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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:02 pm

I hope a lot more more lads try this approach.

Quote:

THE PRESIDENTIAL CASTLE
OSU CASTLE,ACCRA.
ATTENSION,

The Osu Castle, Accra is a favorite tourist attraction in the city and
also acts as the seat of government in Ghana. The Osu Castle is also
known as the 'Fort Christiansborg' or more simply as the 'Castle'. The
history of the fort can be raced back to the 16th century and has gone
through a number of hand before being substantially built by the
Danish in the 1660s. The fort served as the seat of government since
the British colonial rule and continues to do so even today. The
tourist coming to Accra make it a point to visit the Osu Castle, Accra
as it gives then a comprehensive knowledge about the history of the
place as well as of the country.
In the year 1960, the Osu Castle was transformed into the house of the
first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah when the country became a
republic. More rooms were built to accommodate Queen Elizabeth in the
year 1961. The castle became the topic of controversy in 2005 on
whether it should be replaced and made the seat of government. But
President John Kufor was of the opinion that the government could not
have a seat in the castle as it was previously associated with slavery
and also because of the fact that the facilities here were not
adequate enough. The argument put forward by the National Democratic
Congress MPs were hat a new palace for the president would cost a huge
sum of money which could be conveniently used for some other work.
There are about 2,100 workers working at the Osu Castle itself. Though
this castle is the main seat of the government but the other buildings
are also used for this purpose. The castle has been visited by
international dignitaries including Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon
(U.S. Presidents) and Gerhard Schroder (German Chancellor). (Still awake?) There are
many facilities that are provided by the castle including a shopping
center, a clinic, a post-office and a cafe where the employees can
catch up with their friends. There is a permanent garrison stationed
at the Osu Castle. The beautiful garden extending over quite a large
area houses both imported and local variety of plants which are taken
care of by 30 people. Though the tourists are not allowed to enter the
Osu Castle, the travelers still make it a point to at least catch a
glimpse of it while they pass-by.
In a nut shell, your funds is in our Interpol office good reason for
delivery due to high rate of scam , delivery commence and proceed to
your country approve delivery and transfer by the head of the
Interpol of Ghana Mr David asanta
([email protected]) interpol office accra ghana .

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:22 pm

In a nutshell?

I bet you're glad you didn't get the long version...

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:29 pm

Can they send you tickets to visit the place by Western Union?

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:47 pm

Dear fuckwit.
I'm interested in your castle as I think it could help us with our tourist problem.
Will it relocate ok? The funds may help a great deal towards it's relocation.
Yours faithfully

Vladdy Vladstar (Minister of tourism),
Derry Actor
Chern Knobill
Gotes-R-ded.
Andall Else
Republic of Givup

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:13 am

Copied from travel brochure here:

http://travel.mapsofworld.com/ghana/tourist-attractions-in-accra/osu-castle-accra.html

Very ingenious of the Lad as a prelude to steal your money.

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:18 am

PsycheDelia_Smith!
Have you got money?! Confused

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:26 am

@Seamless thanks for the link. Might come in handy someday

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:14 am

^^^ 'Fort Christiansborg' or more commonly called the 'Castle' is always on my itinerary when I travel to Ghana. Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:20 am

The idea occurred that we could do a massbait from a group of elderly tourists who have missed the point of the email and think it's from a travel agent wanting them to travel to Ghana and see the sights.

Or we could pretend the last paragraph disappeared in the ether somewhere.

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:32 am

^^^ sounds interesting. Do I have to speak another language? Laughing

I am getting fluent in Spanglish could try another!

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:53 am

Morgain, su espanyol es muy bien!

I can butcher the French language pretty well too.

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:34 am

Or German.

Can you imagine how much email traffic a group of older German uber-fussy tourists could generate.

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:15 am

How bout a cheap and super fussy old Russian couple? I can manage to butcher some Runglish (Russian/English) quite nicely. Run it through a couple translators and it'll keep him busy for awhile.

Wanna go for an International Incident tour? Laughing

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:18 am

Hi The Scam Hunter

I'd be into that. Ve vill drink much wodka on our tour of Ghana, da?

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:22 am

I think I'll try to buy the castle - I was not satisfied with Edinburgh Castle.

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:11 pm

Fowan Nyne wrote:

PsycheDelia_Smith!
Have you got money?! Confused

No, but in a few days I will. My mate Chas Soludo's sending an ATM card. Smile

My reply had a few pages of travel info for Lundy Island, with "I might be interested" somewhere in the middle.

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:44 pm

@Jeannette You buy the castle and we will have a baiters' convention there Laughing