Payback? : American defrauds 3 Nigerians of $565,000 over green Card

Nigerians are known the world over for being the kings of internet fraud, also known as 419.

For Americans, when they talk about internet fraud in their movies, they always use a line about receiving an email from ‘a Nigerian prince’.

So usually when you hear of such cases, it’s about an African duping a white person out of their cash and other valuables.

However, there’s an exception to every rule and for 419, that exception is the story you’re about to hear, the story of a white man who duped some Nigerians out of more than half a million dollars in cash.

The American, Marco Ramirez, was arraigned last week before a court in Lagos after duping some Nigerians out of $565,000 (about N203.4m).

Ramirez, in 2013, had promised three Nigerians that he could help them get a U.S Green card and thus took monies from them.

So once again the desperation of the African to run away from our sh*thole countries has cost us dearly.

The victims, identified as Ambassador Godson Echejue, Abubakar Sodiq and Olukayode Sodimu, paid Ramirez $565,000 in total to help them get the green card but he failed to deliver on his promise.

He was originally arraigned before court in 2017 and granted bail in the sum of $25,000, but the case was transferred to a new judge midtrial.

On his court appearance last week, he pleaded not guilty once again and was granted bail, with the case adjourned till October.

Credit: Ghanacelebrities


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Ellis Ferdinand is a Journalist, Blogger and Founder of Ellis Multimedia, a parent company of EducationGhana.org, an Online Education News Blog, PoliticsGhana.com and GhanaNaija.net.Ellis Ferdinand is a Graduate of Accra College of Education and the University of Cape Coast, where he obtained a Diploma In Basic Education and a Bachelor of Education in Accounting. He is currently Reading his Master of Philosophy in Curriculum and Pedagogic Studies at the University of Education, Winneba in Ghana.Ellis Ferdinand won Blogger of the Year at the 2018 National Students’ Awards and was also adjudged 14th Best Ghanain Blogger in 2018 among the Top 50 Ghanaian Bloggers of 2018.He introduced the Concept of Education Blogging in Ghana in 2014 with his famous blog EducationGhana.net. now EducationGhana.orgHis Blog won Best Media Promoting Education in 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively, an Award organized by Neogenics Education Consult.In 2019, He adjudged the Most Promising West African Blogger of the Year in Nigeria. He won Writer of the Year at the 2021 EDUCOM AWARDS

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