The Nigerian Ne’er-do-well w/ Jonathan Braylock (Fraud Friday)

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Fraud Friday, we visit episode 10. Laci is joined by comedian, writer, and actorJonathan Braylock (Astronomy Club, Black Men Can't Jump Podcast) to discuss a legend from the birthplace of fraud, Nigeria’s own Emmanuel Nwude! Yup, he sold Nigeria's biggest airport that didn't exist for a whopping US $242 million. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 12/02/2019) Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Jonathan Braylock: @jonbraylock Research by Sharilyn Vera SOURCES: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Nwude https://www.bosshunting.com.au/hustle/nigerian-fake-airport-scam https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/nigerian-scammer-sold-fake-airport-to-international-bank.html https://www.ladbible.com/community/interesting-emmanuel-nwude-carried-out-the-biggest-scam-in-nigeria-20180825

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0:00.0	What's popping, congregation?
0:02.5	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:05.0	Welcome to an episode of Fraud Fridays,
0:08.8	where we release older episodes from the Scam Goddess Vault.
0:13.0	That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring back your favorite episodes from behind the paywall.
0:18.1	Enjoy this episode from behind the paywall.
0:20.3	And as always, stay scheming.
0:23.5	Scams, cars, robbery, and fraud.
0:32.2	Scam!
0:34.5	Cards, robbery, and fraud, scam goddess.
0:42.5	What's up, congregation?
0:44.2	Is Shigarrel Scam Goddess back for another installment of, yes, scam goddess, I named the show after me.
0:51.0	I'm Lacey Mosley, and I'm so excited to have our amazing guest here.
0:56.4	He is Bicostal and thank goodness was here filming his new Netflix show that he's also producing with his comedy group Astronomy Club.
1:06.4	Astronomy Club on Netflix, y'all.
1:08.1	He's also one of the three amazing hosts of Black Man Can't
1:11.3	Jump in Hollywood, which is one of my favorite podcasts, which I recently got to do. And it was so
1:15.4	fun. Everybody, Jonathan Braylock. What's up? Yeah, yeah. Hey, I love that. I love the extra.
1:23.6	I had to come in hot. And I need it. And I truly need it.
1:44.0	Truly, the people who listen to this part, our congregation, they're always like, you guys are really wired. Why are you yelling directly into the microphone? Just turn your sound down. You know what it is already. We're playing with me. You've been listening to this for a while now. You know you've got to turn this down when you start listening to it. You know I'm going to be raggedy.
1:45.6	Deal with it.
1:46.3	Oh, gosh.
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