Ghana Dating Scam

Gold Scam Kingpin Busted

2012-01-20T08:08:00.000-08:00

Gold Scam Kingpin Busted ...…For Swindling American of $500, 000

Ghana News of Friday, 20 January 2012
Source: The Enquirer

Nana Kofi Ansah, also known as Nana Kwesi Ansah, Managing Director of Golden Age Company, who is suspected of being a key member of a gold scam syndicate operating in the country, has been arrested.

Nana Ansah is alleged to have swindled Mr. Todd Siegmeister, Managing Director of Crown Financial Solution Limited of the USA, of $500,000 and GH¢30,000 under the pretext of supplying and exporting gold to the USA for him. He was arrested by a crack team of security agents at Top Town, a suburb of Kasoa Amanfrom near Accra, where his office and residence are located on January 6, this year.

Highly placed security source told The Enquirer Nana Ansah went into hiding after collecting the said amount from Mr. Siegmeister in November 2010, and efforts to arrest him proved futile.

The source said that Nana Ansah provided his victim with Airway Bill and Customs Excise and Preventive Service documents, including tracking certificate, all dated January 6, 2011, but failed to supply any gold.

According to the source, Nana Ansah in the course of swindling Mr. Siegmeister took some people suspected to be part of the syndicate dressed in CEPS uniform to him to convince him that he was dealing with the right people.

The source said that Nana Ansah has so far admitted collecting the said money and investigations are still going on to arrest other members of the syndicate.

See also: Ghana Dating Scam website at Ghana-net.com

How Kufour Was Used In $2.5 Million Gold Scam

2012-01-17T06:15:00.000-08:00

News of Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Source: The Herald

How Kufour Was Used In $2.5 Million Gold Scam

The Dubai-based business tycoon and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jampur Group, Mohammad Shafiq, who was lured into Ghana by a highly-connected criminal gang led by lawyer Charles Owusu Juanah, and duped US$2.5 million has revealed details of his rare meeting with ex-President John Kufuor, at his Airport West Residence.

He mentioned Mr. Paul Afoko as present during the meeting with the ex-president, where he was asked to donate a mouthwatering US$30, 000 to the recently launched Kufuor Foundation, owned by Mr. Kufuor.

Other details picked up by The Herald, reveals a certain David Lamptey, who on the day after Mr Shafiq met Mr. Kufuor went to the K-San Law Firm with a police dispatch rider to fetch the lawyer from his Adabraka office on claim that they had an important meeting with Vice-President John Mahama, at the Castle.

Juanah, whose real name is Charles Owusu Ansah, has also been walking the corridors of power claiming to be an Oil Expert , is said to be noted for sweet talks and namedropping to convince his victims of his connections to people in high places; lawyers, judges, top police officers and politicians.

According to Mr. Shafiq, during his November, 2011 visit to Ghana, “Charles invited me to visit former president, John Kufour at his residence. Charles wanted me to meet every important politician and individuals in Ghana including the sitting President, Vice-President, national security advisor of Ghana”.

“He told me that he is the exclusive adviser and attorney of Mr. John Kufour and to former president’s close associates including Mr. Paul Afoko, the former president’s chief of staff among others.

“He further advised me that he has done legal work for the sitting president in the past and continues to do his legal work and he has access to the president all the time.

“When Charles and I arrived at the residence of Mr. John Kufour, I saw Mr. Paul Afoko sitting with Mr. Kufour” “Charles advised Mr. Kufour about my activities in Ghana, specifically investment of USD five millions in purchase of gold and expansions of business in the mining sector.

“Charles suggested I donate USD 30,000/ to Mr. Kufour’s charity foundation, which I agreed and told Mr. Kufour my intentions for donating in charity to his foundation. Mr. Kufour was very kind and encouraged me to invest in Ghana. “Our meeting lasted about twenty minutes, as Mr. Kufour had to travel to another town in Ghana.

“Charles and I, dropped off Paul at the airport, as Paul was his way to London for meeting with gold buyers. Paul told me he might have some gold to sell but will discuss after his return from London.

