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Man ordered to pay €14,000 to two women following involvement in romance scam
A 36-year-old Nigerian has admitted his involvement in a romance scam ring which defrauded two women. Romance fraud is a type of fraud where the victim believes that they are in a relationship with another person and gives them money as a result.
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EFCC Arrests 140 Suspected Yahoo Boys In Ikorodu
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 140 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as yahoo boys, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
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Fake Army General’s Romance Scam Bilked Multiple Women Out Of $1 Million, Feds Say
Fola Alabi, 51 allegedly cheated elderly women by getting them to send him money so he could supposedly ship his belongings home from overseas
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Romance scam: NI woman swindled out of £112,000 life savings
The woman met the fraudster via a dating app and developed a relationship over the last year. The woman was persuaded to put her money in cryptocurrency, with the promise of a quick profit. This did not materialize.
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Scammer claiming to be Korean oil rig worker dupes Malaysian widow out of nearly $1 million
A widow in Malaysia was duped into sending nearly 3.9 million Malaysian ringgit (approximately $908,510) to someone claiming to be a Korean man online.
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Stockton romance fraud victim duped into paying more than £10,000
A romance scam victim lost more than £10,000 to a fraudster in Nigeria amid a rise in people being conned online.
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Nigeria’s Chibueze cracked in Cambodia over romance scam
Nigeria’s Chukwueke Felix Chibueze has been arrested by the Cambodian police for engaging in romance scam on social media.
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Hong Kong, Malaysia police arrest 27 people in Interpol crackdown on romance scam gang
Police in Hong Kong and Malaysia have arrested 27 people in a joint operation with Interpol to crack down on a fraud syndicate that swindled 37 women in Southeast Asia out of HK$15 million (US$1.9 million) through romance scams.