The "Yahoo Boys" operating in Nigeria and "Sakawa Boys" in Ghana have a reputation for engaging in various fraudulent schemes ...

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the operations of the National Service ...

Romance scams happen all around the world, but West Africa has been mastering the art for decades. Nowadays, Nigeria and Ghana have become synonymous with catfishing: pretending to be someone you ...

These types of scams have become a "widespread threat in Africa and... internationally", according to Craig Pedersen, a cyber-security expert at South African company TCGForensics. He told the BBC ...

On the African continent, Nigeria and Ghana have emerged as hubs for ... in which we found that many west African scammers predominantly targeted individuals in the west. Another research study ...