Before Emilia Portia was nabbed by the EFCC for defrauding her Facebook followers of 110 million naira Ponzi investment, she had actually been in the business of scamming her followers on social media but unlike my good lady, Amanda Chisom, who she mentored on how to scam gullible Facebook people, she was not outright and loud with her scam. She packaged herself very well as a well-to-do socialite who is the chairman of a fake bank, so it was easy for gullible people to fall for her antics. Before her present ordeal with EFCC, in 2015, she orchestrated a big heist among Nigerians in the diaspora who supported the former president, Good luck, Jonathan. She appeared rich, so it was easy for the diaspora Goodluck Jonathan supporters to believe her and part with their hard-earned money. My friend Uyai Abasiama James was scammed 40 million by the legendary Portia using that scheme in 2015 and their only connection was that they both supported Goodluck Jo...
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