More than 6,300 people in Singapore were victims of “fake friend” scams last year, collectively losing almost $16 million, according to police. These scams involve fraudsters...
A US pastor, Eli Regalado, and his wife, Kaitlyn, are entangled in a legal battle as they confront a civil lawsuit accusing them of orchestrating a...
In the annals of financial deception, Emmanuel Nwude Odinigwe, known as the Owelle of Abagana, etched his name with one of the most audacious scams in...
Indian authorities on Friday arrested a 25-year-old Nigerian national, Wisdom Obinna, for allegedly duping a 62-year-old woman of Rs 31.64 lakh (about ₦16,126,175.76). According to reports...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have apprehended the queen of internet scams, identified as Queen Jonathan. Jonathan was arrested by EFCC operatives of the Benin...
A 30-year-old woman, Mary Ole, who allegedly swindled her boyfriend of N9.5 million, on Friday appeared in an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The police charged...
China’s Ministry of Public Security on Friday said it had intercepted no less than 240 million scam phone calls through its online anti-telecom fraud platform, its...
A 26-year-old Nigerian woman was arrested from Delhi in connection with an online cheating case in which a Mumbai woman lost Rs 17.22 lakh (about 8,984,636.22...
Akande Richard, a 53-year-old businessman, on Monday appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja for alleged defrauding an applicant of N6...
A frustrated Nigerian man has cried out on Twitter after he was allegedly scammed by a native doctor. The victim named Seun claims the native doctor...
The United States has indicted five Nigerians and three Americans over their role in a fraudulent “sweepstakes” or lotto scam in which victims lost a total...
In a bid to protect themselves and their children from untimely death, a Nigerian couple were reportedly entrapped by a 37-year-old Beninoise, Gbese Peter, and scammed...
A 24-year-old Nigerian woman who was standing trial in Canada for alleged $291,000 online scam in 2019 has been acquitted of the said crime. According to...
A US-based Nigerian filmmaker, Faith Ojo has dissociated herself from social media accounts used by scammers to defraud people. The accounts opened in her name promotes...
A man claimed he had no idea his wife was pretending to be blind and wheelchair-bound when she scammed £1 million in benefits. John Pomfrey, 60,...