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Published on 17 September 2013

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The most ridiculous Fraud Stunts that have been used by Ugandan Con Men to Cheat people of their Hard Earned Money and Property

Lukyamuzi Joseph

It is most probable that after Nigerians and Cameroonians, Ugandans could be the continent's felons when it comes to eating where they didn't worketh. 

They have over time come up with all manner of trickery that when just when one is discovering a certain fraud type, they quickly come up with another.

Overtime, Ugandans have come up with some of the most original ideas and as sad as it is, most of these schemes have been very successful. We look at some of the most memorable defraud schemes Ugandans have ever come up with.

Lost Diamonds

You are very lucky if you have never come across a seemingly ignorant young man telling you how he has a precious stone.

He will normally go on to tell you how he has had announcements on a certain radio station asking for whoever has come across such a precious stone to take it either police or contact a particular number. From there, the person that returns the precious stone is meant to be rewarded with a mouth watering sum of money.

He will say he picked the stone from an accident scene, which involved 'bazungu' and even proceed to show you a sparkling white stone labeled, "This  Diamond Is mined From Mwandui in Tanzania and is Worth 1 million US dollars."

Young man will inform you he doesn't know where the station he should take it to is located CBS. From there it is just a matter of time before he convinces his victim to have the 'diamond' for as little as one million shillings.

Sadly most victims realize later that in their possession is a shone candle with absolutely no value.

Black Dollars

You are even luckier if you have never traversed into a Black Dollar trap as this is one deal that will make you run bonkers; many have been known to sell off their most prized possessions in pursuit of the black dollar.

 Someone could approach you with a deal of a lifetime, tell you a story about the United Nations' programme that helps countries ravaged by war by sending  large amounts of money to these needy areas.

However the interesting bit is the fact that this money is known as black dollars; the dollars are apparently covered by black a black substance that can only be watched off by a particular chemical. Normally, they have samples of these 'black dollars.'

The catch is for you to provide a ridiculous amount of money say 25m to purchase this special chemical. You are promised a share of the money was the dollars have been 'washed' clean.

After 'washing' say a 100 dollar note before the victim's very own eyes, many have rushed for loans and some even sold off their property all for it to go  to nothing, save for the poverty that follows of course.

Creating Demand for Junk and Supplying It

When the Baganda said that a witty man will sell you a forest, forests were not commercially viable entities then. The same thing is happening now because there are real witty men that will sell you worthless things at very enticing prices.

When the Uganda Railway System broke down, the country was left with a lot of junk equipment; some people stole some of it and sold it off as scrap metal.

Not everyone however was comfortable selling this metal as scrap and they so set out to attach value to the junk. What they did was to get some 'levers' and 'bolts' to move around with as samples of equipment they needed and were willing to pay any price for as they were required for the smooth running of their factories in Congo.

The victims were hardware shops owners who they asked if they had such equipment. After showing the samples, they would leave the hard ware dealers with an order and promise to be back soon.

Within a few days, the strategic con men would send a colleague selling the very particular equipment they had asked for and just like that, they would sell off their scrap for large sums of money.

Cleaning House

If you thought all conmen go for cash, you are dead wrong.  There are conmen that target households and these usually know their victim's movement pattern. After acquiring the persons trust, the conman would then ask for a TV set or DVD player claiming the boss needed it to be repaired.

You can only imagine how many naïve maids fell prey to such lumpens. Well clearly Ugandans are very brilliant at get rich quick schemes; only if they could channel this brilliance and intelligence into more productive ventures!

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

"Even a small dog can piss on a tall Building", Jim Hightower

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