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 out and it didn’t succeed very well,” the message added.

That money at the heart of the dispute stems from an alleged 2018 deed of trust purportedly signed by Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, to secure a loan through Naussany Investments.

Keough argued her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, had never borrowed the money.

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“These documents are fraudulent,” her lawsuit said, and the notary responsible for the 2018 deed said in an affidavit that she had not notarized Lisa Marie Presley’s signature, according to the Tennessee judge who halted the auction.

Officials with the FBI have contacted Keough related to suspected fraud, according to the report.