A person alleging to be a Nigerian scammer claimed credit on Tuesday for the Graceland foreclosure fiasco that has thrown the future of Elvis Presley’s iconic home into question.
The battle around foreclosing the Memphis, Tennessee, estate began after a public notice was sent out earlier this month accusing the controlling interest of Graceland of owing $3.8 million to a peculiar company, Naussany Investments and Private Lending.
Naussany Investments claimed rights to auction the estate, but Riley Keough, Presley’s granddaughter and heir, filed a temporary restraining order to save Graceland, and a Tennessee judge issued a halt to any sale last week.
Exact details of the alleged $3.8 million debt remain hazy, and a Nigerian-based person holding a Naussany Investments-related email address took credit for the would-be scam in a message to the New York Times, according to a report.
“We figure out how to steal,” read the message, which was written in the Luganda language. “That’s what we do.”
“I had fun figuring this one …