Posted on 12/02/2016 5:26:53 PM PST by SMGFan
The U.S. Embassy in Ghana is a large, secured office building in the bustling West African port city of Accra, but for a decade scammers convinced some folks that their humble two-story structure — without security fencing, U.S. military guards,… or Americans of any sort — was indeed the office of the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana. According to the State Department, Ghanaian and Turkish organized crime members operated the “embassy” three days a week, selling bogus visas and other government documents. While the building looks nothing like the actual embassy, the scammers did fly a U.S. flag outside and decorated the office inside with a photo of the president.
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Phony as a three dollar bill.
You gotta admire these guys-—they got away with it.
Reminds me of the guy signing for the deaf at Mandela’s funeral.
Some scams are very funny.
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What was the staff at the real embassy doing for ten years that they never even heard about this!?
Hey, we’ve had a fake prez for 8 yrs.
There’s another one at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
WAWA—West Africa Wins Again
Did our homeland security accept these fake visas?
The story explains that they did not scam locals, and that they had bought off local authorities.
The documents probably worked just fine or disgruntled customers would have run them out.
“You gotta admire these guys-—they got away with it.
Reminds me of the guy signing for the deaf at Mandela’s funeral.
Some scams are very funny.”
There was an American in WW2 that convinced the army he could speak Japanese and they paid him to create a basic phrase book for US troops. He did it by going to a library and checking out an English/Japanese dictionary. Some of his phrases were utter nonsense.
Turkish organized crime. Says a lot.
Working on Benghazi Clinton’s election materials and soliciting donations from 3rd world dictators!!!!!
“There was an American in WW2 that convinced the army he could speak Japanese and they paid him to create a basic phrase book for US troops. He did it by going to a library and checking out an English/Japanese dictionary. Some of his phrases were utter nonsense.”
I hadn’t heard that one. He probably earned a good chunk of taxpayer money.
I always wonder what kind of mind thinks these things up.
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Bundling for the Clinton Foundation and the Hillary Campaign.
It sounds Dogbert-esque.
Actually I think he went to jail.
This vintage 5-0 episode comes to mind. A favorite of mine.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598243/
The last few minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4esNH0sTycQ
Hey Mulligan man!
Thanks for that clip-——and what a scam they tried to pull.
That was SUCH good television——and the whole family could watch together.
Now it’s TRASH TV—24/7
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Man, these Ghanaians and Nigerians are ingenious scammers. This reminds of the caper in the “Sting”.
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