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 ...

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 ...

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 most ludicrous archetype was the “Nigerian prince scam”, in which you would get an email out of the blue telling you that a prince worth millions needed your help. If you could just wire ...

Phishing has always been a problem for users of the internet. 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 ...

Japanese and Nigerian police have jointly dismantled a criminal ring involved in social media investment and romance scams that defrauded victims in Japan, the National Police Agency announced on ...