Nigerian Man Accuses American Woman Of Scamming Him Out Of $147K Car

The businessman claims he paid a Missouri broker in full for the Lexus LX600 but never received his luxury SUV

Car Talk, Autos Oct 23, 2025 0 1 Add to Reading List

Nigerian Man Accuses American Woman Of Scamming Him Out Of $147K Car

A Nigerian businessman is suing a Missouri woman over a missing Lexus.
Briggs Egharevba paid nearly $150K in October but still has no vehicle.
He’s suing a St. Louis-based broker for fraud and contract breach.

Imagine ordering your dream car and handing over $147,000 to make that dream a reality, only to get… well, nothing. That’s exactly what one Nigerian man claims has happened, and he’s turned to the US legal system to get his cash back.

Plaintiff Briggs Egharevba connected with Missouri-based Adesuwa Renee Ogiozee, the boss of Adesuwa Auto LLC, an online broker for luxury cars, in early October 2023.

Egharevba was interested in buying a Lexus LX, and handed over a total of $147,000 to cover the $143,000 cost of the SUV, plus around $3,000 for shipping and a $1,000 brokerage fee, Fox2 reports.

So far, so good. Ogiozee sent over some pictures of the LX600, and Egharevba was later told to expect delivery in the final week of November. But it never came.

What did arrive over the following 18 months was a string of excuses from Ogiozee about hold-ups due to holiday shipping times, inspections, and paperwork.

Egharevba came to the conclusion that the Lexus was never ordered after getting fed up of the delays and realizing that the pictures of “his” SUV were in fact just stock images.

What makes this case especially interesting is the international angle: a Nigerian buyer trusting a US seller with a massive sum, and apparently betting on a big payoff.

That didn’t work out, so Eghraveba is suing Ogiozee for violating Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act, fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and conversion, Fox2 says. He’s asking for the $147k he paid out, plus legal costs and more besides.

Scams Evolve

Luxury car scams are nothing new, though this one’s a little different from the ones we’ve mostly been writing about this year. In February, we reported that thieves were hacking into transport companies’ computer systems to change the delivery addresses of Ferraris and Rolls-Royces.

Police busted three Russian and Armenian men the same month as they attempted to take possession of a bright orange Lamborghini Urus.