A nightly raid on the outskirts of Accra led to the arrest of some 50 Nigerians on suspicion of online fraud. The arrests ...

Within Ghana, online scams have become popular among young people who say they have few other economic prospects.

A Nigerian romance scammer was found guilty last month of money laundering. His victims include a Triangle area man trying to buy a home in Apex. A federal jury convicted a Nigerian man of laundering ...

Ghanaian security agencies have arrested at least 48 Nigerians over their alleged involvement in romance scams, online ...

ST. LOUIS – A woman from St. Louis County faces up to 20 years in prison for her role in a one-million-dollar Nigerian romance scam. Shirley Waller, 43, pleaded guilty to multiple charges in court ...

(WLUK) -- A Nigerian citizen will spend 3.5 years in prison for his role in an extensive fraud scheme. Otaniyen Iduozee, who came to the United States on a student visa, was sentenced Tuesday in the ...

The scammer, who called himself Terry Garcia, a U.S. Army captain stationed in Syria, reached out to the woman, identified as FK, on an international site for digital pen pals in March 2016, according ...

On Sunday, July 31, six men were arrested in Nigeria’s central state of Nasarawa after being caught extorting thousands of dollars from closeted gay men as part of an elaborate blackmail scheme.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) – A Nigerian citizen in the United States on a student visa has been sentenced to prison for laundering money connected to an extensive romance fraud scheme targeting vulnerable ...