Tag: scammers

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OluwapelumiNovember 5, 2015

OLX ensures users safety on the site as two scammers are brought to justice

Speaking on the partnership Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Charles Okafor   stated that “the Nigerian Police Force is actively working ...

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Janeth JJune 26, 2015

All ye shoppers on Instagram, beware of scammers

Scammers and 419ers have moved from the typical way of scamming people to using social media to do their jobs. ...

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SolaMarch 1, 2015

This American woman has sent $1.4 million to internet lover she’s never met

by Anike Jacobs An American woman, Sarah, has defended her decision to send $1.4 million to her online lover, Chris Olsen, ...

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Ada IgboanugoFebruary 27, 2015

Charly Boy believes pentecostal pastors are scammers… and other unspeakable things

by Chinwe Okafor   Charly Boy is at it again. The music veteran is known for his controversial articles as ...

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SolaFebruary 5, 2015

How American sent over $100,000 to Nigerian wife he never met

by Anike Jacobs We guess this is what falling in love in 2015 is all about. A 53-year-old American man ...

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Op-Ed EditorSeptember 29, 2014

@RonaldNzimora: Dear Social Media promoters, you are scammers (Y! Business)

by Ronald Nzimora Have you ever been on Twitter and seen the regular people you follow who normally tweeted personal ...

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Kolapo OlapojuSeptember 19, 2014

IT whiz moves N6 billion from new generation bank – EFCC is looking for him

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC), has declared wanted an IT staff of a new generation ...

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December 11, 2013

‘It was meant to curb scammers’ – Senate withdraws bill to imprison social media critics

by Adeola Balogun A controversial bill, which provided a 7-year-jail term to punish “social media critics”, has been withdrawn by ...

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September 13, 2013

BUSTED: How spy service exposed thousands of Nigerian email scammers

A crude but effective online service that lets users deploy keystroke logging malware and then view the stolen data remotely ...

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June 3, 2013

Sam Nda-Isaiah: This emperor has no clothes

by Sam Nda-Isaiah Watching President Jonathan and his band of praise singers present their so-called mid-term report last week eerily reminded ...

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August 13, 2012

“Urgent Assistance”: Gov. Aliyu says ‘Yahoo Boys’ hacked into his email

by Stanley Azuakola Long before militants and Boko Haram, there was a time in this country when internet fraudsters (popularly ...

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June 20, 2012

They pay people to do this? Microsoft decodes why 419ers say they are from Nigeria

by Tolu Orekoya The short answer: the scam artists want only the most gullible people to reply their e-mails, because ...

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