A woman is counting her losses after she fell victim to scammers who duped her of a huge sum of 18,000 dollars in this very hard times.
Suspected fraudsters allegedly operating money ‘doubling’ shrines in Lento Village, Life Camp, have duped the wife of a notable politician (names withheld) of $18,000, DailyTrust reports.
According to a police source, residents of Lento village and Lento Aluminum have been shortchanged by dubious individuals claiming to have the power to double money. Many have fallen victim to the scam as the festive period draws closer. The cases have been reported severally to the police division how victims were taken to various shrines in the village and robbed of their money and other belongings. But, nothing has been done to arrest the situation.
“Recently, the wife of a notable politician (names withheld) was taken to one of the shrines where she was duped of over $18,000. She initially gave the fraudsters $10,000, then went home and brought $8,000 to them. After handing the money over to them, they told her to come back in 30 minutes when they would have doubled the money to fill a ‘Ghana must go bag’.
“By the time she came back, expecting to carry the bag of money that was promised her, the miscreants had already abandoned the place. It then dawned on her that she had been duped of her money,” the police source revealed.
The source also said: “Even when the woman and her family reported the matter to the police, she seemed still convinced that she had genuine business with the fraudsters as she was only talking of the bag of money instead of telling us what exactly happened.”
The source, however noted that the police have been having a tough time trying to arrest the suspected fraudsters.