“Paul and I have been in touch, but no business transaction has taken place and we have not sent USD 30,000/ mentioned above as account details were not sent to me by Charles as was promised.

“Later, Charles and I arrived at his law office and met the sellers of gold, OLD NANA (Nana Adjei) and Small Nana. Charles had informed them that I just met Mr. Kufour.

“Charles further told them that he will take me to meet the sitting president soon. This was the day agreement was reached for the gold transaction and they received USD One millions in advance.

“I met Mr. Kufour again at Abuja, Nigeria on the advice of Paul. “Mr. Kufour was then visiting Abuja. This was after the fraud had been committed against us.

“Mr. Kufour was very sympathetic to my situation and called Paul to assist me to handle this matter”. Meanwhile, the Financial Division of the Accra High Court has remanded in custody the Chief Executive Officer of K-San Law firm, Charles Owusu Juanah, and an agronomist, Victor Amoah, on charges of conspiracy and money laundering.

They are being held by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for fraud and money laundering activities. They are to reappear before the court presided over by Mr. Justice Bright Mensah, on Thursday, January 19, 2012.

They have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and aiding and abetting money laundering activities.

The bank managers of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) at its Abeka and headquarters branches, as well as the Industrial Area Branch Manager of the SG-SSB Bank and the Chief Executive of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), are to report to the EOCO on tomorrow to assist in the investigations.

Another person, identified as Nana Kwaku Adjei, who posed as a gold dealer in the fraudulent transactions, is currently being sought to assist in investigations.

Juanah, the principal architect, is said to have collected the US$2.5 million from the GT Bank headquarters at about 9:45 p.m. on November 17, 2011, to his Abeka office in a sack.

Details are that the two accused persons lured a Dubai-based businessman and his agents into the country to establish business dealings in gold. They were made to pay the US$2.5 million before the gold, which had been lodged in a vault at the SG-SSB Bank, was released to them..

Juanah, at about 9:45 p.m. on November 17, 2011, went to the Abeka branch of the GT Bank to pick the money to an office located at Adabraka.

Mr. Shafiq and his agents later verify the authenticity of the gold when it had been delivered, and a huge portion of it turned out to be fake.

When Mr. Shafiq and his agents wanted to lodge a complaint with the police, they were warned by Juanah not to as they would be arrested by the police for transacting an illegal business. They left the country for Dubai but lodged a complaint with the National Security, which referred the matter to EOCO.

When Juanah was picked up, two passports; one British and one Ghanaian, with two different dates of birth were seized from him.

Investigations have so far revealed that Juanah drafted the contract agreement for the transactions, acted as solicitor to both the buyer and the seller, while Victor Amoah, a friend of Juanah’s, acted as consultant to Mr. Shafiq and his agents.

Read also: President Kufuor Cited In $2.5 Milion Gold Scam
(14th January 2012)

President Kufuor Cited In $2.5 Milion Gold Scam

2012-01-15T13:25:00.000-08:00

News of Saturday, 14 January 2012

Source: The Herald (Ghana)

*419 Lawyer Caged In BNI Cells *

- *GT and SG-SSB Banks Used In Dirty Transaction *

The dream of a top international businessman Mohammad Shafiq, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Jampur Group, to buy gold in Ghana, upon which he was led into a meeting with ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor, has turned out to be his nightmare with his US$2.5 million gone to a gang of hi-tech fraudsters led by lawyer Charles Owusu Juanah.

Mohammad Shafiq traveled to Accra, on October 30, 2011 in prospect of a gold transaction. Mr. Rehan Barlas, an American national and representative of Jampur Group, had earlier been in Accra with Mr. Victor Amoah, a Ghanaian National.

Mr. Amoah had introduced gold sellers to the Dubai-based Mr. Mohammad Shafiq. This was after he had been introduced to Jampur by Mr. Charles Owusu Juanah, chairman and owner of K-San Law Firm in Accra.

