Nigeria

a. Criminal Code Act (2004). The offence of obtaining by False Pretences is proscribed by the Code, and may be found in sections 419, 419A, 419B, 420, 421, 422, and 423 of the Criminal Code Act. In summary, the sections state that where any person, by false pretence, and with the intent to defraud another person, obtains from that other person anything capable of being stolen, or advises any other person to deliver to any other person anything capable of being stolen, or obtains credit by false pretences or by some other kind of fraud, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of three to seven years.
b. Advance Fee Fraud & Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 CAP A6: The Act extends the criminal provisions of the Criminal Code Act, on false pretences, to further include any person who by false pretence, and with the intent to defraud, obtains from any other person, whether in Nigeria or in any other country; or induces any other person in Nigeria or in any other country, to deliver to any person, any property, induced by false pretence. With a penalty on conviction of imprisonment for a term of not less than seven (7) years without the option of a fine, or imprisonment for a term of not more than twenty (20) years.
c. The Terrorism prevention (amendment Act) 2013: Section 13 of the Act specifies that any person who knowingly, in any manner, directly or indirectly, solicits or renders support for the commission of an act of terrorism including incitement to commit a terrorist act through the internet, or any electronic means commits an offence under the Act and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than twenty years.