Romance scam

A 500-level student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Adebowale Abiola, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment over $104,500 (N39.7m) romance scam. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…

A 38-year-old lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology Offa, Adebisi Ademola, has been sent to jail over his involvement in romance scam. A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards…

A 39-year-old Nigerian man based in Houston, Texas, Chinwendu Azuonwu, has appeared in court for impersonating award-winning superstar, Bruno Mars on Instagram and defrauding a woman of $100,000 (over N38 million) in a romance scam. The…

A man, Sylvester Ehiarinmian, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a US-based Nigerian woman in a romance scam. According to Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Lagos state, AIG Ahmed Iliyasu, Ehiarinmian,…

Two Nigerian men have been arrested in the southern island province of Thailand for suspected involvement in a romance scam. Pol Col Akanit Danpitaksat, the Patong police chief, identified the two Nigerians as Nkemakolam Benson Ugonna,…