About 76 illegal immigrants accused of being recruited by Internet scammers have been returned by the Ghana immigration service.
The immigrants who were apprehended following a raid on their hideout in Ho, the Volta Regional capital were verified to range in age from 16 to 45 years old, with seven two Togolese and four Nigeriens among them.
Three Ghanaians who were detained with the foreigners were also warned about the dangers of indulging in online fraud by the Immigration Enforcement Unit.
The Volta Regional Commander of the Immigration Service, Deputy Commissioner of Immigration (DCI), Peter Claver Nantuo, warned the people not to fall prey to these cyber scammers at a news conference.
According to preliminary investigations, they paid around $4,500 to some people who claimed to recruit them for the Q Net internet networking system.
Similarly, anti-fraud procedures are growing more complex with technology and ultimately intelligence playing a role.
In 2016, Ghana suffered a total loss of 50 million dollars due to a cyber-attack. In the same year, cyber-attacks cost Africa a total of 2 billion dollars.
In May this year, over 4,000 cases of cyber fraud had been detected and were being investigated according to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Ben-Dave Nana Osei-Bonsu
