Common smishing hooks use urgency, curiosity, or impersonation: Examples include fake job ... Remember the Nigerian prince scam? An email claimed to be from a Nigerian prince who had been ...

At this point, disenfranchised "Nigerian royalty" asking for money through a poorly worded email is the ultimate cliche of internet scams. So why does it still exist? According to new book "Think ...

In some cases, these scams are easy to spot -- think, the classic "Nigerian prince" scheme -- but others are more sophisticated. For example, if you're struggling with debt, you might be tempted ...

Romance scams, sextortion and the once popular emails from a “Nigerian prince” have been used to swindle victims in the past. The “use of AI and deepfake” will “erase the huge gains made ...