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Ghana's Email Scammers Work Hard, Pray Harder

by Terrence O'Brien on April 8, 2011 at 02:30 PM


Here's a fascinating look at the world of Sakawa, a unique blend of e-mail fraud and African religious tradition that has become a cultural force in Ghana. The young and unemployed people who use scavenged computers and Juju priests for their scams also drive a thriving music and movie scene centered on the lives of e-mail conmen. The video above is 20-minutes long, so if you're working, wait until later.

Tags: email, fraud, ghana, sakawa, scam, top, web

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