem dumb from the way they write their scam letters, but they are still dangerous criminals who have no remorse in what they do to their victims.

CK		18-Sep-2009 18:27
To reiterate what John said in earlier posts......................If you sent money overseas to a scammer, consider it gone. I hate to sound harsh like that, but that is the reality. It sucks that a serviceman got scammed and I would love nothing more than to get it back for him, but it is gone........Searching down addresses to track down the scammer is a waste of time....the scammers operate out of internet cafes so IP lookups are meaningless and if they give you a receiver address for a WU or MoneyGram wire, it is not their home address. All the scammer needs to do is show an ID with his matching name on it, address match is meaningless, especially if the scammer has a "friend" at the Western Union office. Sometimes the scammers get innocent people to collect the money for them and then tip them a few naira or whatever the local currency is....

JOHN		18-Sep-2009 16:47
TO GONZO, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT I AM NOT IN GHANA RIGHT NOW. SUFFICE TO SAY THAT I AM IN EUROPE JUST NOW. MAYBE THE DNS SERVER TREATED MINE AS SPAM, AND OBVIOUSLY JUST REJECTED IT, INSTEAD OF IN GOING INTO YOUR JUNK BOX. I WILL TRY AGAIN, BUT I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF BRIAN ANSWERS YOUR EMAIL. BYE, AND REGARDS, JOHN.

Guest		18-Sep-2009 14:22
TO JOHN: FYI, reason mail did not go through, is through my experience (recently) at least one of the ISP providers in Ghana changed their DNS software, and it caused a lot of thing it the US to cease to work. In our global DNS servers, the address is there (maybe rocket science to some), but it does exist and spam is caught all the time in it.

JOHN		18-Sep-2009 10:40
TO GONZO... Thats fine... If Brian puts a Message on here in relation to that, then I will give Brian my Email Address, and will be able to contact you. I will be doing a positive Posting shortly about Ghana, because there are a lot of nice things there as well, or else I would not have spent over 9 Months there in the last Year. It may take Brian some time to answer, but I will be visiting the Site regularily. Good luck, Regards, JOHN.

Guest		18-Sep-2009 09:53
TO JOHN: Re: gonzo Sent Brian an email, other information included.

JOHN		18-Sep-2009 09:35
TO GONZO...REPLY. I SEND THAT EMAIL TO THE PROPER ADDRESS. YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, BUT NO ONE ELSE WILL WHEN I TELL YOU THAT YOUR ID IS 192!! MY EMAIL TO YOU CAME BACK AFTER 8NHOURS, STATING THAT THERE WERE PEMANENT ERRORS ON YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. IN ANY CASE, I HAVE RESENT IT, SO I WILL SEE IF IT IS DELIVERED THIS TIME. THAT'S ALL I CAN DO FOR NOW. TALK SOON, REGARDS TO ALL, JOHN.

Guest		17-Sep-2009 16:21
TO JOHN: Re: GUEST...17th 00.51 Not to worry, don't run windows, I will get the mail. It is a spam trap address anyway, I will get your mail, but anything after we talk, will be at another address anyway. Wouldn't run windows if it was last OS on earth it is a virus in itself. I love to get the viruses they send me and dissect them anyway, help me do what I do best. So, let them use it, don't care, I'll clip 'em anyway, builds my database.

JOHN		17-Sep-2009 11:21
TO GUEST...17th 00.51. Please Email Brian McMorrow, his address is on this SITE, and ask him to remove your Email Addres from your POSTING! Better still, he will remove the whole Posting. Never ever put your EMAIL ADDRESS on any open Forum, as you will be inundated with 100,s of EMAILS from SCAMMERS, as I promise you that they HARVEST sites like this for EMAIL addresses, because they are like VULTURES just waiting for their prey to appear!! I have done something that I do not usally do, and that is that I have EMAILED YOU, with my Secondary Email Address. I do not want you to POST that Email Address here, but if you do, I will not reply to any Email, or open any Attachments, that are sent to that EMAIL address, because SCAMMERS will send TROJANS, WORMS, VIRUSES, etc, to that Address. No one knows that Email Addres but you, so if I receive any other Mail, then I will not reply to you again... I am not accusing you of being a scammer, but tricks, and tactics like this have been used before,so I have to stay one step ahead. If you are legitimate, then I promise you that I will help you. Sorry if this all sounds a bit harsh to you, but one cannot be carefull enough!! Just ask CK!! This is a risky business exposing SCAMMERS, and they would love to get my Primary Email Address, but that will not happen. I have exposed some dangerous people on this, and other SITES, and I have to take every precaution, because this is not a GAME!! A further note!! Tracing my IP Address will bee useless as well, just ask CK, how this can be hidden!! I will help anyone on this SITE, but if any SCAMMERS think that they can divert me from doing that, then if they want to waste their time, thats fine, because I will not be wasting mine!! Stay safe everyone,and take care, Regards, JOHN.

