sakawa

English

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.
   • 2015 May 4, Dominic Moses Awiah, “The confession of three Sakawa boys; We want to stop but ...”, in Graphic Online‎^[1]:

     Abuda said he was initially introduced to that aspect of sakawa where the Internet was used to defraud people.