A guy has been detained by the Esiama Divisional Police Command for scamming individuals in the employment recruiting process.
Samuel Sarpong was apprehended after a recent fake Facebook contact with a woman who was looking for a job at the suspect's firm.
On Facebook, he is claimed to operate under the aliases Lawyer King and Esther Afia Abankwa, which he uses to post job openings to those who are desperate for work.
According to the police, several victims have given large quantities of money to the con artist in the hopes of getting hired. Samuel tricked a 23-year-old high school dropout into believing he would assist her complete her studies in the event that led to his imprisonment.
She was also promised that she would be able to work for the suspect's firm.
The lady, in turn, traveled from Nkawkaw, in the Eastern Regional, to the Western Regional, only for the suspect to fool her and flee with her cash and handbag holding her possessions.
Samuel Sarpong pretended to be a cab driver and obtained the lady's mobile money pin number, which he used to withdraw roughly a thousand dollars from her account the night she arrived in town.
It needed a resident's prompt involvement to save the sufferer. The P[olice] said that it happened in the middle of the night.
"After luring the lady from Nkawkaw to the District on Sunday, June 5, luck evaded the suspect this time." Godheart Hlordji, the Esiama Divisional Police Commander, said, "Many girls in quest of work fall prey to him."
He recommended young people, particularly women, to look for jobs in legitimate methods rather than relying on people they meet on social media.
The suspect is also renowned for enticing his victims to unfamiliar locations and scamming them, according to Commander ASP Darko. He promised that the inquiry would be widened and that all of the victims would be compensated.
During interrogation, the suspect admitted to his involvement in such activities as well as his status as an ex-convict.