CEO of Megalectrics scammed over Jay Z, Rihanna Concert in Nigeria

The negative drive about Nigerians and internet scam often referred to as 419 seemed to have died down until yesterday when TMZ made a publication that suggests a Nigerian businessman had been scammed.

According to Chris Ubosi and his company, Megalectrics, who are suing RiRi over a 2013 concert that never happened, Ubosi says he struck a deal with 2 people who claimed to rep Rihanna, as well as her label Roc Nation and Jay Z. Rihanna would get $425,000 to play for 65 minutes.


The show was supposed to go down in May — and Ubosi says he made 3 payments, totaling $160k … but then her camp asked to postpone the show. Ubosi says he agreed, but only IF Rihanna posted the new date on social media.

In the suit, he says that never happened so Megalectrics pulled the plug, and demanded its money back. Since Ubosi didn’t get the cash, he’s suing Rihanna, Jay Z and Roc Nation for the dough.

Sources close to Rihanna tell us her management knew nothing about the gig and the singer never collected a dime. Her people believe Ubosi is a victim of a scam.

However, a rep for Roc Nation tells TMZ … “Rihanna, Roc Nation nor anyone associated personally or professionally with either party was in contact with this person. Unfortunately this person was scammed. Rihanna nor Roc Nation collected any money for this event.”

Scammed right? Like how can a Nigerian be scammed?