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sakawa

sakawa noun: in Ghana and other African countries, a form of Internet fraud involving ethnic or religious rituals supposed to aid the fraudster.

Noun

sakawa (uncountable)

  1. In Ghana and other African countries, a form of Internet fraud involving ethnic or religious rituals supposed to aid the fraudster.
    • Abuda said he was initially introduced to that aspect of sakawa where the Internet was used to defraud people.2015 May 4, Dominic Moses Awiah, “The confession of three Sakawa boys; We want to stop but ...”, in Graphic Online

Questions about sakawa

What does sakawa mean?
Sakawa means in Ghana and other African countries, a form of Internet fraud involving ethnic or religious rituals supposed to aid the fraudster.
What part of speech is sakawa?
Sakawa is a noun.

Words near sakawa in the dictionary

  1. Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome
  2. sakaton
  3. sakatons
  4. sakatottari
  5. sakau
  6. sakawa
  7. Sakazaki
  8. Sakazakis
  9. sakazuki
  10. sake
  11. sake and soke

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