Ok so I've talked to this girl for awhile and she wants me to open a account in the USA then have money from her moms account " here in the states " put in my account then I have to western union it to her in Ghana to pay for her moms hospital bills now it's not my money its hers but any advice or things I should be worried about in doing this

How are you supposed to get money out of her mom's account?

How are you supposed to get money out of her mom's account?

A lawyer is going to transfer it from her account to mine and I got his passport and pay stubs trying to get all the info I can

Your lawyer?

A lawyer is going to transfer it from her account to mine and I got his passport and pay stubs trying to get all the info I can

She lived in the states then moved to Ghana but still had a account here in the US and can't access it over there from what I'm told

Your lawyer?
No her lawyer

And he is able to get money out of her account how? Why does it have to go into your account? Why can't he transfer it direct to her?

And he is able to get money out of her account how? Why does it have to go into your account? Why can't he transfer it direct to her?

Cause he says that someone In the US has to do it because they are in Africa and the account is in the US

Cause he says that someone In the US has to do it cus they are in Africa and the account is in the US

The lawyer is being given access to her account info

Have you ever met this woman face-to-face?

That's why they want me to western union the money after they put it in my account guess there bank can't transfer it directly to her

Have you ever met this woman face-to-face?

No tried to but my phone can't video chat

You are being scammed. Ghana is very well known for this type of scam.

If the lawyer has access to her money, he can then transfer it anywhere, and you would be an necessary middleman. Yes, you are being scammed. Something will happen that you will then have to cough up that amount of money, but it will be your own money, not transferred money.

Is she from Accra?

If the lawyer has access to her money, he can then transfer it anywhere, and you would be an necessary middleman.

Ya that's what I thought if he has access to it then y am I getting involved but the lawyer is saying he has to put it in my account for them to get it

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Ya that's what I thought if he has access to it then y am I getting involved but the lawyer is saying he has to put it in my account for them to get it
I'm guessing he is not a lawyer, but, of course, is part of the scam.

Sorry no, it is a lie, the scam is going to hit you hard and you will owe all that money back to the bank.

First lie, western union, the bank can just do a bank wire transfer to her bank in Ghana.
Western Union is used for scams since the money can't be traced.

Second lie. She can access her account from Ghana, can use a ATM card at the local bank, can get her US bank to wire transfer it.
When I was in Ghana, my ATM card worked almost everywhere, and bank transfers are no issue at all.

So she is setting you up for fraud and theft charges on some bank account here in US.

I bet that transfer to your account will be a "bank check" or "cashiers check" that will pass, but turn out to be fake in about 6 to 8 weeks.
Then you will owe your bank all the money back, if you don't pay them back, they charge you, not her with theft.

Is she from Accra?
Yes I believe so

The lawyer isn't really a lawyer. He's using that title to scam you as well.

Yes, the dating and money scams from Ghana is well known, this is a version of the check or money order scam used for work at home programs,

If you have that much money, I could use about $200 for college textbooks for my daughter, and THAT wouldn't be a scam! ;)

Thanks everyone for your help with this and I had a bad feeling about it but wanted to make sure. They try to make me fell bad because I can't help them when all try want to do is scam me screw that mess

So everything is a lie and fake the passports and the lawyers pay stubs all of it

All of it's a lie! Every word of it, every document, every photo.

Yes, the dating and money scams from Ghana is well known, this is a version of the check or money order scam used for work at home programs,

So is it really that easy to fake passports

Very easy actually. Have you heard of PhotoShop?

Yes, photo shop is wonderful,

I got a tour of one of the "dating" scam places, they have IT workers, they buy some passports from pretty girls for some real passports. They hire some pretty girls using dozens of names on dozens of fake passports, to use for video calls and the such.

If a person pushes for video, they will say they lied on real photos, but the girl you get on video will often be prettier.

They have a large office area, with workers working all three shifts, that pretty girl is often a grandmother, or a man, you never know. They keep copies of all past talks, and have scripts they use.

A real attorney could easily just get the money sent to them, by bank check from US even.

The banks in Ghana are just as modern and some are even connected to some US banks.

And example, my US bank, and I live in China, I can use my US ATM card in any machine anywhere in China.

I can transfer money from US bank to china in 2 hours by electronic bank transfer

Yes, and can't even find the difference on most of them. For the photo copy,

They made one for me, to show me ( they are very proud of this) they took my photo and made me one with a funny name.