After this, Mr. Juanah, led the businessman in November 2011 to meet ex-President J.A Kufuor at his Airport West residence in connection with his desire to buy gold. Mr. Kufuor is said to have given his blessings to the transaction and also expressed delight that Jampur wanted to invest in Ghana.

Lawyer Juanah is also said to have boasted of his connections to President John Evans Atta Mills and his vice, John Mahama, as well as other important politicians in this country to the business mogul.

The meeting with ex-President Kufuor, in particular, according to the businessman, boosted his confidence level that he was indeed in a safe pair of hands.

Mr. Amoah introduced Mr. Mohammad Shafiq to Nana Kwaku Adjei and Nana Agyepong as gold sellers, who offered to sell to him gold, amounting to 250 kgs at an agreed price of US$38,000 per kilo, making a total value of US$9.5 million.

The first meeting was held at the luxurious Movenpick Ambassador hotel and it was agreed that the sellers will smelt gold dust at ASAP VASA refinery in Accra.

After the smelting, the gold was to be stored in the joint custody of the buyers and the sellers at SG-SSB Bank. Final testing and shipment of the gold was to be done by Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), a government organization.

After completing satisfactory testing of quality and quantity, the buyer was to pay an amount of US 3.5 million to the sellers, as part payment, with a balance payment of US$6 million to be made after the arrival of the gold in Dubai in presence of the sellers’ representative Mr. Johnson.

A contract was signed between the buyer and sellers. This contract was drawn by Mr Juanah, who is currently in the cell of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), in the presence of the buyer and the sellers at his office, K San Law Firm Accra.

Mr. Juanah, a nephew of Kofi Osei Ameyaw, onetime Deputy Tourism Minister and a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Asuogyaman in the Eastern Region.

During the transaction, Nana Agyepong is said to have pleaded for an advance payment of US$1 million from Jampur on November 4, 2011, which was paid through Mr Juanah.

This deposit was to be paid urgently, otherwise Nana Adjei, his partner’s life was in danger because his (Nana Adjei) partners had threatened to kill him or hurt him, for delaying the sale of gold to some buyers. This story was told to Jampur by Messrs Amoah and Juanah.

On November 10, 2011, Mr Juanah told Mr Shafiq that Nana Adjei was unwell and was hospitalized. Mr Juanah met him at the hospital along with three miners, who demanded additional money from Nana Adjei. These miners were making noises and creating chaos at the hospital per account of Juanah and Amoah.

Juanah further told the Jampur Group that Nana Agypeong had paid US$ 200,000 to the miners from his pocket to calm down the situation. On the next day again, Jampur was told, that Nana Adjel was still unwell hence unable to come to the bank for the shipment of the gold.

On November 12, 2011 it was found that Nana Adjei had travelled out of Accra, although Charles had claimed that he was not in a position to get up from bed the previous day.

Mr. Rehan Barlas called Nana Adjei and he was informed that he was still unwell and couldn’t make it to Accra. This excuse from Nana Adjei was given from November 14 to 17, 2011.

On November18, 2011 Tahir Kureshi, Director, Jampur Nigeria arrived in Accra as an additional buyer’s representative. With Nana Adjei missing, Juanah sent an email to Jampur Group (Mr. Mohammad Shafiq), affirming that his law firm K-San law Firm, could guarantee that all the funds being spent on this transaction would be realized.

He further assured Jampur’s representatives that they were safe and secure, as his law firm and him personally had decided that the gold would be kept in their custody at all the time. He thus said that Nana Adjei’s life was in danger if the remaining funds were not released to them urgently.

Juanah asked Mr. Mohammad Shafiq that the funds be released to him personally, as he would undertake the responsibility of the entire operation and would guarantee the quantity and quality of gold to Jampur as per the contract he prepared.

This was communicated via email to Mr. Mohammad Shafiq.

Juanah reminded Mr. Mohammad Shafiq of his status as a barrister in law in the UK and Ghana, and that his Integrity would be at stake if the deal did not go well. Earlier, Juanah had taken Mr. Shafiq to visit former President Kufuor at his residence.

