On Tuesday, September 14, 2020, one of the frontpage stories of the Daily Graphic was headed “Businessman in trouble over $1m gold scam”. Reading the storyat page 35 of the newspaper revealed a common pattern in most gold scams that I have become aware of in Ghana. A rich investor, usually foreign, expresses interest in purchasing gold. A Ghanaian (I am not proud to write this) takes advantage of this interest and perpetuates fraud on the foreign investor.