Speaking of gold...pretty ironic that I should run across this article today. I just learned this morning my 76 year old father was scammed out of $100,000 in a Ghana gold scam by two “women” he met on Facebook. I feel like I’m going to puke. He didn’t tell me for months and I only found out about it today because - if you can believe it - he was all set to fly to Ghana to make final arrangements to get the “2 million from his gold” which to me means he was more than likely setting himself up to be kidnapped.
Anyone have any experience with this? I feel like my blood pressure is going to make my head explode at any second. I cannot cannot cannot believe he fell for this, and amazingly he still believes it is legit “These women were so nice to me”...Oh yes and 2 days ago he sent them another $2000 because one of these “women” were in the hospital and needed help paying medical bills. To say I am flipping out is the understatement of the century, he is retired and still paying a mortgage that I help him with, but we are not rich by any means. I assume all this money he gave them will be impossible to get back? I cant believe this, what a way to start the new year.
I suspect most of these stories never get known.
Would appear lots of kidnapping in Ghana. so you are probably right in that assumption.
Not much one can do except be thankful it wasn’t worse. Is your father finally seeing the light?
My first impulse is to accuse you of making that up but it’s just too far fetched to not be true.