Faraday Okoro Is The Nigerian Filmmaker Who Has Become A Billionaire Thanks To Email Scammers


With the rapid rise in e-mail scamming,  Faraday Okoro, a Nigerian filmmaker, is taking the legend of the email scams to the big screen.

Faraday competed for a $1 million grant to make a feature film that would have its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next year along with four other filmmakers. They all had 10 minutes to pitch their movie to a jury whose members included Empire writer, Lee Daniels, Jeffrey Wright and Avengers star, Anthony Mackie.
 
Faraday pitched Nigerian Princea movie he said would explore the backstories of Nigerian email scammers. According to Faraday, he had spent the previous night and predawn hours rehearsing every 30 minutes.


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