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A cybersecurity research group has been tracking a significant rise in the number of stolen checks being sold on sites like WhatsApp and Telegram, which often results in stolen identities.
Portraying the world of Yahoo Boys – or internet fraudsters – is a growing trend in Nigerian literature. The novels provide a scathing critique of economic exclusion.
Poverty aside, cultural factors like the influence of hip hop songs may also play a role in making a life of cybercrime attractive to young people.
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Cotutelle PhD Candidate in African Postcolonial Literature and Culture, University of Bristol
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Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of BU-CERT, Bournemouth University