He told Mr. Shafiq that Jampur should trust him, given his relationship with the former President and the present President of Ghana. He invited Mr. Shafiq to visit the current President at his convenience.

Juanah also showed a copy of the cheque he had written to the sellers for US$6 million as a guarantee to them for their balance of payment, and assured Jampur that everything would be okay. At this juncture, Jampur agreed to release US$2.5 million from Guarantee Trust Bank (GT Bank) to Juanah personally and he took the equivalent amount in Ghana Cedis in cash from the Abeka Branch to his office.

After collecting the amount, Juanah advised the buyer’s representatives to relax and go to their hotel and that all would be fine. He conveyed the same message to Mr. Shafiq on the phone, in Dubai at that time.

Juanah later arranged a bullion van to the SG-SSB Bank, however, when the van arrived at the bank, the miners and Nana Agyepong also arrived at the bank demanding more funds from the buyers.

Mr. Shafiq spoke to Charles about this situation and Juanah advised him not to worry and said” this is a game they are playing “. Juanah told Mr. Shafiq that he had arranged an additional US$ 600,000.00 from his personal account to pay them”.

Charles asked Mr. Shafiq if he had any money at the bank indicating that would be helpful. Mr. Shafiq told him that he could give him an additional USD 50,000.00 if that was necessary.

When the van arrived at the PMMC office, the miners stormed there making noises. The PMMC refused to do the test as it was after 4pm.

Charles suggested, “let us take the gold to my office and I will sort out the matter with these miners/sellers” Mr. Shafiq advised Juanah that the gold should be put back in the bank vault but Charles assured him not to worry and that Mr. Shafiq should relax in Dubai.

Upon arrival at his office, with the miners, Tahir and Rehan, Juanah claimed he had to visit Vice-President John Mahama, who had asked to see him on a very important national matter.

He was instructed by the buyers that the gold should be put in a bank vault, but he ignored the same instruction and said to the buyers that Vice-President was waiting for him hence, it was more important for him to see the Vice-President than “handling this nonsense business of gold”.

He was advised by the Jampur representatives that the bank vault would close by 7pm. He came back to his office about 9 to 10 pm by which time the banks were closed.

He decided to divide the total bars, 135 bars to buyers and 126 bars to sellers and advised the buyers that gold could not be kept in his office as it was dangerous, hence the buyers should take the gold to the hotel at Golden Tulip and bring it back to PMMC the next morning. A strong protest was made about this decision, but Juanah insisted.

Since there was no option to the buyer’s, the gold was taken to Golden Tulip hotel by Tahir, Rehan and Amoah about 1a.m with Tahir and Rehan sleeping in one room to guard the gold.

They next day when the gold was taken to PMMC about 9am along with Victor, it was discovered that the weight of the gold is 70 kilogram and not 135 kilogram as Juanah had told the buyers.

Juanah was informed about the development and he in turn advised the buyers, that the sellers would bring an additional 50 kilogram to make it a total of 130kilogram. At this time he contacted the sellers and informed Tahir that they had sold the remaining gold to some third party, hence they would refund the balance of funds to the buyers.

About 30 minutes later, PMMC called to say that it was only five of the 70 bars that were real gold and that the remaining 65 bars were other metal.

Juanah came to PMMC and asked buyers to bring these bars to his office. He was instructed by Mr. Mohammad Shafiq to lodge a police complaint, but Charles advised Mr. Shafiq, “your representatives will be detained by the police if they file this complaint”.

The case is currently in the hands of the law enforcement agencies for investigation with Mr. Juanah still in custody.

Read also: How Kufour Was Used In $2.5 Million Gold Scam
(17th January 2012)

American Good Samaritan had been fleeced of thousands of dollars!

2011-09-28T13:34:00.000-07:00

And Here We Go Again...:

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

School scam raises bar on 'Sakawa' (Fraud/Scam)

Scam - Scam - Scam!!!

It started as an honest appeal to a foreign philanthropist to help pay for the education of a brilliant but needy student. By the time the drama unfolded, the American Good Samaritan had been fleeced of thousands of dollars.

