Browsing Archive: August, 2011
Posted by Greg Campell on Wednesday, August 24, 2011,
It was four in the morning, out on the inky black streets of
Kenema in east-central Sierra Leone, when I finally realized that I would not
be making it to Liberia to find former government soldier Joseph Duo. This is
after a week of yo-yoing plans formed and abandoned in Freetown as I tried to
stitch together some combination of boat, bus or plane that could deliver me
just up the coast to Monrovia and get me back in time to make my flight to
France.
That last part was the sticking point,...
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Posted by Greg Campell on Tuesday, August 16, 2011,
I am not one to
casually suggest sending money to Africa. With an inbox and spam filter jammed
with faux good news about rich dead relatives who’ve gone belly up in such
locales as Lagos, Nigeria, and Kinshasa, Congo, before they could arrange the
delivery of my multi-million court settlement/lottery winnings/embezzled funds,
I am wise to the ways of 419 scammers. In fact, during my recent visit to
Sierra Leone, a sign behind the counter at one downtown hotel warned guests
about 419 scam...
