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How fraudsters trick job seekers, hack bank accounts through phishing websites

FAKE job offers from cloned government and corporate websites are showing up on the emails of job applicants. Victims are losing money, and financial institutions are turning blind eyes. Last October, Mercy Olayinka, a mother of one, stumbled on an online advert for enlistment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) with six hours left to […]

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US-based Nigerian Temitope Olaiya pleads guilty to drug trafficking, fraud

US-based Nigerian Temitope Olaiya, popularly known as Tammy Olaiya has pled guilty to conspiring to import over five kilograms of cocaine and participating in several fraudulent schemes; including bank fraud and health services scam. The 40-year-old business woman who is based in Hyattsville, Maryland, U.S.A faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison for

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Olaleye Olumide Paul Bags 18 Months Jail For Love Scam In Ilorin

Man bags 18 months jail for love scam in Ilorin A 25-year-old man, Olaleye Olumide Paul, was on Monday, convicted for internet fraud by the Federal High Court in Ilorin, for internet fraud. Olaleye, who pleaded guilty to the two count charge preferred against him by the Ilorin Zonal command of the Economic and Financial

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Fraudsters Clone Pius Akinyelure’s Facebook, Demand ₦275,000 For NNPC Contracts

Fraudsters have cloned the Facebook account of Chief Pius Akinyelure, a board member of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) representing the South-West zone. The fraudsters with the Facebook profile ‘Pius Oluwole Akinyelure’ usually engage in chats with unsuspecting victims and later send them a mail asking for payment into a dedicated account. The e-mail

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14-15 Year-Old Boys Searching For Where To Learn ‘Yahoo Hustle’ In Edo

A Video of some “stranded” boys who were searching for where to learn yahoo-yahoo (onlie fraud) has gone viral, as reported . From The Information Gathered By NaijaCover, The boys were seen being queried by a man whose gate they knocked at in an Edo community. The boys who are between the ages of 14-16,

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Househelp sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting employer’s 2-year-old daughter

A court in Nyamira County, Kenya, has sentenced a 25-year-old house help to 15 years in jail after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her employer’s a 2-year-old daughter. The accused; Martha Bosire, was arraigned before Keroka Senior Resident Magistrate Simon Arome for committing the offence on diverse between November 14, 2021, and December 9,

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EFCC Docks Funmi Adenmosun For Alleged N26.6bn Investment Fraud In Lagos

EFCC Docks Man for Alleged N26.6Bn Investment Fraud in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Friday, January 21, 2022, arraigned one Funmi Adenmosun before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 10-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N26, 600,

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Twitter users intensify civic engagement, accountability as service is restored

• Platform pleased to return to Nigeria as telcos open network gateways• SERAP seeks compensation for affected Nigerians With the lifting of the seven months ban on micro blogging platform, Twitter, yesterday, by the Federal Government, many government agencies, parastatals, corporate Nigeria and users returned to the platform amid intensified calls for accountability and civic

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