Some Facts You Need To Know About Ghana Dating Scam

Over the past decade, the Internet has become so ubiquitous across Ghana that more than half the country uses it every day. While this has many benefits, it has its drawbacks. One of the negative factors is the increase in love fraud cases in Ghana. Romantic shenanigans in Ghana have become so rampant that many have fallen victim to the vice. There are plenty of young Ghanaian men and women who spend their days on dating apps and dating sites like the tinder dating app, the bravo dating site, and the OkCupid dating sites looking for divorced and widowed women and men on the other side of the world they can con. They are the perpetrators of dating app scams. In this article, we'll take a closer look at Ghana's dating scams. Knowing these facts will help you avoid being the next victim.

They may say they need money to see you.

Some of the best dating scammers will go on for months trying to gain your trust so that they can eventually scam you You may have been with your online friends for a few months, but just as they were about to fly from Ghana to be with you, they ran into some trouble and needed some money to fix it. It could be anything; some people might say they had an accident, while others might say they were in immigration detention and they needed some money to solve the problem so they could finally be together and dating face-to-face.

They may tell you some really sad stories, but are full of grammar issues.

To extort money from you, dating crooks fill your inbox with sad stories about how they or close members of their families struggle with medical problems and need your loan to solve them. No matter how desperate they sound, don't send money to people you've never met. Also, most Ghanaians who engage in fraud are often illiterate or have poor grammar, which is one of the reasons why they can not find employment. Their grammar does not correspond to their alleged level of education or state of life.

Their story is inconsistent.

Scammers often use fake dating profiles, and unless they're really good at it, it's hard for them to keep track. If you're sensitive, you're bound to notice some inconsistencies in their stories. For example, in one conversation, a liar might tell you he is a 30-year-old doctor, while in another, they say they are a 32-year-old surgeon. Go through your chat logs and see if there are any inconsistencies. And, you've never met, and now they're in love with you. No matter who tries to convince you, humans can't fall in love without face-to-face. Think about it. Can you love someone you've never met? If that's the case, you've got a problem. We all know that online personas are far removed from the reality of people's lives.

They just cannot do video chat.

One of the best ways to know if the people you meet online are who they say they are is through instant messaging. Through instant messaging, you can actually see each other's faces and compare them to the photos they use in profiles on dating sites. If you're dealing with scammers, they'll always have an excuse for not being able to chat in real-time. Some people will claim they don't have the proper equipment for real-time video chat, some people will always have connection problems, and you may not be able to see other people clearly.

When you walk into any Internet cafe in Ghana, you may find every screen filled with teenage boys or young men logging on to various dating sites under multiple fake dating profiles. These teenagers, also known as browser boys or cafe boys in Ghana, are not interested in finding love at all. What they were looking for were middle-aged and older men and women from the United States, Canada, and Australia, who they could trick into giving them money. Fraud has become very popular among Ghanaian youth, especially as the country's unemployment rate remains high and young Ghanaian men and women are turning to the internet to find potential victims for fraud in order to make a living.