A young man introduced himself via the internet as a brilliant student, who was on the verge of losing out on education, because he could not pay the high fees being charged at the Good Shepherd Technical Commercial School at Tema.

Incidentally, the Vice-Principal of the school provided the cover for duping the American philanthropist in a scam that has raised the bar of 'Sakawa' to another level.

Sylvanus Criss Paul, the supposed student [real name: Sylvanus Anku], and Mr. Lewis Sampson Krah (Vice Principal) had succeeded in luring the foreigner to remit over 10,000 United States dollars through the school account, for the purposes of supporting the education of (Sylvanus), but the money was never used for that purpose, as Sylvanus never stepped a foot in the classroom.

The two collected the money and shared the spoils. No education was involved during the scam. Sylvanus had snared his victim, Dr. Perry Malouf, with a well rehearsed pitiful story of his poor background, and how he and his sick mother struggle to even manage a meal a day.

Sylvanus had through his e-mail correspondence with Malouf expressed his desire to continue his education, but noted that his family lacked the financial wherewithal to support him.

Touched by this story, Dr. Malouf asked him to look for a school of his choice and furnish him with all the cost involved, so he could support him.

Sylvanus then sought the clandestine help of the acting Principal of Good Shepherd to produce genuine documents to their victim concerning the school and user fees.

After verifying from the Ministry of Education of the existence of the school, and with the involvement of the acting Principal of the school, Mr. Malouf became certain that he was now immune to any scam, and went ahead to begin wiring money for Sylavnus' education, through the school account.

'Father and son' would then cash the money and share the spoils. Their modus operandi was very simple. All they needed to do each time they needed money from their victim, was for the Acting Principal to draft a letter, using the school letterhead, and later scan it and mail it to their victim, however ridiculous some of the expenses and demands were.

In one instance, Mr. Krah and Sylvanus requested for and collected an amount of GH¢480 as funeral expenses for the supposed demise of one of the cadet corp. members of the school from their victim.

In an e-mail correspondence with Malouf on February 10th, 2011, Mr. Krah, who had now gained the confidence of Malouf, informed him of an impending educational trip by the school to the Ashanti Kingdom and the Northern sector of the country.

This supposed educational trip, Malouf was told, was to be by air and a whopping GH¢1,700 were taken from their victim. The correspondence between the Acting Principal and Moaf read:

“Good afternoon, how are you doing today? Well, I hope Sylvanus has told you about the upcoming trip the school will be having this month. It is an educational tour to the Ashanti Region and also to the Northern sector, and transport is going to be by air.”

Sylvanus and his Principal also continued to furnish their 'benefactor' with terminal reports and other genuine school documents to prove that Sylvanus was indeed a student. In other instances, Sylvanus took huge sums of money from his victim for his weekly school upkeep and medical expenses.

But, later, when the demands made by the duo became too much, Malouf became suspicious and, thereafter, reported the case to his friend in the states, who in turn, also informed his friend, Major Gyadu of the Ghana Armed Forces here in Ghana.

Major Gyadu then reported the issue to the Tema Community Two Police Station, where the two were arrested, but released under strange circumstances.

When The Chronicle contacted the proprietress of the school, she confirmed the story, but would not give any details, except to say that she had reported the incident to the police, and that anyone who needed further information should go to them.

Interestingly, when The Chronicle contacted the Tema Community Two Police Station, the Station Commander refused to divulge any information concerning the case, except to say “we are still investigating the issue, and we will come out with something very soon. I can assure you that we are seriously working on the issue, contrary to what some people are telling you.”

When this reporter enquired if there had been any arrests made previously in connection with the case, the commander again refused to answer, insisting that giving out this information would jeopardise their investigations.

Strangely again, the Station Commander politely refused to give this reporter her name after the interview. When this reporter enquired if giving out her name would also jeopardise the investigations, as she had constantly insisted, she smiled, and almost laughing said: “you go and write that you spoke to the Commander at the Community Two Police Station. Everybody knows.”

