Nigerian authorities have issued a New Year 2026 scam alert warning users about fake WhatsApp, Telegram and SMS greeting messages spreading malware and stealing money through mobile banking and USSD ...

Patricia Calhoun of Twin Falls, Idaho, is a very generous woman. Particularly with my phone number. Last Wednesday, my direct line at Westword started ringing before eight in the morning, and it ...

A nightly raid on the outskirts of Accra led to the arrest of some 50 Nigerians on suspicion of online fraud. Ghana has been ...

Nigeria has announced the deportation of another round of foreign nationals convicted of crimes ranging from cyber-terrorism to internet fraud. According to the country’s anti-corruption agency, the ...

The latest study showed that Nigerian banks in the past four weeks faced defacement attacks on their websites. A security assessment of Nigerian banks’ websites in the last two weeks carried out by ...

During a Federal indictment, Sunmola pleaded guilty to, and admitted that he was the ringleader of a group that successfully wooed hundreds of women online, then convinced them to send cash to bail ...

In Ghana, authorities have launched a major crackdown on online fraud, arresting 48 suspects, believed to be Nigerian, in a late-night operation near Accra. The arrested, comprising 46 men and 2 women ...