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6 Nigerians being extradited to U.S. for swindling women out of $6 million in romance scams

The men, who were arrested in the South African city of Cape Town in 2021, are set to be handed over to officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday and transported to the U.S. to face wire fraud and money laundering charges.

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