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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 30 Dec 2017

    Though the "Nigerian prince" scam is often the butt of late-night TV jokes, people have fallen victim it. Now, the alleged "middle man" is in custody.https://usat.ly/2BXyv1I 

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      1. TJ LSU DAD‏ @tj_lsudad 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        In 2018 my personal goal is to keep Louisiana out of the news for stuff like this. Thank you Slidell Police Department 🤣🤣

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      2. angie e. vanhorn‏ @angieevanhorn 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Look at this sad & pathetic grandpa's, put him out to do community services at those States Rest Stop to help cleaning up all bathrooms...PS. I want him to wearing sign says " Nigerian Con Man"

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Mircea Kitsune‏ @MirceaKitsune 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @angieevanhorn @USATODAY

        Yes, something like that: Would be fun to give him a t-shirt saying "I scammed people by pretending to be a Nigerian prince". Can't help wondering how he'd look with a gold crown on his head too for added effect!

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      2. Ron Gartner‏ @rongartner1 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Is he from East Nigeria?

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      3. (((Jax)))‏ @JackieBlue4u 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @rongartner1 @USATODAY

        Yes. 125th Street!

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      4. Chudi‏ @chudichimezie 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @JackieBlue4u @rongartner1 @USATODAY

        Sweety, that reply is bomb.

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      5. (((Jax)))‏ @JackieBlue4u 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @chudichimezie @rongartner1 @USATODAY

        😂😂😂

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      2. TJ LSU DAD‏ @tj_lsudad 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        He lives less than a mile from my house! I am about to set up bus tours of his house and make money off the Dude, who made money off a Dude, who is in a Nigerian prison! America 🤣🤣🤣

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      1. Toni 🐶 🐱 🍂 🍁 🍃#voteblue 🌊‏ @mulatta10 30 Dec 2017
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        Wow, I thought if you scammed people out of their hard-earned money, you'd get rewarded by becoming POTUS!

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      1. Gene Johnson‏ @gene423 30 Dec 2017
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        I know quite a few Nigerians. I even have a Nigerian doctor. This is the first albino Nigerian I have ever seen.

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      1. Joan van der Lingen‏ @Joanvanderlinge 30 Dec 2017
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        Is THIS the Nigerian Prince? He sent me so many emails asking for money. I always deleted them, but looking at his picture I guess he could really have used some. There’s no romance left in this world....

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      1. nathan hickey‏ @nathanhickey10 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @maggieNYT

        His other outfitpic.twitter.com/tDQdBYNUaO

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      2. Mircea Kitsune‏ @MirceaKitsune 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @LupineAssassin

        I'm dying just looking at his face and imagining the dude with a crown on his head surrounded by gold being a prince in Nigeria 😂

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      1. aderosco1‏ @aderosco1 30 Dec 2017
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        An he is white for crying out loud.

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      1. John Kanches‏ @TeamKanches 30 Dec 2017
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        Wait a minute that’s not my uncle!!!!

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      2. Thomas Jamison‏ @ThomasJsmison 30 Dec 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY @GovHowardDean

        My personal favorite was the Nigerian lost in space.http://www.anorak.co.uk/428124/money/nigerian-astronaut-lost-in-space-needs-3m-to-get-home-could-be-a-scam.html/ …

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