The Viral Prophet of Takoradi: How Ebon Noah Engineered the Great Flood Hoax of 2025
- Ebon Noah transformed from a content creator to a "prophet" using TikTok, amassing 1.3 million followers by fabricating a doomsday flood narrative to sell non-existent salvation.
The line between digital influence and dangerous cultism blurred significantly in late 2025, as a Ghanaian content creator named Ebon Noah also known as Ebo Enoh pivoted from mediocre social media skits to orchestrating a transnational apocalyptic scam. In August 2025, the 30-year-old Takoradi native leveraged the viral mechanics of TikTok to propagate a vision a global deluge beginning on December 25, 2025, that would drown the earth for three years. Unlike traditional religious leaders with established theological backings, Noah utilized the "prophet aesthetic" donning burlap sackcloth garments and broadcasting from construction sites to amass 1.3 million followers and convince thousands that he was the modern-day Noah commissioned to save humanity.
To monetize the panic, Noah fabricated an elaborate logistical lie, claiming to be constructing ten massive arks in Kumasi using 250,000 divinely chosen planks capable of housing 600 million people. He bolstered these claims with staged videos of stray animals goats, chickens, and dogs wandering near the site, framing them as divine arrivals seeking salvation. This mix of high-stakes storytelling and visual "evidence" preyed on regional fears of flooding, driving over 4,000 desperate believers from nations like Liberia and Benin to liquidate their assets. They traveled to Ghana to purchase "tickets" for the ark, effectively trading their life savings for a seat on a vessel that did not exist.
The grim reality was exposed on Christmas Day when the skies remained clear. As the prophecy failed, the infrastructure of the scam crumbled the "arks" Noah had been showcasing were revealed to be local fishing boatsfilmed without the owners' consent. The revelation sparked chaos among the stranded camp of believers in one instance, a furious family, realizing they had been swindled, reportedly set fire to a local fisherman’s boat, mistaking it for one of Noah’s divine vessels. Noah attempted to quell the unrest by claiming the apocalypse was merely "postponement" due to his intercessory prayers, but the damage was irreversible.
While his followers were left stranded and destitute some unable to afford transport back to their home countries Noah was spotted flaunting the fruits of his deception. Reports and photographs surfaced of the "prophet" driving a brand new $90,000 Mercedes-Benz, a stark contrast to his performative poverty. The monetization of fear had proven lucrative, funneling donations meant for ark construction directly into personal luxury assets. The juxtaposition of the starving, stranded believers and the prophet's luxury vehicle became the defining image of the scandal.
Despite the scale of the fraud, the legal consequences were minimal, highlighting a significant loophole in the regulation of religious speech. Ghanaian authorities arrested Noah for causing public panic, yet he was released after just 72 hours of detention. Because spreading religious prophecies however false or damaging is not explicitly criminalized in the region, the digital grifter walked free. This incident serves as a stark case study in how algorithmic amplification can be weaponized to exploit vulnerable populations, turning a content creator’s greed into a real-world humanitarian crisis.