A man has been swindled of $90,000 in a gold deal gone bad in Ghana.
According to the victim, a group of three (3) men swapped the real gold he bought from them with fools gold after he had inspected the merchandize.
In a video shared on X, the man can be heard calling on Ghanaians to help him identify the men who scammed him of $90,000.
“Attention good citizens of Ghana, please help me identify these gentlemen you see in the video. I think they are very bad people and are criminals. They have defrauded me of $90,000.”
Sharing the story, he began, “In fact the story is I wanted to buy some gold from them and they told me they are miners and I wanted to buy some gold from them. So, I gave them a deposit of $90,000 and was supposed to take hold of 5kilos of gold and then I would go with one of their partners to sell the gold and give them their balance. Now, when I paid them the money I think they switched the gold on us and gave me a fake gold.”
He added that the men are currently on the run as the police is hunting for them.
“Their phones have been turned off and they have taken the $90,000 and are on the run.”
The victim disclosed that the main culprit is one Ernest Achemapong who was in the company of another named, Thomas Asare.
He explained that their scam was an elaborate one and called on the public to assist him find them, offering a $2,000 reward for their arrest.
His misfortune has generated some conversations on social media with some sympathizing with him, while others chastised him for taking such a deal.
Read comments below:
@Nanaezze – Huge funds gone. Glad he didn’t talk about “killing himself” shows he had genuine intentions of taking risk. Hope those scammers are nabbed to keep the gold market clean
@edwinappiah56 – Some short cut will lead you to this
@Nanakayanfield – Make i retweet give alvin. Pls if they are caught kindly dnt forget me oo
@GhanaSocialUni – Go buy gold from Goldbod it’s the safest
@Agyemangkwesi33 – May you never see them and correct your money. Greedy man. Buy and sell gold with
@GhanaGOLDBOD and you say no.
@smilyy_y – See how the thing Dey rec rockburns ei u ppl too
@Poleon3310 – Wh won’t you be scammed , is that how to buy gold in Ghana ?
@AsareJW – $2,000.00 as reward? Dude gotta be serious! Even 10% of the $90,000.00 makes sense.
@Illestnova – This is pure greed. You pay deposit for gold so you go and sell it and bring their balance. Does it make sense. If u weren’t greedy you would automatically know that it’s a scam. The ppl no get legs go sell am for that big price anaa. If you’re greedy u deserve to be scammed.
Watch video:
Scam Alert 🚨: Ghanaian man in tears after losing $90,000.00 to gold scammers.
He has taken to social media to seek help in finding the suspects. Sharing the video he noted:
“$90K lost in a gold deal in Ghana 🇬🇭
Help identity the people in this video.
Every share matters!” pic.twitter.com/1VLGjeNkc9— WithAlvin 🇬🇭 (@withAlvin__) April 21, 2025
