1. ADE BENDEL
Real name: Adedeji Alumile Ademiluyi Elumalu.
Aliases: Ade Bendel; Grandfather of fraudsters.
Gender: Male.
Born: 1966.
Place of origin: Ihievbe Town, Owan East LGA, Edo State.
Education: Never finished Primary School.
Period of fraud operation: 1992 -- early 2000s.
Worst infamy: Duped rtd. Brig-Gen Abba Kyari of N500m.
Lifestyle: Flamboyant.
Denouement: Sentenced in December 2003 to 6 years imprisonment, by an Ikeja high court. Served the sentence in Kirikiri maximum prison. Got converted and became a Pastor while in prison.

Education: Never finished primary school

2. PAUL OGWUMA ODINIGWE
Real name: Emmanuel Nwude Odinigwe.
Alias: Paul Ogwuma Odinigwe.
Gender: Male.
Date of birth: Unknown.
Place of origin: Abagana, Njikoka LGA, Anambra State.
Education: Unknown.
Period of fraud operation: 1995 - 1998.
Worst infamy: Impersonated Paul Ogwuma (then CBN Governor) and sold a non-existent airport for $242m to a Brazilian, Nelson Sakaguchi. At the time, it was the 3rd highest bank scam in world history.
Lifestyle: Flamboyant.
Denouement: Sentenced in 2005 to five concurrent sentences of 5 years; the entirety of his assets were confiscated to be returned to the victim, and he was also asked to pay $10m fine to the Federal Govt. He was released from prison in 2006, but was arrested in 2016 on a murder charge and is currently in Awka prison awaiting trial.

Magu na oga patapata of them all

3. FRED AJUDUA
Real name: Fred Chijindu Ajudua.
Alias: Fred Ajudua.
Gender: Male.
Date of birth: Unknown.
Place of origin: Ibusa aka Igbuzor, Oshimili North LGA, Delta State.
Education: Graduate of Law, University of Benin.
Period of fraud operation: 1993 - 2014.
Worst infamy: Swindled rtd Lieut-Gen Ishaya Bamaiyi of $8.4m.
Lifestyle: Flamboyant.
Denouement: Previously convicted and served 5 years in prison for various scams; currently undergoing trial for the Bamaiyi fraud case.

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3. FRED AJUDUA
Real name: Fred Chijindu Ajudua.
Alias: Fred Ajudua.
Worst infamy: Swindled rtd Lieut-Gen Ishaya Bamaiyi of $8.4m
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Fun Fact: He and ade bendel both defrauded rtd Lt-Gen Ishaya Bamaiyi while in prison.

Some of the Money was used to bribe the judge handling Ade bendel's case.
And most was used to pay rent for a five star apartment at the prison.

Op is Hush not notorious yet?

Bukola Saraki scammed APC

Ahmed bola Tinubu

Scammed the entire sophisticated tribe and they turned him to god

Currently worshiped as a god in Yoruba land of southwest Nigeria

I think I will see Atiku, Obasanjo and Tinubu in top 5 na

4. INVICTUS OBI
Real name: Obinwanne Okeke.
Alias: Invictus Obi.
Gender: Male.
Date of birth: 9 Nov 1987.
Place of origin: Ukpor Village, Nnewi South LGA, Anambra State.
Education: Bachelor's degree and Master’s degree (MA) in International Relations & Counter Terrorism (cum laude) from Monash University, Australia.
Period of fraud operation: 2009 - 2019.
Worst infamy: Committed Internet fraud of $12m.
Lifestyle: Flamboyant.
Denouement: Charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the USA for fraud and currently undergoing trial.

5. HUSHPUPPI
Real name: Ramon Igbalode Olorunwa Abass.
Alias: Hushpuppi, Aja Puppi, Aja 4.
Gender: Male.
Date of birth: 11 Oct 1982.
Place of origin: Ekore-Oworonsoki, Kosofe LGA, Lagos State.
Education: Command Children School.
Period of fraud operation: Unknown - 2020.
Worst infamy: Defrauded 1,926,400 victims to the tune of $435m.
Lifestyle: Flamboyant.
Denouement: Charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the USA for fraud and currently undergoing trial.

And the award goes to........................hushpuppy

Thinking about them is enough to make one think he's not living, especially hushpuppi...agbaman just dey tear tear banks, club and company up and down...

Only those that are caught are fraudsters in this country. The ones not caught are celebrities

Very interesting. Nigerians and fraud is 5&6

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3. FRED AJUDUA
Real name: Fred Chijindu Ajudua.
Alias: Fred Ajudua.
Gender: Male.
Date of birth: Unknown.
Place of origin: Ibusa aka Igbuzor, Oshimili North LGA, Delta State.
Education: Graduate of Law, University of Benin.
Period of fraud operation: 1993 - 2014.
Worst infamy: Swindled rtd Lieut-Gen Ishaya Bamaiyi of $8.4m.
Lifestyle: Flamboyant.
Denouement: Previously convicted and served 5 years in prison for various scams; currently undergoing trial for the Bamaiyi fraud case.

A case of a fraudster defrauding another fraudster. When is Bamaiyi facing the courts for fraud related offences? Or how the hell did he get extra $8.4 to be swindled of?

Where is General Sani Abacha?? The greatest criminal in Nigeria's history

Woww

My eyes are popped!

COMRADES are speechless

There is one guy on Nairaland, his name starts with S, some people on the forum sometimes accuse him of being a Yahoo boy and a fraudster. I thought I will see the name among the list

What of Dapo Abiodun? The CC scammed turned govr