Today, it’s not just a matter of internet fraud: some say Sakawa boys, politely called “Game men” employ all manner of local voodoo which are mostly accompanied by insane rituals like sleeping in coffins for their cash to start flowing.
There are tales of people said to be housing money vomiting snakes
that vomit dollars, pounds or whatever currency for them at nights in
Ghana, all termed Sakawa.
And there’s the traditional Sakawa, where a man pretends to be a
woman–to talk to a white man somewhere in Europe or America, swindling
huge sum of money from this white man because of his love interest in
the “cute” pretender.
It’s rumoured that even those using this old internet fraud tactic have
stepped up their game, by using voodoo to “charm” the white folks they
deal with so they would easily send whatever amount of money they
request.
How can we forget the fraudulent credit card purchases which is the cornerstone of Sakawa in Ghana?
Though there’s no substantive evidence of there ever being any snake
capable of vomiting money or a person being able to charm another so
that the charmed would wire thousands of dollars or pounds to the one
doing the twisting, it’s undeniable that several people are spending
huge cash in Ghana without any viable corresponding source.
These mysterious spenders whose source of income are unknown but ride
in expensive cars or blow cash as though they own dozens of diamond
mines are loosely pulled into the box of Sakawa—the Game men.
From Aston Martins to Range Rover, these “Game men’ own them all.
As the BBC once reported,
“Internet fraudsters in Ghana are easy to spot. The young men in fast
cars have become such a conspicuous group that they even have their own
nickname.”
Several Ghanaian musicians have been rumoured to be Game men and today, we bring you 5 of these.\
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