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TIL that Nigerian scam made Emmanuel Nwude $242 million richer. He sold a non-existent airport to Nelson Sakaguchi, a director of bank. Nwude has become Nigeria's fraud kingpin after pulling off one of the biggest 'deals' in history.

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