Cyber Criminals (Yahoo Boys) giving good business to Cybercafes in Nigeria

Lagos in Nigeria had been witnessing lot of fraudulent Internet activities as cybercafés out there had a major customer base of cyber criminals. Recently the law enforcement authorities in Cyber Crime unit in Lagos are constantly revising their strategies in their efforts towards cleaning out scammers from the nation.

Being in anti-virus research we come across lot of online scams that originate from Nigeria. Most of the 419 kind of scams are having their origin in Nigeria. I always wonder about what is happening in Nigeria and how come there is nobody who can catch these people and put them behind bar.

The Internet fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo Boys” in local parlance are very much used to easy money now. I have not seen any drop in their activities.

Today I came across a nice article that talks about one such Yahoo Boy-Azubuike Ejiogu’s story. This gives a good background about the situations in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos and its suburb. Click here to read full article.