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  2. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...

  3. Hushpuppi - Wikipedia

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    Hushpuppi. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas (born 11 October 1982), commonly known as Hushpuppi, Hush, or Ray Hushpuppi is a Nigerian Yoruba national former Instagram influencer and convicted felon. [1] He was sentenced in the United States to 11 years for conspiracy to launder money obtained from business email compromise frauds and other scams, including ...

  4. Obinwanne Okeke - Wikipedia

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    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] After initially pleading guilty, on February 16, 2021, Okeke was sentenced to ten years in ...

  5. Black Axe (organized crime group) - Wikipedia

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    The NBM of Africa, is called Neo Black Movement, that originated around 1977 at the University of Benin. It now operates as a pan-african organization, whose main activities include human trafficking, money laundering, and fraudulent online operations. [1] [2] Its most notable crime is the Obafemi Awolowo University massacre.

  6. Nigerian, Ugandan sentenced for email scam hitting Iowa ... - AOL

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    Two men charged in an email scam that cost an Iowa company and other victims as much as $10 million have received years-long federal prison sentences.. Emmanuel Ogbeide, 28, a Nigerian national ...

  7. Bobrisky: Nigerian internet personality pleads guilty to ...

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    Online Classes. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. Bobrisky: Nigerian internet personality pleads guilty to abuse of naira. Adesola Ikulajolu - BBC News, Lagos. April 5, 2024 at 8:44 AM.

  8. Emmanuel Nwude - Wikipedia

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    Emmanuel Nwude Odinigwe, popularly known as Owelle of Abagana, is a Nigerian advance-fee fraud expert artist and former Director of Union Bank of Nigeria. He is known for defrauding Nelson Sakaguchi, a Director at Brazil's Banco Noroeste based in São Paulo, of $242 million: $191 million in cash and the remainder in the form of outstanding interest, between 1995 and 1998.

  9. Nigerian man in OKC sentenced in romance scam involving ...

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    March 7, 2024 at 5:55 AM. A Nigerian man living in Oklahoma City was sentenced this week to federal prison for committing an online “romance scam” against an Alabama woman. In Oklahoma City ...