Eric Amoako, a native of Ghana should live Nigerian alone. Why is he linking Nigeria and Nigerians to his ordeal if there is ever any. It is either this story is another make belief on the cheap, or that the Eric is one of those bent or ruining the image of Nigeria for reasons best known to people like him.

There are many natures of this scam. I am a single mother of four children and in my time of strife when I was down and in need, I fell for someone...and it ended up being a scam that ultimately even cost me thousands of dollars, my computer and even a trip to the sheriff's office for questioning as if I was the bad person.
There are many ways that people can get to you. The internet is not a safe place and parents need to guard their children.

I too fell for a scam originating from Nigeria. I purchased a t-cup yorkie from what I was told was a missionary stationed in Nigeria. I was aked to wire $500 to them to cover the transport of the puppy which I did and the day he was to fly out to us I received a call stating that the puppy was being held in customs because the dog needed certain vaccinations to transport back to the U.S. For this they asked for an additional $250.oo. At this time I became suspicious and asked for my money in return of which they said, they had already spent it on school supplies for the children in the mission. I then took it upon myself to contact the American embassy in Nigeria and they told me that nothing could be done that it was a common practice there and it seems that american people are the most targeted because we love our pets so much. he also told me that I was one of the lucky ones that had only lost $500.00 because he was hearing of people loosing thousands for these same type of scams. I have kept all my correspondence with them to remind me never to fall for this again. I was most angry because it was my daughter that was waiting for her new puppy. These people should be stopped.

Money is as money does. America needs the ranks of its idiots thinned out; it is getting impossible to live here with all the greed that permeates daily life. Taking dumb people for their ill-gotten cash is a good first start. Seems like they could use a leg up in Nigeria.

"Give a dog a bad name" Please, the guy Eric Amoako is sitting there making a fool of your knowledge about Africa and his Ghana citizenship. That is the funniest thing. Brian Ross check your facts before you allow some one take you on a scam while investigating a scam. lol. Next time get a Nigerian to identify just the voice. We have accents but, it is unique due to Africa's different languages.

I am Nigerian and these types of scams have been going on in Nigeria since the 80's the internet only made it easier to export overseas .

The scam is not pure robbery because it basically involves some element of GREED and an agreement by one or more persons to knowingly break the law.

Most Nigerians in Nigeria and Overseas have been 419'd (scammed)by other Nigerians at one time or the other .

THERE ONE RULE TO LIVE BY -
If it s too good to be true just RUN

THis eric guy is not a ghanaian..He is a nigerian posin as a ghanaian...You can tell a ghanaian accent from a nigerian..please....

This guy is not Ghanaian. I can tell from his accent he is not.He is still carrying on the scam by scamming you, abc. I hope you are not paying him for his story. Please verify his citizenship.This is a higher level of the nigerian 419 scam. WOW

That's groovy that Eric came clean and is helping you with your story now, but he is a criminal and should be in jail. As a responsible journalist did you report him to the police, FBI or immigration? If so, have they taken any action?

The Nigerian Scams are creating a bad name for Nigeria as a whole. I've receive the phishing scams for at least 5 years now, most are very creative and others are simply stupid.
Once I received one and used by technology experience to help the Canadian and United States Governments track down a few of the members of one of the scam groups and they were arrested and jailed. I received a confirmation message from the police saying so.

I blame the Nigerian Government for letting this take place and not informing their people, well enough, of the impact this kind of issue has on International Relations.

hello america
there is no one to blame but yourself.we have done alol we can let the public know opf these scams.it all boileds down to greed.get rich quick,without doing the work.

I do not feel sorry for the people that fall for this scam or any of the other scams that show up in my email inbox including the "Your email address has won the Lottery" and promises of money through my email. If it is too good to be true then it is not true and the idea that I won something simply by having an email address is suspicious to begin with. Also, the State and Federal governments do not contact you via email they contact you via snail mail to your home mailing address.

I am also amazed at the number of educated people that fall for this scam. Book smarts are obviously no replacement for common sense. If you are so naive to fall for these scams you deserve what may happen as a result. Maybe your greed and/or lack of common sense will teach you a thing or two about yourself and you will learn something from losing a few hundred or even thousands of dollars.

There is no way this guy is from Ghana. I know most Nigerians acquire Ghanaian passports to enable them travel since their own passports immediately raises a red flag. If this guy is really baring it all, then i guess he should be investigated and deported and this is only where you will know whether he is a Nigerian or a Ghanaian.Citizens of both countries have unique features and this guy does not look anything Ghanaian. Nigerians are known for their scam and so he should not tag Ghana along.he is only talking now because i guarante he had not had his fair share of a booty. Ghanaians do not use the word (mugus). It is a Nigerian jargon.
I have personnally received over twenty emails from these fools and yes if you are not smart they will scam you big time. They are crafty and very convincing. which nigerian as i know them to be will need someones help from another country to move millions of dollars. These guys think they are smarter than any other race on this planet.yes the US is cracking down on thwm and more needs to be done for their tentacles spread far and wide.

Does this mean I'm not going to receive the 2.6 million helping a politically persecuted family whose father was murdered by the currupt government and is now simply trying to escape the dictatorship of their homeland by moving their oil earned assets to an honest American that they never met?

Internet scams originating in/going through Nigera are pretty common knowledge... I don't think anyone is "picking on" the entire country and ruining it's image. What does the fact the guy was born in Ghana have anything to do with the internet scams? People from other countries can go to Nigera, too, you know.

this guy should be locked up, just like the people i am meeting very soon. they plan to show me there little red dye presentation and i cant wait! hey did that doctor ever get his money back? or was he just made to look like a fool on tv and still out his hard earned cash?

I work for an international shipping company and I hear about these scams all the time from my customers who have sent money to people they don't know. Also I've heard of scammers going on oline dating services to bait loney women to resend stolen items to not just Nigeria but Gambia, Ghana, Togo and Liberia, so watch out all.

I met someone on e-Harmony that turned out to be a Nigerian scam artist. You should do a show just on these dating website scams. Luckily I was smart enough to see MANY inconsistencies in his story and realized what he was doing - the last straw was when he asked me to wire him $300 because he needed to buy blood for a 13 year old boy he had accidentially run over on his way to the airport. What an idiot! I can laugh about it now. If Nigeria is mentioned in any way, shape or form - I suggest you RUN the other way.

Is this scammer truly a citizen of Ghana or a Nigerian? Please check that fact. Since this is a crime, is there going to be a due process? Or how is he going to be held accountable for his actions?

Nigerian or Ghanaian scam,which is it,or is it a combination of both?
Once a time,some people in Florida use to send out junk mails informing you that you have $10million but you need to send a specify amount of money to claim your once in a life time winning.Is that not a scam!