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Scammers ‘defrauding British women as retribution for colonialism’

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Fraudsters in Ghana are deliberately targeting British women in online scams as retribution for colonialism, a report has claimed. Accra, Ghana’s capital, is a hub for gangs of cyber criminals, known as Sakawa Boys, who pose as white men on Facebook to manipulate affluent Western women into entering a relationship.

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African scammers con British women as 'payback for colonialism by reclaiming what was taken by white people'

Online scammers in Africa are conning British women out of thousands of pounds as "payback for colonialism", a study has revealed

16 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Scammers ‘defrauding British women as retribution for colonialism’

Cyber criminal gangs in Ghana pose as white men on Facebook to con victims

17 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom 17 days ago on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

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