In the late 1990s and early 2000s, “Nigerian Prince” email scams were common, but as internet access improved in Africa, these scams evolved into more sophisticated schemes, including romance scams. CBS News has investigated the impact of these scams on Americans, revealing that fraud syndicates have extracted over $10 billion from victims. In Ghana, young men are recruited into cyber fraud by transnational criminal syndicates. CBS News went undercover in Accra to expose these operations, where scammers target lonely, older victims. A junior scammer, under anonymity, revealed insights into this billion-dollar industry.
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