Scam: Gold from Ghana in a Swiss vault
The art of scamming, how would you do it?
A good scam from Africa
Good scams are a form of art. They require a good dose of creativity, verbal skills at the highest level, and a keen insight into the human psyche.
This is a story about such an art form.
Art from Africa to be more specific. The art includes fraud, betrayal, gold, and admiration.
Even Award-winning
Of course, fraud is a pernicious activity, but otherwise, we would award prestigious prizes for it. One of the people who received a gold medal in that case was John Ackah Blay-Miezah from Ghana.
Blay-Miezah played the Champions League when it comes to scams.
His deception made people in many countries millions lighter.
This included politicians, military personnel, businessmen, and others who should have known better.
Not just from Ghana but from Europe and the United States as well.
How it started
The scam played in the 1970s and 1980s. Blay-Miezah was a born con artist.
He came from a very modest background and started committing fraud at an early…
