Have you ever wired money to an overseas bank account simply because you received an email asking you to do so? Probably not, but there are plenty of people who have done just that, and they have paid ...

The United Kingdom is the most targetted country for 419 scams - those pesky emails which offer millions of pounds after a few minor up-front arrangement fees. Almost a quarter of all Nigerian 419 ...

Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, disclosed the growing crisis in a statement issued Sunday by ministry spokesperson Kimiebi Ebienfa. Tuggar warned that many Nigerian youths, including ...

transfer $27 million into my bank account in order to steal it. For allowing this I would receive 20 percent of the total. Sounds like a scam. I want to know who I should report this to. -- M.F., ...

When Dean Cameron got an e-mail from a Nigerian con artist, the actor didn't immediately trash the forwarded scam letter. Instead, Cameron turned the tables on the con man, wrote him back and turned ...

Reader R.V. Baugus of Grand Prairie recommended a book to The Watchdog. He told me that Scamorama was about 20 years old, and it made him laugh. How could a book on scams cause laughter? I was curious ...