An 80-year-old woman has been sentenced to prison for running a 22-year scam that bilked her victims — many of them New ...

It is hard to imagine a more clichéd scam than a down-on-his-luck Nigerian prince emailing strangers overseas for a trifling sum. But the textbook swindle – known as an “advance fee” scam – still ...

BOSTON – A former Quincy resident was sentenced Monday in connection with online fraud schemes, including romance scams, in which about 30 victims lost more than $1.3 million, the U.S. Attorney's ...

A Boston man was sentenced Monday for his role in defrauding 30 victims of more than $1.3 million through online scams, including romance and advance fee scams. Kelechi Collins Umeh, 40, of Boston and ...

These “advance fee” scams (otherwise known as the Nigerian Fee scam) have been doing the rounds since before the Internet was around and have been the subject of endless news reports and police ...

It was nearly two decades ago that Weldong Xu, a 38-year-old Harvard professor, was arraigned at Roxbury District Court in Massachusetts. Sitting behind a plexiglass barrier, wearing a leather jacket ...

People around the world continue to be duped by advance-fee frauds, with one Dutch private investigation company estimating the highest ever annual losses occurred in 2009. Victims lost at least ...

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sending out fraudulent e-mails offering victims big bucks in exchange for moving cash to the United States. Okpako Mike Diamreyan, 31, was ...