This toll-owing hoax follows one of the original internet ruses, the “Nigerian prince” scam. Many will remember that the so-called prince poses as a rich person who needs to move huge sums of money ...

Scammers are increasingly using text messages for fraud (smishing): As technology has evolved ... When the internet came along, scammers used email to target victims. Remember the Nigerian prince scam ...

A Nigerian national is headed to prison after pleading guilty in what Palm Beach County investigators call a "complex" mail ...

They were so common in the early days of emailing that this particular phishing, technically known as an advance-fee scam, became known as the Nigerian prince scam. For most people, they were easy ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a Nigerian national, Mercy Ojedeji, 24, for orchestrating a complex fraud scheme involving forged academic documents, romance scams ...

Mercy Ojedeji pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of unlawful use of fraudulent immigration documents and one count of wire fraud, according to Fox4. A 24-year-old Nigerian national has ...

That’s why it’s important to be alert and informed. Here are some common scams every Nigerian should know about and how to avoid them. You may have seen messages or ads promising to double ...