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

Izunna Okonkwo, a dual United States–Nigerian citizen, has been indicted alongside five other individuals of different ...

Have you ever wired money to an overseas bank account simply because you received an email asking you to do so? Probably not, but there are plenty of people who have done just that, and they have paid ...

A French woman who lost her life savings to scammers pretending to be American actor Brad Pitt is seeking to unmask at least three Nigerians her legal team accuses of defrauding her. The scammers ...

For anyone selling pricey merchandise on the Internet, beware greetings from Nigeria. After years of flooding mailboxes, fax machines and e-mail accounts with artfully written letters promising ...

Nigerian email scams have become nearly as commonplace as the Internet itself. But one Australian woman wound up in jail after turning the tables--to the tune of $30,000--on a group of con artists.

I got an email today, subject head GOOD DAY MY FRIEND: I am NZE DUDU a top management staff in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-mantender’s board in charge of ...

Patricia Calhoun of Twin Falls, Idaho, is a very generous woman. Particularly with my phone number. Last Wednesday, my direct line at Westword started ringing before eight in the morning, and it ...

When Dean Cameron got an e-mail from a Nigerian con artist, the actor didn't immediately trash the forwarded scam letter. Instead, Cameron turned the tables on the con man, wrote him back and turned ...

Scammers tricked their French victim into believing she was in a relationship with Pitt - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Andrew Harnik Scammers tricked ...