A Kentucky woman lost tens of thousands to a romance scam, but she was one of many victims in a decade-long fraud scheme.

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 115 months in a US prison for a decade-long romance scam, defrauding over 23 victims of ...

Japanese and Nigerian police have jointly dismantled a criminal ring involved in social media investment and romance scams ...

Emesim, 53, who lived in Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier to 115 months imprisonment for conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the U.S.

Nigerian police extradite Samuel Ugberease to the US for online romance scam charges, as his syndicate allegedly defrauded ...

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 ...

Leaked email revealed Nigel Farage’s party initially turned down candidate over reposts including claiming ‘muslims are ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigerian Prince Scam It is hard to imagine a more clichéd scam than a down-on-his-luck Nigerian prince emailing strangers overseas ...

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 ...