11-10-2023, 09:06 AM
(11-10-2023, 09:01 AM)Brentbaggie Wrote: I have a very good friend whose surname is Gbadebo - father's a Nigerian, mother a Geordie - who has forever claimed he was a Nigerian Prince and his sister a princess. Well, as it turns out my mate - whose father split from his mother early in his life - was contacted by said pal when he was in his early 30's and got invited over to Nigeria. Lo and behold his dad WAS a Nigerian Prince and he and sister were treated royally for the week; dances, parties, dinners celebrating their return to the homeland, trips to the ancient family home (not a castle).
The only downbeat aspect to, ahem Prince Gbadebo's title is that there are apparently thousands of quite legitimate Nigerian Princes - so he's not quite as special as he thinks he is. Still, it's not necessarily the prefix for a scam it always appears!
The dad of one of my sister's mates at school was a Nigerian prince too, Nigerian royalty to council estate.... It's a fairly common thing as you say.
Just a scam when they're offering you a share of many millions of dollars I guess... unless they're all genuine too, would explain this Dozy fella being a billionaire since nobody takes him up on his offers i guess?