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Story Of How Emmanuel Nwude Sold An Airport That Didn't Even Exist To A Bank for $242 million

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Emmanuel Nwude who committed the largest fraud in
the country by selling a non-existent airport
to a Brazilian for $242 million between 1995 and 1998. The rise of internet fraud commonly known as 419 is one phenomenon Nigeria has come to be associated it.
Before internet fraud became a global issue, Nwude had committed one of the biggest scams in the world. Specifically, his fraud was the third largest banking scam in the world after the Nick Leeson's trading losses at Barings Bank, and the looting of the Iraqi Central Bank by..
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