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Most Ghanaian fraudsters aren't bad people.  The likes of romance scammers may have ethical issues when it comes to the pursuit of money, but they usually aren't the type of people you would describe as the epitome of evil.  They aren't the types of hardened criminals you more commonly find in places like the United States. AMBITION & SURVIVAL IN GHANA In anthropology, there's this concept called cultural relativism .  As a (cultural) anthropologist, one's job is to study foreign cultures by actually living within them - as would a native - for an extended period of time.  One thing I've learned living in Ghana is that people want and need money just as they do stateside, but the access to that type of cash just isn't here.  For instance, the government of Ghana doesn't have the wherewithal to borrow trillions of dollars, as its American counterpart does. In the U.S., young, disenfranchised men who want to make money like grown-ups tend to get into e...

I always find it funny - for lack of a better word - how historically the American media has depicted Africans as being primitive or intellectually inferior, yet now, in the information age, some Americans      are so intimidated by African fraudsters that some don’t trust any netizen from the Motherland.   I’ll admit that the fraud situation is a lot worse in Ghana than it was a generation ago.   But to help put things in perspective, look at it like this.   In the U.S., disenfranchised and disillusioned youth tend to get into drug dealing in the name of generating income.   But in this part of the world, those same type of people take up fraud, most often via the internet. I was inspired to write this post by a Ghanaian friend who recently told me he came across a video whereas an African-American couple, apparently with their children, decided to move to Ghana, got beat in the head by fraudsters and responded by damning the entire country.   ...

I don't want to jump of the ledge and label BulkSMS Ghana a fraud, but things are sure looking that way, at least based on my own personal experience with them.  Yes, in the grand scheme of things ¢10GH, which as of the writing of this article only comes out to less than $2.00USD, is an inconsequential amount of money.  But as a concerned consumer I had to write this article nonetheless, to warn others who may be on the verge of sending BulkSMS Ghana their hard-earned money to do your due diligence beforehand. Now I must be honest and say that I knew there was a possibility that something wasn't right even before sending them any money.  How?  Well first of all after registering and visiting the client area of their site, i.e. the dashboard from which you can send out SMS, there is no way to contact the company therein whatsoever.  For instance, you may notice that at the bottom of the left side panel there is a "Help" tab: But when you click on it, this is wha...