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How We Tracked a 'Fake Prince' Scammer to His Nigerian Mansion

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STIX ID: report--6dff4d22-850e-554c-8a5d-f4e785ec15a4

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-02-04

Date Updated: 2026-03-26

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An OCCRP video investigation details a high-value romance scam in which a Romanian businesswoman, targeted via LinkedIn by a fraudster posing as Dubai’s Crown Prince, lost over $2.5 million. Leveraging leaked information from the scammer’s associates, reporters traced him to a newly purchased mansion in Abuja, Nigeria, and confronted him with evidence. The report illustrates the tactics and scale of modern romance scams and their human impact.

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