Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
He posed as the Crown Prince of Dubai. She sent him $2.5 million. Then his own partners betrayed him.
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When a successful Romanian businesswoman received a LinkedIn message from someone claiming to be Dubai's Crown Prince, she thought she was being recruited for a humanitarian investment. Instead, she became the victim of an elaborate romance scam that would cost her over $2.5 million.
The scammer thought he was untouchable. He was wrong.
After his own partners leaked critical information, OCCRP traced the fake prince right to his doorstep — at a newly purchased mansion in Abuja, Nigeria. This investigation reveals how modern romance scammers operate, the millions they can rake in — and what happened when we confronted one man with the evidence that he had destroyed a woman’s life.
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He posed as the Crown Prince of Dubai. She sent him $2.5 million. Then his own partners betrayed him.
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When a successful Romanian businesswoman received a LinkedIn message from someone claiming to be Dubai's Crown Prince, she thought she was being recruited for a humanitarian investment. Instead, she became the victim of an elaborate romance scam that would cost her over $2.5 million.
The scammer thought he was untouchable. He was wrong.
After his own partners leaked critical information, OCCRP traced the fake prince right to his doorstep — at a newly purchased mansion in Abuja, Nigeria. This investigation reveals how modern romance scammers operate, the millions they can rake in — and what happened when we confronted one man with the evidence that he had destroyed a woman’s life.
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