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  2. Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam - AOL

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    LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed ...

  3. Fleetwood Mac backup singer lost more than $1 million in ...

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    Likins, a backup singer who toured with Fleetwood Mac and Linda Ronstadt, fell victim to a Nigerian online romance scammer and was conned out of more than $1 million in cash and crypto funds.

  4. Nigerian man in OKC sentenced in romance scam involving ...

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    A Nigerian man living in Oklahoma City was sentenced this week to federal prison for committing an online “romance scam” against an Alabama woman.. In Oklahoma City federal court, Abdul Waris ...

  5. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim.

  6. Nigerian man arrested upon landing in Houston in alleged ...

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    A Nigerian man was arrested in Texas 11 months after he was indicted in connection with an alleged romance fraud scheme that netted more than $3.3 million. ... He allegedly defrauded victims of at ...

  7. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is a common confidence trick.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

  8. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...

  9. How CBS News tracked down romance scammers preying on ... - AOL

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