LAGOS, NIGERIA — In yet another case of fraud perpetrated by Somalis, a Nigerian prince fell prey to an online scam perpetrated by a Somali immigrant.
Prince Adetokunbo Ademola of Nigeria was the victim of an email scam where he was asked to provide his bank info in order to purportedly assist a wealthy Somali man in transferring his riches out of Somalia.
"The message just sounded so genuine," sighed Prince Ademola. "It seemed like he was the rightful heir of this tremendous wealth, but he couldn't get the money out of Somalia. All he needed was a friend with an outside bank account. Now, my royal bank account has been completely drained. I feel so stupid!"
Police were able to track down the perpetrators and located the $17 million that was stolen. "The Somali immigrant who wrote the email, he can't even spell or use proper grammar. I can't believe anyone falls for these," said Officer Michael Stanton. "Though, having read emails from Nigerian princes before, I guess maybe it makes sense why it worked on him."
At publishing time, the Nigerian prince had sent several emails to people in America asking if anyone had a bank account that he could use to receive the stolen money, believing the security to be better in America. Sadly, no one replied to his emails.
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