The term “Yahoo boys” refers to a group of Internet fraudsters, primarily based in Nigeria and parts of West Africa, who engage in various forms of cybercrime such as advance-fee fraud, romance scams, identity theft, fraud, and business email compromise. This originated from early email scams conducted through Yahoo platforms, which has now evolved into a sophisticated, transnational criminal network leveraging modern technologies including social media, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence. Drivers to this phenomenal include factors such as unemployment, poverty, peer influence, and systemic corruption. The global impact of their activities has to do with massive financial losses, emotional harm to victims, and as well as the reputational damage to Nigeria. Overall, the Yahoo boys’ phenomenon represents a complex intersection of economic hardship, digital opportunity, and evolving cyber threats, requiring coordinated international and local responses. The paper looks into the legal frameworks and enforcement efforts at combating the cybercrime, cum the challenges posed by technological advancements and adaptive criminal strategies.
Yahoo boys, cybercrime, advance-fee fraud, social media, artificial intelligence, modern technologies, cryptocurrency, unemployment, poverty, peer influence, systemic corruption, reputational damage, international/local responses, legal frameworks, Yahoo-yahoo, motivation, ethics, Nigerian Youth.
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