The scammers operate fake profiles of wealthy Western women to lure men, and sometimes women, into investing in crypto-currencies -- before vanishing with their savings. Hundreds have been released ...

Sam George, Ghana's new Minister for Communications has had to justify the inclusion and role of MTN as a stakeholder in his ...

While English language proficiency in Nigeria and Ghana is good, the caller’s accent could be a giveaway if they are posing as a woman from Canada or a man from the UK. A romance scam network in ...

One notable case involved a woman getting hustled out of $800,000 by scammers using AI-generated photos to pose as Brad Pitt. These scammers are found all over the world, and "Nigeria and Ghana ...

My interviews with offenders in Ghana further showed that romance scammers viewed their actions ... The victims they chose were mostly women: 70% of offenders primarily targeted females, 14% ...

Last week Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and promised to shut down the scam centres which ... They included 221 men and 39 women, from Ethiopia, Kenya ...

More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand. The workers, more ...

My interviews with offenders in Ghana further showed that romance scammers viewed their actions ... The victims they chose were mostly women: 70% of offenders primarily targeted females, 14% ...

LGBTQ+ Africans who live in countries where being out is risky have turned to dating apps as safe spaces, but pervasive intolerance and state surveillance can make online dating potential traps.

BBC - More than 250 people from 20 nationalities, including a Sri Lankan, who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State, have been released by an ethnic armed group and ...

Nairobi is currently in talks with Thailand authorities to reopen the Thai-Myanmar border, aiming to facilitate the ...