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Why do so many online scams come out of West Africa?

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Romance scams happen all around the world, but West Africa has been mastering the art for decades.

Nowadays, Nigeria and Ghana have become synonymous with catfishing: pretending to be someone you're not online as part of a romantic or financial scam.

Hannah Ajala, presenter of the podcast Love, Janessa, explores how West Africa became the birthplace of the romance scam.

 

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There are way more coming out of India. India is the online scam capital of the world, by a long shot.

 

Nigeria and Ghana just get more attention because they're the most obvious and sometimes the silliest ones.

 

Naturally, the Anglophone countries with the largest populations are going to have the most scams.

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