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  2. Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam - AOL

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    Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam. December 16, 2024 at 1:15 PM. ... Staff there would make contact with people through social media and messaging platforms, including WhatsApp ...

  3. Category:Nigerian fraudsters - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Prisoner scam—and its modern variant, the advance-fee scam or "Nigerian letter scam"—involves enlisting the mark to aid in retrieving some stolen money from its hiding place. The victim sometimes believes they can cheat the con artists out of their money, but anyone trying this has already fallen for the essential con by ...

  5. 419eater.com - Wikipedia

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    419eater.com is a scam baiting website which focuses on advance-fee fraud. The name 419 comes from "419 fraud", another name for advance fee fraud, and itself derived from the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code. The website founder, Michael Berry, goes by the alias Shiver Metimbers.

  6. Meta removes 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria over ...

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    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.

  7. Nigerian Social Media Influencer Sentenced to 11 Years for ...

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    A Nigerian social media influencer has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for a his role in a fraud syndicate in which he conspired to launder $300 million.

  8. Organised crime in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    419 Scams: Nigerian 419 Scams—a practical overview "Fraud Ring Uncovered in Nigeria". BBC News, 6 September 2007. "UK Police in Nigerian Scam Haul". BBC News, 4 October 2007. Last, Alex. "Anger Over Nigeria's Gang Blitz". BBC News, 4 October 2007. articolotre.com Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine

  9. SilverTerrier - Wikipedia

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    SilverTerrier is a code name for a syndicate of BEC cyber criminals. Identified by the Interpol 's Global Financial Crime Taskforce to be from Nigeria, they are a syndicate of over 400 unique actors or groups accused of targeting thousands of organizations worldwide through business email compromise (BEC) scams.