Tag: SCAM
10 Nigerians charged in US over $1.1m romance scams
US authorities have charged 10 Nigerians for allegedly conspiring
to launder illegal proceeds that were fraudulently obtained through romance
scams.
US Justice Department said on Wednesday night...
Visa scam: Travel agent docked for allegedly swindling applicant
A 23-year-old travel agent, Samuel James, who allegedly swindled a job applicant of N880,000 in the guise of procuring a Canadian Visa for...
Court remands Offa Poly lecturer in prison over employment scam
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has remanded a lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State in prison custody.
Mustapha...
Nigerian arrested in US over $22,250 online scam
US authorities have arrested a Nigerian, Vincent Ezeocha, for his alleged involvement in an online scam that robbed a victim in Acadiana, Louisiana, of...
Nigerian hacker arraigned in US over $1m scam
A Nigerian, Olumide Ogunremi, has been arraigned in a US
federal court for alleged involvement in a computer hacking and identity theft
scheme that ordered about...
Police arrest Bala Mohammed’s impersonator over N37m hajj slots scam
Police in Bauchi have arrested a suspect for
impersonating Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, and defrauding members of
the public of the sum of N37 million...
RRS arrests five suspected real estate scammers using Jiji
Five suspected members of a real estate scam gang, who were reportedly about to lease out a duplex in Lagos State, were on Wednesday...
Nigerian charged for dating scam in South Africa
South African authorities have charged a Nigerian, Christiano
Ogbeinfun, with fraud and money laundering allegedly executed through an online
dating scam.
Mr Ogbeinfun, 48, appeared briefly in...
Imo IGR is shrouded in scam – Ihedioha
Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has said that the internally
generated revenue (IGR) system in the state is shrouded in scam.
Mr Ihedioha said on Tuesday...
FCMB manager, accomplice defrauded me of N210m, businessman tells court
A businessman, Idris
Mohammed, on Friday told a Zuba Upper Area Court Abuja, that a First City
Monument Bank (FCMB) manager, Lukman Bada, and his accomplice,...