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Trophy Videos · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:08 am

The Sakawa Boys: Inside the Bizarre Criminal World of Ghana’s Cyber-Juju Email Scam Gangs
http://www.motherboard.tv/2011/4/5/the-sakawa-boys-inside-the-bizarre-criminal-world-of-ghana%E2%80%99s-cyber-juju-email-scam-gangs

I found this an interesting look into the world of Ghana scammers.

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:37 am

Thanks for sharing, Slap. Very interesting. Very Happy

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:39 am

Very interesting indeed. So the Juju priest bless the lads emails. What a racket. At least the lads are wasting money on electronical blessings.

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:38 am

Thanks Slap, a good insight into Ghana and the lads. And the film director in there said, "when things start to go wrong and the money dries up, the Juju gets more and more intense, soon it will be sisters, wives, being taken as sacrifice"

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:33 am

Thanks Slap. I'm baiting an Accra lad who came back after a year and is begging me to travel to him. Sakawa juju is definitely going to be worked in to my bait. Wink

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:35 am

Never heard of Nigerian 401 scammers, but:

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traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers of persuasion and make their emails irresistible to greedy Americans. And so “Sakawa” was born.

There has to be good baiting mileage in posing as a priest / church and helping lads do this - A fish on the head is said to bring excellent juju, but you need a photo to be sure.

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:39 am

An interesting insight, and a gold mine for us.
However, I wouldn't try with something so familiar to them - the potential for blunder is too high. I'd try a more exotic approach - why not apply Shintoism? Appease the kami and they'll bless your emails!

*gets clobbered by Susano-oh* Very Happy

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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:04 pm

Gold Hat wrote:

Video once again confirms Africa is falling prey to the organized religions of the west

No it doesn't and you of all people know better then to steer this toward religion. Knock it off.

Edit: Very mature GH. I can edit too though. I expected you to edit and was prepared. As you can see, your babble is quoted above.

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So they desecrate religion, any religion, they defile their own country, all in the name of greed.

I been around awhile and a scammers sound bite is they are preying on the “greedy” in the west. It’s used as sort of a justification.

I feel we baiters also exploit the greedy. Their greed is so great nothing else matters.

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:22 am

Interesting. I'm baiting a lad from Ghana who seems to have bad luck. Twisted Evil

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:35 pm

^^^^^
Maybe you should introduce him to TM's elder gods

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:40 am

^^^

Lad vs Lad plus religious angle? Twisted Evil

Yes, please. Make that a double Very Happy