Some scam emails and texts are easy to spot, but scammers are getting better, and more convincing. Here's how you and your ...

At this point, disenfranchised "Nigerian royalty" asking for money through a poorly worded email is the ultimate cliche of internet scams. So why does it still exist? According to new book "Think ...

The Nigerian Prince Scam, also known as the 419 scam (named after Section 419 of the Nigerian Criminal Code, which deals with ...

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 ...

Lotenna Chisom Umeadi, a 35-year-old Nigerian citizen, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud, according to an ... which he used to illegally access email passwords. He then accessed email ...

One of the most well-known phishing scams, the Nigerian prince scam, first showed up in 1922, believe it or not, in the form of a fraudulent letter. Another type of phishing scheme is the business ...

The next time the deposed prince of Nigeria has a massive inheritance ... have devised to steal the cryptocurrency. “What Nigerian scams are to your grandfather, Bitcoin exchanges are to the ...

Sixty-four-year-old Manhattan real estate scion Candia Fisher didn’t send funds to a “Nigerian prince,” but e-mail ... learned of the scam, but not before someone pulled off six transfers ...

It’s not always as obvious as a mysterious Nigerian prince in your email inbox – financial scams can take many forms and require vigilance to avoid. “What’s important is to stay alert and ...