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The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar

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Feed Name: WIRED Security

Date Published: 2026-06-01

Date Updated: 2026-06-01

Author: Carlos Barragán

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An excerpt from Carlos Barragán’s The Yahoo Boys follows Chibuike, a young man in Lagos who becomes involved in online romance and celebrity-impersonation scams. The piece is a human-centered narrative that describes his path into scamming, the social context of dorime spending, and the tactics he adopted (including posing as public figures) rather than providing technical threat intelligence or indicators.

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