Nigeria has deported dozens of foreigners, including 50 Chinese nationals, in a major crackdown over the last week on one of ...

Nigeria has deported 102 foreign nationals, including 60 Chinese and 39 people from the Philippines, who were convicted of ...

Nigeria has announced the deportation of another round of foreign nationals convicted of crimes ranging from cyber-terrorism ...

Nigeria deports 102 foreign cybercriminals, including 50 Chinese nationals, after EFCC arrests in Lagos targeting online ...

Herley wrote. This is why so many email scams claim to originate from Nigeria - though most spam emails come from elsewhere, including the United States.

Nigerian authorities, in 2019 and in a case due to resume in March, briefly arrested a popular local musician known as Naira Marley on conspiracy and credit card fraud charges.

Scammers began posting letters in the 1980s and later moved to e-mail, said Igwe, author of “Taking Back Nigeria From 419.” Nigerian authorities insist they are tough on 419 perpetrators.

Microsoft researcher Cormac Herley seeks to answer one of the basic questions of internet life in his paper, Why do Nigerian scammers say they are from Nigeria? Getting an email from a deposed ...

Scammers began posting letters in the 1980s and later moved to e-mail, said Igwe, author of "Taking Back Nigeria From 419." Nigerian authorities insist they are tough on 419 perpetrators.

Now the 419 scams, as they are known in Nigeria, are getting time on the big screen in a new feature film. "Nigerian Prince" is the first feature film written and directed by Faraday Okoro.

These scams are normally know as “Nigerian scams”, because that’s where they tend to originate from, but you might also know them by their proper name: Advance fee fraud. And they work!

If you use the internet, you’ve received an email from a Nigerian prince who wants you to help him get his hands on his money. He just needs a little deposit! You will, of course, be rewarded ...