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Emmanuel Nwude Odinigwe is a Nigerian businessman known for defrauding a Brazilian bank of US$242 million to build a ficticious airport. Nwude formerly served as Director of Union Bank of Nigeria . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He defrauded Nelson Sakaguchi, a Director at Brazil's Banco Noroeste based in São Paulo , [ 3 ] of $242 million: $191 million in cash ...
Scattered Canary is a Nigerian fraud ring. During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, the group used business email compromise and, according to the United States Secret Service, "hundreds if not thousands" of money mules to defraud U.S. state unemployment agencies. [1]
Perpetuating his country's unfortunate association with internet scams, a Nigerian man has turned to a new source for ill-gotten money: home renters. No tall tales of fake Nigerian royalty or ...
419 Scams: Nigerian 419 Scams—a practical overview "Fraud Ring Uncovered in Nigeria". BBC News, 6 September 2007. "UK Police in Nigerian Scam Haul". BBC News, 4 October 2007. Last, Alex. "Anger Over Nigeria's Gang Blitz". BBC News, 4 October 2007. articolotre.com Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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Ten alleged members of a Nigerian email scam crime ring have been indicted on federal charges of swindling at least two dozen victims nationwide out of some $1.5 million, the U.S. Attorney for the ...
Obinwanne Okeke (born November 9, 1987) also known as Invictus Obi is a Nigerian entrepreneur and convicted fraudster who is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence in the United States for internet fraud that caused $11M losses to his victims. [1]
The 2018 film Nigerian Prince follows a Nigerian-American teenager sent to Nigeria by his mother, where he connects with his cousin Pius, who runs 419 scams for a living. The 2016 short story The Nigerian Prince – When The Scammer Becomes The Scammed by L. Toshua Parker follows the true story of a U.S. college student and hacker in 2000 who ...