Some of the scams have earned the name "419" after the clause in the Nigerian criminal code that deals with obtaining property under false pretense.

In 2024, the company detected over 414,000 ‘Nigerian’ email scams, demonstrating the persistence of these schemes. Recent examples include fraudsters posing as romantic partners seeking ...

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

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 ...

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Lotenna Chisom Umeadi, a 35-year-old Nigerian citizen, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud, according to an announcement by United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Erin Keegan ...

Apparently, we’ve cracked the Nigerian prince code and cons promising us romance. Swindlers have now moved on with phony dodges using the nation’s tollway system as an unwilling partner.

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 ...

These positions were allegedly sold to Nigerian applicants. The BBC also found that Efficiency for Care, a company tied to the scam, issued 1,234 CoS between March 2022 and May 2023 despite ...