Online scams fuelling human trafficking, Remi Tinubu warns

First Lady Remi Tinubu warns that online scams are increasingly fueling human trafficking, trapping young Nigerians with fraudulent offers. Stay vigilant a

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has warned of a growing trend of digital-enabled human trafficking, with criminals increasingly using social media, smartphones and encrypted messaging platforms to identify, recruit and exploit victims.

Romance scams are one of the oldest cons in the online world, but they continue to pull in new victims all of the time. Joint research by four universities suggests that AI chatbots are now even better at carrying out these scams than humans, and that’s a pretty scary prospect …

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The U.N. migration agency says people from more than 80 countries have been lured ‌in ‌through social media, with some being sexually abused.

Migration authorities have said gangs are trafficking ever more people to East Asian online scam centers. The UN says some 300,000 people from more than 80 countries are currently being exploited and abused.

IOM chief says victims from more than 80 countries are lured into scam centres through fake job offers on social media.

People from more than 80 countries have been lured in through social media, with some being sexually abused

A job advert can hide a criminal network, and a single click can lead to a nightmare. Hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year on the promise of legitimate work abroad, only to be held captive and forced into online scam operations.