When this reporter said he was leaving, the Commander commented "I know what your headline is going to be: the uncooperative Police Commander, but you know, call me again next week, and by then, I will be able to brief you on the case.”

Giving details of his contact with his swindlers, Malouf told The Chronicle that his first recollection of contact with Sylvanus was only a short e-mail message he received from Sylvanus. “I do not know how he obtained my e-mail address,” he noted.

In that e-mail, Sylvanus introduced himself and later asked for assistance. He then engaged him in e-mail dialogues over a few weeks. He told Malouf he lives in Tema, in an unfinished housing project with his aunt.

He said that his father had run off, and his mother had passed away, and thus wanted help to continue school.

Malouf noted that since he had been defrauded before, he was cautious about the approach, and told Sylvanus that he would only pay the tuition expenses directly to the school.

He further requested that Sylvanus furnished him with the name and address of the school, and the name of an officer of the school, and other details such as a well-defined course of study.

“I began sending money directly to Sylvanus via Western Union, to help with food and other basic expenses. Sylvanus eventually sent me information about the Good Shepherd Technical School, and gave me the name of Mr. Krah, the school Accountant.

“I spoke with Mr. Krah on the phone a few times. I told him what I was planning to do, and he gave me the necessary account information so that I could wire tuition money directly to the school account for Sylvanus,” he narrated.

Malouf added that he then called the Ministry of Education in Accra to confirm the existence of the Good Shepherd Technical School, and to confirm whether Mr. Krah was employed there. “Since I had confirmation about the school and Mr. Krah, II felt confident that I could go ahead and fund Sylvanus' education. I wired money directly into the school account, for tuition and other expenses,” he said.

At other times, he said, Sylvanus complained about getting ill and also of not having good food, so he asked him to open a bank account so that he could wire money to him to cover medical expenses, and to pay for better food.

“I was under the impression that some of his illnesses were caused by poor diet. I did wire money to Sylvanus' bank account several times,” he noted.

“I received e-mail, supposedly from Mr. Krah, concerning various school fees that needed to be paid. One fee had to do with a lab experiment, and another had to do with a field trip to the Ashanti Kingdom. I wired money to the school account to cover these.

“I received additional e-mail messages, supposedly from Mr. Krah, containing Sylvanus' report card and other updates (such as his playing for the school soccer team). The report card attachments seemed official, as did the letter describing the field trip to the Ashanti Kingdom.”

Malouf said he began to be suspicious when Sylvanus found and added him as a friend on a social network, Facebook.

“I began to notice that he was on Facebook during school hours, and I asked him about that. He said that he can connect to Facebook using his mobile phone, in between classes. This raised my suspicions even more,” he said.

He said it was later that his military contact lured Sylvanus to a location where he was apprehended.

Source: The Chronicle

Ghana Birth Certificate - High SCAM Risk

2011-09-06T10:29:00.000-07:00

Ghanaians should check abuse of birth certificates-Afriyie Ankrah

Here just some news, that shows, how easy it is to SCAM!

Ghana News of Tuesday, 6 September 2011 / Source: GNA

Ekumfi Otuam (C/R) Sept. 6 GNA - A Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah has called on Ghanaians, especially those working at the Birth and Death Registry to help check the abuse of the Ghanaian birth certificate.

Addressing the 8th Birth and Death Registration day at Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region, Mr Afriyie-Ankrah expressed concern about the use of the Ghanaian birth certificate and other documents by non-Ghanaians to apply for Immigration Services.

* This is a clear fake birth certificate, but there is a high risk, that Nigerian SCAMMERS, are able to get a official one, to scam people, all over the world..!

“The ease with which those unscrupulous persons manage to obtain Ghanaian birth certificates and misuse them, is an issue that needs to be checked and rooted out”, he said.

September 1, each year, has been set aside as Birth and Death Registration Day, since the first death, registered in Ghana was done on September 1, 1912.

The theme for the celebration was: “Early Births and Deaths Registration as a tool for National Development.”

