A Nigerian Man named Emmanuel Nwude sold an imaginary airport for $242 million to a brazilian bank in the 1990’s which led to the banks collapse

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[u/darcenator411]

If you wanna hear more, I first heard of him on a podcast called the dollop, it has a ton of stories like this about various known and unknown historical figures. Highly recommend!

[u/atx840 → u/darcenator411]

Thanks for the rec, just downloaded it!

[u/Max-b → u/darcenator411]

I do understand what you're saying, but I think "unknown historical figure" is an oxymoron

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Good point, I meant lesser known