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Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to ...
Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over ...
Scammers prefer to use the images, names and profiles of soldiers as this usually inspires confidence, trust and admiration in their victims. [29] Military public relations often post information on soldiers without mentioning their families or personal lives, so images are stolen from these websites by organized Internet crime gangs often ...
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion scams mostly aimed at adult men in the United States.
The scammer begins with a large pool of marks, numbering ideally a power of two such as 1024 (2 10). The scammer divides the pool into two halves, and sends all the members of each half a prediction about the future outcome of an event with a binary outcome (such as a stock price rising or falling, or the win/loss outcome of a sporting event).
Nigerian fraudsters, people who have used intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Pages in category "Nigerian fraudsters" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, Nigerian former Instagram influencer, fraudster and money launderer who operated from Dubai. [3] [4] John Bodkin Adams, British doctor and suspected years-long serial killer, but only found guilty – in 1957 – of forging wills and prescriptions related to over 300 deceased patients [5]
A third grader is facing a criminal charge after reportedly making bomb threats against two Ohio schools. Using a fake Facebook account, the girl allegedly claimed bombs had been planted inside ...