The details can vary but they follow a similar playbook, whether it starts with a romantic relationship or online friendship or a seemingly innocent wrong number text out of the blue.

Each December, long-distance buses, minibus taxis and private cars stream northwards from South Africa as Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second biggest city, prepares for its annual ritual: the seasonal ...

Cryptocurrency schemes, sometimes tied to mass scam centers abroad, have shot up since the pandemic and are hitting close to ...