GIVING THE NET A BAD NAME

The news that Ghanaian security agents have rescued an Israeli businessman, Dror Weinstein in Accra from his captives after 11 days re-opens the discussions on the unacceptable way fraudsters have been negatively using the internet.
The suspects allegedly lured into Ghana the businessman via the internet.

That was no news to me. I know the length fraudsters go in what is notoriously called 419.
Remember how an Australian farmer left his sheep travelled all the way to a West African Sahelian country to marry his black beauty sweet heart he had found on the net? The Australian sheep farmer suffered similar ordeal the Israeli businessman went through... held captive for days. In both situations the rescue teams came early to save them. What should something goes wrong?

I have heard of a 419 story of two Filipinos. One was a contractor who had worked in Nigeria but returned home. He was lured to Ghana from the Philippines to collect some money in connection with a contract. They were made to spend all their money until they could no longer pay for their hotels. With the help of the Phillipines Consul in Ghana, Professor Quarmyne the two men were saved and hurriedly sent home. It may not be difficult to tell why matured people like the Filipino contractor and his colleague, the Australian farmer, and the Israeli businessman fell prey to internet fraudsters.
Watch out! These fraudsters always devious ways of getting some people as their prey. Don't bone. Share with us a 419 story. By the way two of my friend, one from Rwanda and another from Benin recently sent me an SOS from Nigeria after being robbed of everything.
When I read the story for the sos email, I was concerned, but I did not have the huge sum of money my Beninois friend was asking to travel from Nigeria back home!
Few days later, my Rwandan friend sent a email alerting me and others to ignore the the sos. In fact he had neither travelled not suffered such a loss. Thanks.