Category: Scams

Singapore gives Meta deadline to tackle Facebook scammers

The Singapore government has given Meta, the parent company of Facebook, until September 30 to...

FBI places $10,000 bounty on wanted Nigerian fraudster

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced a reward of up to $10,000 (about N14m)...

UK-based Nigerian faves 20-year jail over $2m fraud

A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Olamide Shanu, has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the...

Nigerian jailed 71 months in US for $1.6m romance scam

A United States-based Nigerian, Adetomiwa Akindele, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison...

Nigerian man arrested in UK over $235,000 US cyber fraud

A Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, has been arrested following...

Sokoto river basin director jailed for corruption

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured the conviction of Mr....

IPPIS accountants plead guilty to diverting N1.17m salaries

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed September 18 for the review of facts...

‘Yahoo boys’ worsening visa restrictions for Nigerians — EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised alarm that the growing menace of internet...

ICPC recovers N271bn from tracked projects in North

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has revealed that it recovered about...

NSCDC arrests man for allegedly swindling nine residents of N9m

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Adamawa State Command, have arrested a...

US Immigration arrests Nigerian previously convicted of wire fraud

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has arrested a previously convicted Nigerian, Rotimi...

Lagos supermarkets accused of selling expired food as promos

Some supermarkets in Lagos are allegedly selling expired food items disguised as promotional offers, raising...