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 ...

Essien Emmanuel Akpama has been arrested by the police while attempting to board a flight in Lagos for an alleged romance ...

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.

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 ...

April 28, 2006 — -- You receive a letter or e-mail from somebody claiming to be an official (or the relative of an official) with the Nigerian government or a Nigerian company. The writer ...

Just send your money to the following bank account A top Nigerian official has decided to end the stain on his countries overseas reputation by breaking the scam gang's power… Just send your money to ...

A video making the rounds on social media has captured a Nigerian lady's fear after entering into the vehicle of scammers.

ST. LOUIS – A woman from St. Louis County faces up to 20 years in prison for her role in a one-million-dollar Nigerian romance scam. Shirley Waller, 43, pleaded guilty to multiple charges in court ...

(WLUK) -- A Nigerian citizen will spend 3.5 years in prison for his role in an extensive fraud scheme. Otaniyen Iduozee, who came to the United States on a student visa, was sentenced Tuesday in the ...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) – A Nigerian citizen in the United States on a student visa has been sentenced to prison for laundering money connected to an extensive romance fraud scheme targeting vulnerable ...