JOHN		17-Sep-2009 00:17
FROM JOHN.. I AM TIRED AND THERE WERE SOME ERRORS IN MY POSTING JUST NOW, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. A BIG MISTAKE WAS WHEN I MEANT TO SAY THAT "I AM NOT OVERDRAMITISING ANYTHING I SAY",SO THAT WILL CLARIFY THAT ERROR. THE OTHERS WERE JUST SPELLING ERRORS. TILL LATER TODAY THEN. STAY SAFE, AND TAKE CARE, REGARDS, JOHN

JOHN		17-Sep-2009 00:09
REPLY TO GUEST..RE PROPTERTY ETC.. Don't worry, I just saw your posting now, as I look at the Site regularily. I won't go into detail now as I am very busy just at this time. but if you visit the Site lter today, I willhave news for you. I just want to think about it for a while, as I did guess properly as to why you wanted this information. I assure you that I will help you, and want nothing in return, just thr satisfaction of knowing that I can help people, as I know Ghana very well, and have PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS THER WHO WILL BE OF GREAT HELP TO YOU. DON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU HEAR FROM ME. dEALING IN PROPERTY IN GHANA IS A RISKY BUSINESS, AND YOU HAVE TO BE VERY SURE OF WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH, BECAUSE EVEN THE LAW FIRMS THERE ARE SUSPECT, AND PEOPLE CAN FORGE ANY TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION, AND YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THEY WERE LEGITIMATE LAWYERS, WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE NOT. I NOW CANNOT PUT MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE BECAUSE I GO TO GHANA REGULARILY, AND THERE ARE SCAMMERS ON THIS SITE AS WELL, WHO MIGHT, IF THEY HAD MY EMAIL ADDRESS DO SOME HARM. IF I GAVE IT OUT, I WOULD THEN NOT BE ABLE TO HELP ANYONE AT ALL. REMEMBER THAT IT IS VERY RISKY BUSINESS EXPOSING SCAMMERS, AND THEY WOULD NOT THINK TWICE ABOUT TRYING TO HARM ME! I DO NOT FEAR THEM, BUT I HAVE A FAMILY, AND THEY WOULD BE VERY WORRIED IF I DID THAT! HOWEVER, I TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION WHEN I GO TO GHANA, THAT IS I HAVE A SECURITY PERSON WHO WATCHES OUT FOR ME. THIS IS FOR EVERYONE, THAT IF YOU GO TO GHANA TO MEET SOMEONE, NO MATTER HOW REPUTABLE THAT PERSON MAY SEEM, DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON THEM FIRST! IT COULD SAVE YOU A LOT OF GRIEF, AND EVEN YOUR LIFE, IF YOU GO TO GHANA WITHOUT TAKING A LOT OF CARE. I WILL TALK MORE ON THIS TOMORROW. AGAIN REGARDING PROPERTY, BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL, BECAUSE PEOPLE GROUP TOGETHER TO SCAM PEOPLE, AND IF YOUR MONEY IS GONE, IT'S NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IT BACK! PLEASE STAY SAFE EVERYONE, AND BELIEVE ME, I AM OVER DRAMITISING ANY THING THAT I SAY. TAKE CARE, AND GOD BLESS UNTIL TOMORROW, BEST REGARDS, JOHN.

Guest		16-Sep-2009 23:03
Reply to JOHN FOR GUEST OF 16TH SEPT., @ 01.21 & 09.46. I do not want to give too much information, but the reason is looking for a person who gave me that address. I was kind of wondering, what kind of building/property it was, i.e. house, aprtment, etc. Maybe if the were one or more cars out there. I do know you do this voluntarily and I appreciate what you do. I was unable to locate your email address here. Wish there was another way to contact you. You are bold even putting it here. Thanks for your help. If you choose to post your email address here again, I would like to discuss a few things with you. Thanks.

guest		16-Sep-2009 17:41
Just wondering we text on cell phone and yahoo message/im am I okay or can he use any of those numbers for anything else? Will he just move on to the next person or should I be concerned

guest		16-Sep-2009 17:11
Just wondering he hs my email and cell phone number am I ok or can he do anything or do you think he would just move on to the next victim

