The Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) Ltd has cautioned the Ghanaian public to be wary of new schemes adopted by gold scammers who present fake photos and videos of gold, claiming it is available for sale.
“Using the fake pictures and videos, the gold scammers then convince victims to provide huge amounts of money for the purpose of transporting the gold from the mining sites or specific locations to Accra for the said sale transaction,” said PMMC in a statement issued on Monday (23 October).
“Once the money for the supposed transportation of the gold is received by the scammers, various excuses are now given as reasons for their failure to deliver the gold to Accra.
“The scammers use these excuses to claim more money to facilitate delivery of the gold,” the statement added.
The managing director of PMMC, Nana Akwasi Awuah, who signed the statement, said that the scammers sometimes export a few grams or a kilo of gold, “purposely to win the confidence and trust of their victims and also to prove their ostensible capacity to supply larger quantities”.
“Once the victim’s trust is won, demands for huge sums of money are made, after which the fraudsters disappear, leaving their victims frustrated,” the statement said.
Below is the full statement from PMMC:
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