Mr Afriyie-Ankrah said there was an instance where certain persons holding Ghanaian passports had been arrested and repatriated to Ghana only for the authorities to establish that they were not Ghanaians.

“Where did they get the Ghanaian birth certificate to apply for the passport”, he questioned.

The Deputy Minister said some people had engaged in insurance fraud, putting in claims for living relatives who were fraudulently registered as dead.

He said by this behaviour the miscreants end up destroying the credibility of Ghanaian documents and the reputation of the country in the eyes of the world.

The Deputy Minister said birth and death registration was essential for equitable distribution of limited national resources and also to put to rest arguments about the ages of the players of the junior national football teams.

***

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“Goro” boy in court over fake stamps, passport forms and birth certificates

2011-09-01T14:33:00.000-07:00

Here just some news, that shows, how easy it is to SCAM!

News of Thursday, 1 September 2011

Source: GNA

“Goro” boy in court over fake stamps, passport forms and birth certificates

Accra, Sept. 1, GNA - A footballer, Hayford Acquah who was arrested at the Passport Office in Accra for endorsing passport forms with seven forged stamps of institutions on Monday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.

The forged stamps include Miracle Life Gospel Church, Tema, Manful Law Consult, Legal, Barclays Bank Ghana, Certified True Academic and Students Affairs of KNUST, Kumasi.

The rest are Church of Pentecost, Oduman Assembly, Champion and Winners Gospel Centre and New Achimota Presbyterian Basic School.

Charged with conspiracy, forgery of documents and stamps, Hayford pleaded not guilty.

The court presided over by Mr Eric Kyei-Baffour remanded him into police custody noting that the charges levelled against him were serious and the Police were conducting further investigations into the matter.

Hayford would re-appear on September 15.

Earlier the Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abraham Annor, prayed the court to remand Hayford into custody to enable the Police complete its investigations.

Narrating the facts leading to the arrest of Hayford, ASP Annor said the Police received intelligence report that some middlemen also known as “goro boys” operate at the passport office and sell passport forms and assist foreigners to acquire Ghanaian passports.

ASP Annor said on August 23, this year, at about 1630 hours Hayford and one Stephen Boye Buabeng now at large arrived at the Passport Office and the Police saw Hayford holding a brown bag endorsing a passport form which the applicant was not present.

The team of Policemen rushed on Hayford and arrested him with the brown bag, but Buabeng escaped.

He said when Hayford’s bag was searched seven forged stamps of various institutions, four passport forms and four birth certificates were found.

During Police interrogation, Hayford stated that he operated at the passport office to assist people who could not complete their applications.

ASP Annor said Hayford further stated that he assisted people to secure new birth certificates but denied owning the stamps, saying they belonged to Buabeng who normally served as witness for some applicants.

He said efforts were being made to arrest Buabeng.

Dating & Gold Scam - Is Not A Game .. For You!

2011-08-05T10:44:00.000-07:00

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We receive daily mails from victims, asking for support. There are many requests, regarding the "Girl" is white. Again - Ghana is a 100% BLACK African country! There are victims, who believe, that the person (Men and Woman) is a US citizen or European, just stranded in Ghana or Nigeria / Benin or Ivory Coast - DO NOT BELIEVE ONLINE DATES, asking you for money! Its to 100% SCAM! EVERY Western Embassy will come to aid to a foreign (US/Europen/Australian citizen, if needed! We also have a list of ALL hospitals, in ALL regions of Ghana (just in case a "Dr." is asking for money..! There are lots of Ghanaian and Nigerian fraudsters, sitting in Internet Cafe`s - online! Our Main Advise: DO NOT send any money to Africa (Ghana), without having a ID-check on your web date! DON`T loose your money to SCAMMERS! It`s NOT a game.. for you!

Fake Gold "Ownership" "Document.. The SEAL is a copy of

`The Great Seal Of The State Of Minnesota` (USA around 1850)

You are welcome, to contact us for free advise!

