Sextortion: How Nigerian scammers use Instagram, Snapchat to target UK victims
British teenage boys are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs posing as young women on social media sites like Snapchat and Instagram. The National Crime Agency has warned that criminals…
Beware! Scammers using my name for online fraud, Odumegwu-Ojukwu warns public
Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, warned against online offers and demands for payment linked to her name or empowerment schemes. Odumegwu-Ojukwu issued the advisory…
Alake disclaims phone number used by scammers
The attention of the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has been drawn to a phone number being used by a scammer, purporting to be the…
Scammers use EFCC to scam the public, commission raises red flag
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised the red flag on a new criminal strategy in town in which scammers now use the name of the commission to…
Beware of scammers, Konga warns customers, public
The management of Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has raised the alarm over the activities of suspected fraudsters using its brand name to scam unsuspecting victims, even as it…
Exposed! How Nigerian Yahoo Boys fleece lonely UK widows of £50m a year
A gang of internet scammers majoring in fleecing widows in the United Kingdom and other places through phoney dating and romance plots has been busted and they skim UK widows…
World Cup: How 80 Nigerians were scammed with $300 Fan IDs
About 80 Nigerian citizens have assembled near the Nigerian embassy in Moscow and are demanding that their diplomats help them return home, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene. The…