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Nigerian Law Enforcement Agency Advised to Retrain African Cybercriminals

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Feed Name: Dark Reading

Date Published: 2024-01-18

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dark Reading Staff

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A Nigerian cybersecurity specialist advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to retrain young online scammers known as "Yahoo boys" into legitimate IT roles, arguing that redirecting their technical knowledge is preferable to imprisonment; the piece briefly explains that "Yahoo boys" typically conduct 419 scams and low-level phishing.

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