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  2. How an 836-pound 'cursed' emerald traveled the Americas ... - AOL

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    The year was 2014, the heyday of the Nigerian prince email scam, and the up-and-coming attorney was no fool. “I immediately thought it was just completely fake, a total hoax,” he said. “I ...

  3. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    The 2018 film Nigerian Prince follows a Nigerian-American teenager sent to Nigeria by his mother, where he connects with his cousin Pius, who runs 419 scams for a living. The 2016 short story The Nigerian Prince – When The Scammer Becomes The Scammed by L. Toshua Parker follows the true story of a U.S. college student and hacker in 2000 who ...

  4. The Classic Cons Behind These Digital-Age Scams - AOL

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    The scam still takes in millions of dollars, with a ring of Nigerian con artists taking victims for at least $6 million between 2014 and 2018, according to a recent indictment. Man's hands tightly ...

  5. Nigerian Prince (film) - Wikipedia

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    Nigerian Prince is a 2018 Nigerian-American bilingual suspense thriller drama film written and directed by New York based Nigerian-American Faraday Okoro in his feature film directorial debut. [1] The film is based on a stock term referring to a type of advance-fee scam . [ 2 ]

  6. Nigerian Prince scam - Wikipedia

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  7. “Can You Hear Me?” And 4 Other Phone Call Scams - AOL

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    By now, most of us are aware that the "Nigerian Prince" emailing us to ask for our banking information so he can wire us a large sum of money isn't exactly who he says he is. However, as scammers'...

  8. 100 Most Common Money Scams and How To Avoid Them - AOL

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    Around 15% of American households fell victim to a financial scam in 2023. American consumers lost a total of $8.8 billion to fraud and scams in 2022. Scams are everywhere these days, and...

  9. Nigerian prince - Wikipedia

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    Nigerian traditional rulers or, specifically, the junior dynasts of their royal houses in the wider Nigerian chieftaincy system; a stereotypical part of an advance-fee scam; Nigerian Prince, a 2018 Nigerian-American film