In the late 1990s and early 2000s, "Nigerian Prince" emails became infamous — typically involving someone claiming to be royalty and asking for money that they promised would be paid back with a hefty ...

It’s probably not just a feeling you have: Some people really do get way more spam calls, emails, and texts than others. For every fake McAfee order email your friend gets, you get three missives from ...

The eldest daughter of the late Jerry Rawlings, a former president of Ghana, has warned against scammers using fake social media accounts that claim to be raising funds for her father's funeral. The ...

A direct selling firm, QNET, said it has started cracking down on scammers in Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Cameroon, Mali, ...

ACCRA, Ghana — Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the West African country and arrested five people suspected of operating a cybercrime and human trafficking ring, authorities said ...

A 76-year-old New Jersey man lost more than $650,000 to an online romance scam. The scammer, posing as "Dorothy Forson," gained the victim's trust after his wife's death. The victim sent money for ...

A popular Ghanaian social media influencer has been extradited to the U.S. from the United Kingdom after being charged for her role in a lucrative romance scam targeting elderly Americans. Prosecutors ...

The reports, including coverage by Ghana's main news agency, stated that the Accra Circuit Court Eight had granted bail to eleven individuals accused of orchestrating the scam. Each suspect was ...