This Fake Gold Scam"Document" is being use d to convince victims, there is a big "money" waiting in Ghana..
(click to enlarge)

The US Embassy in Ghana (Accra):
....We have had several cases where the "customs officer" has called the American directly. Since Ghana is known as the Gold Coast most Ghanaian correspondents are able to convince their American friend that they carry their inheritance in the form of gold bars that they will smuggle out of Ghana to start their new life in America.

Many Americans believe this and have parted with as much as $10,000 in hopes of receiving millions of dollars worth of gold when their "friend" arrives in the U.S. ...

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Ghana Dating Scam / Ghana & Nigerian Dating & Gold Scams

2011-07-25T12:26:00.000-07:00

Ghana & Nigerian Dating / Gold Scam & Business Scam:

You reply to a posted mail on a dating website, or to mail direct into your e-mail. Some times claiming, that "He or She" has seen your profile on a dating website..

Some times, they are pretending to be "Mix Race"

or even White!. Some times they say, they are from your local area... but are currently taking care of some reasonably believable business in Ghana or West Africa, etc.

These scammers prey upon your trust, love, and decency...

There are young men and women in Ghana, who create false profiles on dating sites to defraud unsuspecting single men looking for love from overseas.

These young people apart from using semi-nude photographs of different ladies

to lure unsuspecting men, especially widowers and lonely men, also fake birth certificates, passports and visas to convince their victims that they are genuine.

Scammers can sign up to online dating agencies or chat rooms just like anyone else. Many online dating sites allow anyone to join for free, and they usually do not screen their members.

Some victims lost even US $100.000 on this kind of 419 scam or called in Ghana "Sakava" scammers.

If you feel, that your "Partner" in Ghana might be one of "Them", please contact us! We`ll investigate for you and provide the real identity of your "loved" on.. Don`t be a VICTIM of SCAMMERS!

Some scammers pretending to be British/Canadian/Austalian or US citizens...

.."working" in Ghana/Nigeria/Ivory Coast... CECK!!!

Don`t expect a white or mix-race "girlfriend/boyfriend"!

Even if you are in contact with a black person... CHECK!!!

Don`t be naive! Save yourself, Time, Money !

NO Ghanaian girl will send you pornographic images, or even a nude pictures!

If you receive any kind of this images, this is the sign of 100% 419-SCAM!!!

There are also GAY & LESBIAN - dating scams! Be carefull!!!

100% SCAM is, when your "friend" in Ghana / Africa claims to

have GOLD ... !!! 100% Scam W A R N I N G !!!

Even, If Your `Friend` Is "Not" From Ghana.. Feel Free And Contact Us!

(we are also able to investigate for you even in UK and Germany)

Coverage includes high risk fraud zones such as Accra,

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Our private investigator service are strictly confidential and client data is always protected. We conduct [Ghana] background checks and

investigations for both organizations and individuals.

Through our services,

we enable clients to identify risks and make informed decisions.

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Ghana is rapidly booming a African leader for fraud and online scams.

The criminals here have quickly modeled their approach after scams in Nigeria.

Many criminals operating in Ghana are from Nigeria.

(more than 3.000.000 - 4.000.000 Nigerians living in now in Ghana!)

New system technology allows scam criminals

to hide their true location, masking their IP address,

phone numbers and mailing addresses.

Common Fraud:

Advance fee fraud, dating scams, dating fraud, inheritance scams,

online dating scams, business fraud, investment scams,

charity and non-profit fraud and employment fraud.

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Have you fallen in love online?

Do you have any online girl/boyfriend?

*** Have you exchanged photos with them?

*** Do they look like real?

*** Did they send genuine looking documents?

*** Did they ask you for some money to come over to you?

*** Did they ask you for some money for a hospital-treatment?
Did you give them money?
If your answer to any two of these questions is

“Yes” then you might be dealing with an online scammer.

A common reason scammers give for, why they need your money include:

“I want to meet you but I don’t have enough money to travel to see you..”

For more informations about Dating Scams, visit
Ghana Dating Scam - Meet The Boy`s & "Girls"