JOHN		16-Sep-2009 17:02
FOR GUEST @16.22. THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK, AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THINKING THAT YOU FEEL FOOLISH, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT! YOU WERE SMART ENOUGH NOT TO SEND HIM MONEY, AND THAT WILL SICKEN HIM, BECAUSE HE WAS THINKING THAT THIS WAS "SOFT MONEY" FOR HIM. HE IS THE PERSON THAT WILL FEEL FOOLISH, AND STUPID,BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN BOASTING TO HIS "SCUM" FRIENDS ABOUT THE "KILLING" THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE! THEY WILL TAUNT HIM FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT IT, SO YOU CAN TAKE COMFORT IN THAT! ALSO REMEMBER, THAT THERE IS NOT A PERSON ALIVE TODAY WHO HAS NOT MADE A MISTAKE. IT'S HUMAN TO ERR. DON'T BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF, BECAUSE WORRYING ABOUT THAT "SCUM" IS NOT WORTH IT. IT'S JUST A WASTE OF YOUR ENERGY, SO PUT IT BEHIND YOU, AND REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY FEEL BETTER, AND YOU WILL BE A LOT WISER. SO YOU HAVE ACTUALLY GAINED KNOWLEDGE FROM THIS, AND WILL BE ABLE TO ADVISE SOMEONE ELSE, IF THEY ARE IN, OR EVER GET INTO THE SAME SITUATION AS YOU WERE IN! STAY CLOSER TOHOME AS I ALREADY SAID, AND YOU WERE VERY WISE TO COME ON THIS SITE! ALL THIS WILL BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IN A WHILE, SO JUST GO ABOUT YOUR DAY AS NORMAL, AND REMEMBER THAT GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN FOR YOU AS WELL. GLAD THAT I COULD BE OF SOME HELP TO YOU. MY BEST REGARDS FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND HAPPINES SOON. GOD BLESS, AND TAKE CARE, KIND REGARDS, JOHN.

guest		16-Sep-2009 16:22
I had checked google before I was on here for dennis and found the same one you did. It isnt the same person/picture I received. Yes I had my suspicisions and just wanted confirmation from someone. Thank you. No I hadnt sent money and didnt send credit card info. So other then looking foolish to family and time spent I'm not out anything else. As far as looking foolish - isnt first time probably wont be last so I'm used to it LOL

JOHN		16-Sep-2009 11:43
FROM JOHN FOR GUEST OF 16TH SEPT., @ 01.21 & 09.46. YES IT DOES EXIST, BUT REMEMBER THAT ACCRA HAS A POPULATION OF OF OVER 6 MILLION PEOPLE, AND SUBURBS ARE SPRINGING UO ALL OVER THE PLACE! SOME HAVE NOT EVEN GOT NAMES YET, AND ONLY USE PO BOX NO's. I SUSPECT THYAT YOU ARE THINKING OF GETTING INVOLVED IN A BUSINESS DEAL!! IF IT'S PROPERTY, THEN BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL!! THERE HAVE BEEN CASES WHERE UP TO 5 PEOPLE HAVE "PURCHASED", AS THEY THOUGHT, LAND AND PROPERTY, AND IN THE END, LOST ALL THEIR MONEY. IN A LOT OF AREAS IN GHANA, THE "CHIEFS" OWN THE LAND, BUT THE LAWS ARE SO COMPLICATED, THAT IT IS EASY TO BE TRAPPED! IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT GOING THERE, ALSO BE VERY CAREFUL, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED, AND EVEN KILLED! IF THIS IS THE CASE, PLEASE POST HERE AGAIN, AS YOUR QUERY IS A LITTLE AMBIGUOS. (SORRY, EVEN MY SPELLING IS GONE NOW) I GIVE THIS ADVISE ON THIS SITE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, AND HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH ANY PERSON, BUSINESS, OR GROUP, BUT IF YOU NEED FURTHER ADVISE, COME BACK, AND I PROMISE I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO FIND OUT, IF WHAT I HAVE SAID IS CORRECT. TAKE CARE AND STAY WELL, AND SAFE, REGARDS TO ALL, JOHN.

