I remember the first time I came across the Nigerian email scam -- I'd had a particularly unpredictable and eventful year bumming my way around the world and, when an email arrived announcing that a ...

This scam is one of the most well-known online frauds in the world. Despite being around for decades, this the Nigerian prince scam still tricks people every year, especially those who are unaware of ...

ATLANTA -- In the mid-1990s, the Nigerian prince scam eased its way into American culture. The ubiquitous advance-fee scams originating in Nigeria and sent to unsuspecting U.S. citizens via email have ...

With cryptocurrency fraud and IRS scams making headlines, I had thought Nigerian email schemes were a thing of the past, akin to the bygone days when a scammer might offer to sell you the Brooklyn ...

Story<BR><BR>Nigerian e-mail scams are still going strong, and they don't just fleece the elderly and gullible. Sharp people around the world are still taken in. Here's a roundup.

Online schemes operating out of Nigeria that have defrauded victims out of tens of millions of dollars have become so pervasive that the U.S. government has given the West African country until ...

As 2006 draws to a close, a review of ConsumerAffairs.com's Scam Alerts archive shows that scammers have had a busy and -- we suspect -- lucrative year. Targeting the most vulnerable citizens and ...

Today, for free, a scammer can run a text draft through artificial intelligence and clean it up so well that a high school grammar teacher would be proud. MICHAEL MULVEY / 173789 Reader R.V. Baugus of ...

Despite being around for decades, this the Nigerian prince scam still tricks people every year, especially those who are ...