Phishing in Nigeria

8 phishing cases reported in Nigeria. Below: real examples, the platforms scammers use locally, and where to report.

Platforms used

πŸ“± Telegram 4
πŸ“± Instagram 3
πŸ“± Email 1

Recent cases in Nigeria

Nigerian scam ring on Trustpilot: Using fake reviews to push Telegram phishing (@timetowin25). Protect the community!"

2026-05-09

[CA] receiving really bizarre phishing\scam emails Over the past month I've been receiving some really weird and bizarre scam emails, not the kind that are a bit silly and obviously scams (think Niger...

2025-10-24

Smishing? A Nigerian phone number called my cell. Then they somehow used a familiar cell phone number (family member) to text me. They wanted me to provide all this personal information. I did not. Ho...

2025-08-23

The Knot is now compromised I’d like to think this is obvious, but for anyone that it’s not obvious to - I thought I should post. The email this came from is [email protected] which to many ...

2025-08-11

US Amazon email scam using Nairaland I received an email telling me "The System automatically locked your Amazon account and hold all your last orders. We took this action, because the billing informa...

2025-07-10

Exposed a fake BDSM mistress scammer from TikTok who asked for gift cards and passwords Hey everyone, I want to share an experience that might help some of you avoid falling into the same trap I enco...

2025-07-08

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