A ghanaian man, richard yaw dorpe, was reported to have scammed a chesapeake woman to the tune of more than $300,000, through an online romance scam,. Analysis of the 2023 data showed that fraud heightened in fraudulent withdrawals from victims’ accounts, cyber/email fraud, and cash theft (cash suppression). On the african continent, nigeria and ghana have emerged as hubs for internet fraud.
Ghana Police arrest 12 cyber fraudsters for impersonating MPs, others
To strengthen education efforts, the mobile money advocacy group has elected new executives to help counter the fraud in the system.
Fraudulent activities in the banking sector of ghana are driven by opportunities, pressure, rationalization and capacity to commit fraud, with capacity being the dominant factor.
The ghana association of banks (gab) has rolled out a set of measures to bolster the banking sector’s defenses against increasingly complex fraud schemes. A ghana criminal conducting internet fraud today may never even mention ghana, until the damage is done. According to the 2018 bank of ghana report, commercial banks lost approximately gh¢20 million to fraud, most of which was perpetrated by their own employees. The “yahoo boys” operating in nigeria and “sakawa boys” in ghana have a reputation.
Ghana scammers target victims on social networking sites, online dating. Encouraging whistleblowing can further safeguard against internal fraud by empowering employees to report suspicious activity without fear of retribution.
