An internet romance scam took an unexpected turn, writes Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. When Maria Grette first discovered that the 58-year-old Danish man with whom she had fallen in love was actually a 24-year-old Nigerian “419” internet scammer, the 62-year-old Swede was distraught. But, soon, her feelings changed. “The most terrible thing was not that he […]
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Abubakar Rasheed, executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), says the commission has uncovered about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities. Raheed said this in a bulletin published by the commission in November. He said details of the fake professors have been published on the official website of the commission and that their names
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FBI agents here linked a series of complicated financial scams to an organized crime ring that started as a fraternal organization. TAMPA — It started with a complaint about a clever check-fraud scam that had bilked a small Georgia law firm out of nearly $100,000. The money wound up in a bank account in Tampa
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Over the weekend, two Nigerians according to report dented the image of our dear country. Former Nigerian footballer, #SamsonSiasia was banned from football for life by FIFA due to bribery. Also, Obinwanne Okeke Aka #Invictus Obi was arrested by FBI for committing internet fraud. In June 2016, Invictus appeared on the cover of FORBES AFRICA
By Ali Bracken A major corruption investigation is under way after a garda allegedly took bribes to give ‘several hundred’ foreign nationals permission to stay in Ireland illegally. Up to 800 men and women from Pakistan and India paid €10,000 each to have the garda stamp a form stating they had shown the necessary
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Facebook started legal action against two Asia-based developers for allegedly installing malware on users’ smartphones through Android apps to generate fake impressions on adverts. Bloomberg reported the social media giant filed a complaint against Singapore-based JediMobi Tech and LionMobi (Hong Kong), which are accused of engaging in a practice known as “click injection fraud”. The
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