4. Tools, Techniques and Underground Networks of Yahoo-Boys in Ibadan City, Nigeria
- Authors Usman Adekunle Ojedokun, Ayomide Augustine Ilori
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Despite the fact that the online criminal activities of Nigerian cyberfraudsters
popularly known as the Yahoo-boys has attracted tremendous scholarly attention,
little empirical information exists on their operational tools, techniques and
underground networks. Hence, this study was motivated by the need to fill this
observed gap. Social learning theory was adopted as theoretical guide while
in-depth interview was principally deployed for data collection. Snowball sampling
technique was utilized for the selection of 11 Yahoo-boys operating in Ibadan city.
The results showed that Yahoo-boys who became wealthy through cyber fraud
perpetration were being imitated by their peers who saw them as role models. Two
major categories of operational tools were generally deployed by the Yahoo-boys for
crime commission and illicit cash flows. Underground online forums, foreign criminal
contacts and abroad-based criminal associates constituted the major sources of their
operational tools and positively reinforced them towards cyber fraud. Yahoo-boys
invested huge capital in the procurement of operational tools because they positively
defined cyber fraud as a profitable business. There is the need for global law
enforcement agencies and relevant international cybercrime-fighting institutions to
constantly review and analyze the latest tools and techniques being employed by
cyberfraudsters to effectively curtail their illegal activities.
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