Inspector General of Police, Dr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has shared a startling personal encounter with a mobile money fraudster who unknowingly targeted him-an attempt that later led investigators straight to Nsawam Prison.
His revelation sheds light on the increasingly sophisticated tactics used by inmates to defraud unsuspecting Ghanaians.
Narrating the incident, the IGP stated that the fraudster had called him in a pleasant tone, requesting that he dial a specific code. "He greeted me nicely, in a nice voice, and gave me some code that I should dial.
Then I knew that if I dialled the code, one way or the other, he would be able to get to know my password," he recounted. "That means that all the money I have in my MoMo account would be transferred." Suspicious, Yohuno confronted the caller: "I asked him, my brother, where are you?
