Japanese and Nigerian police have jointly dismantled a criminal ring involved in social media investment and romance scams ...

Discover the alarming rise of romance scams in South Africa and learn how to protect yourself from these cunning criminals.

On the African continent, Nigeria and Ghana have emerged as hubs for internet fraud. The “ Yahoo Boys ” operating in Nigeria ...

Nigerian scammers target victims in various countries including Vietnam with emails offering moneymaking opportunities and gifts and defraud them, cybersecurity company Kaspersky warned.

and even scammers claiming to represent the Illuminati, a secret society dating back to the Enlightenment era. ‘Nigerian’ style scams are a type of advance fee scam in which fraudsters promise victims ...

In Arizona, losses from online romance scams totaled $47 million in 2022 and 2023, according to data from the FBI Internet ...

Coverage of romance scams often centres on victim narratives ... In the case file study on Nigerian fraudsters, I found that many were driven by "socioeconomic needs". My findings provide insights ...