JOHN		16-Sep-2009 11:23
FROM JOHN...FOR GUEST OF 06.47, RE DENNIS DORMENU!! A DENNIS DORMENU IS ON FACEBOOK, AND ON BEBO.COM, AND HAS HIS OWN WEBSITE THERE, IE, BEBO. HE HAS A PHOTO OF HIMSELF ON IT, AND HE IS COLORED. HE ALSO STATES THAT HE IS FROM GHANA! HE SAYS THAT HE IS STUDYING TO BE A LAWYER, AND WANTS PEOPLE TO CONTACT HIM, AND HE HAS A LOT OF HITS ON HIS SITE!! THERE IS ALSO A PHOTO OF, AS HE SAYS HIS "OTHER HALF", AND SHE IS NAMED TORIAN. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE SAME PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT, BUT HAVE A LOOK IN ANY CASE. JUST TYPE IN THE NAME DENNIS DORMENU, AND THEN HIT SEARCH ON GOOGLE, AND IT WILL BRING YOU TO HIS SITE. A WORD OF ADVISE FOR YOU!! REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS IS THE PERSON OR NOT, NEVER EVER SEND MONEY TO ANYONE THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW, OR HAVE NOT MET IN PERSON!! NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO ASK ANYONE FOR MONEY ON THE INTERNET, AND THOSE THAT DO ARE "SCAMMERS", AND DON'T EVER DOUBT THAT!! JUST ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION!! WOULD YOU EVER ASK ANYONE THAT YOU HAD NEVER MET IN PERSON FOR MONEY!! I THINK NOT!! FINALLY, REGARDING THE "OLD STORY" OF HAVING BEEN IN SWEDEN,OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY FOR THAT MATTER, THAT IS A FAVOURITE PLOY USED BY "SCAMMERS" TO PUT YOU OFF GUARD!! JUST THINK OF IT THIS WAY OK!! A MAN FROM SWEDEN, AND A "BUSINESS MAN" AT THAT, GOES ALL THE WAY TO ACCRA, GHANA, ON "BUSINESS, AND THEN HAS NO MONEY!! HOW STUPID IS THAT STORY!! SCAMMERS MUST THINK THAT EVERYONE ARE AS STUPID AS THEMSELVES, TO FALL FOR A STORY LIKE THAT!! REGARDLESS OF WHO THIS "PERSON" IS, OR SAYS HE IS, BREAK OFF ALL CONTACT IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE IF NOT YOU WILL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE! HE IS A "SCAMMER", AND NO RATIONISING CAN CHANGE THAT FACT!! ANYONE, I REPEAT AGAIN, WHOM YOU HAVE NEVER MET IN PERSON, WHO ASKS FOR MONEY OVER THE INTERNET IS A SCAMMER, BIG TIME. THEY CAN WAIT FOR YEARS TO ASK FOR MONEY, WHILE THEY PREY ON YOUR EMOTIONS, AND THEN WHEN THEY THINK THAT THE TIME IS RIGHT, THEY COME UP WITH "SOB STORIES", SO THAT YOU WILL FEEL SORRY FOR HIM, OR HER! OLDEST SCAM TRICK IN THE BOOK. AS I STATED, I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER ITS THE SAME PERSON OR NOT, AND I AM NOT ACCUSING HIM, THE DENNIS DORMENU ON FACEBOOK AND BEBO OF BEING A SCAMMER, BUT IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU FOR MONEY, ON THE INTERNET, THEN THEY ARE SCAMMERS! I HOPE THAT I HAVE HELPED YOU IN YOUR QUEST. LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ON, AS THIS WORK FOR ME IS VERY TIME CONSUMING, BUT I HATE TO SEE PEOPLE BEING SCAMMED, AND THEN HAVE TO FACE THE TRAUMA AFTERWARDS! YOU MUST HAVE SUSPECTED SOMETHING YOURSELF, OR YOU WOULD NOT HAVE COME ON THIS SITE, SO YOU WERE VERY LUCKY THAT YOU DID. 1,000'S WERE NOT SO LUCKY, SO PLEASE TAKE MY ADVISE, AND STAY NEARER TO HOME, IF YOU WANT TO CHAT ON THE INTERNET. AT LEAST THAT WAY, YOU WOULD HAVE THINGS IN COMMON. FINAL WORDS OF ADVISE, NEVER EVER TELL ANYONE ON THE INTERNET THAT YOU ARE TALKING TO ABOUT THIS SITE. IF YOU CONFRONT THEM, AND THEN TELL THEM THAT YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THEM ON THIS SITE, THEY WILL COME ON HERE, AND CAUSE CONFUSION, AND WILL LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING SAID. WE DO NOT WANT TO FOREARM THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SLICK ENOUGH AS IT IS. BOTH C K., AND I COULD SPOT THEM A MILE AWAY, BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THAT! IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO AQUIRE THAT EXPERIENCE. MY LAST ADVISE TO YOU IS TO IMMEDIATELY BREAK OFF COMMUNICATION WITH THIS PERSON, BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU MAY REGRET IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. THE DECISION IS YOURS, I CAN ONLY ADVISE YOU, WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE, AND HAVING HEARD THE SAME STORY REPEATED A HUNDRED TIMES. ASK YOURSELF THIS; IS IT WORTH THE RISK!! TAKE CARE, AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GOT ON, REGARDS TO ALL, JOHN.

JOHN

16-Sep-2009 10:21