{"id":450603,"date":"2017-12-28T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/scammers-reportedly-sell-plywood-to-unsuspecting-victim-as-flat-screen-tv\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T14:43:18","slug":"scammers-reportedly-sell-plywood-to-unsuspecting-victim-as-flat-screen-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/scammers-reportedly-sell-plywood-to-unsuspecting-victim-as-flat-screen-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers reportedly sell plywood to unsuspecting victim as flat screen TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 28 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>yen.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/84786183.295.jpg\" alt=\"Plywood TV\" title=\"Plywood TV\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The wood was wrapped with black polythene with stickers looking like a brand new TV<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514472198_643_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The sophistication with which scammers use to swindle unsuspecting victims these days is quite intriguing.<\/p>\n<p>They have advanced so much in their illicit trade that, sometimes, one can do nothing but marvel at how they pull off their acts.<\/p>\n<p>And they can now sell plywood as flat screen television sets.<\/p>\n<p>One such incident reportedly happened around in Accra recently.<\/p>\n<p>According to social media commentary on a photo of the alleged plywood sold as flat screen TV, the victim purchased it from some people around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.<\/p>\n<p>After negotiating a price for the &#8216;TV set&#8217; and getting it tested before paying for it, the victim got home only to realise what had been put in a box for him was a plywood which had been wrapped with black polythene with stickers looking like a brand new TV.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/61023189.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>YEN.com.gh is yet to ascertain the veracity of the story, but thought it was worthwhile to alert the general public.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, scammers are capable of anything these days.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 28 December 2017 Source: yen.com.gh 2017-12-28 The wood was wrapped with black polythene with stickers looking like a brand new TV The sophistication with which scammers use to swindle unsuspecting victims these days is quite intriguing. 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