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I lost millions to Tinder scammer promising marriage – Lagos entrepreneur

A Lagos-based entrepreneur and corporate worker, Bukola Yunisa, has opened up about how she was emotionally devastated and financially ruined after falling victim to a romance scam on Tinder. According to an interview with The PUNCH, Bukola narrated that the man, who posed as a loving widower and property developer ready for marriage, allegedly defrauded […]

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Singapore gives Meta deadline to tackle Facebook scammers

The Singapore government has given Meta, the parent company of Facebook, until September 30 to clamp down on scammers pretending to be government officials on its platform. The Ministry of Home Affairs said the police issued a directive to Meta “to put in place measures to target scam advertisements, accounts, profiles, and/or business pages impersonating […]

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Nigerian scammers impersonate Trump-Vance inaugural committee, steal $250K in crypto

Nigerian scammers posing as the Inaugural Committee for United States President, Donald Trump, and Vice President JD Vance election allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. According to the civil complaint filed by federal prosecutors on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the perpetrators used fake email addresses designed to mimic […]