These Dangerous Scammers Don’t Even Bother to Hide Their Crimes

The report outlines how thousands of "Yahoo Boys"—largely based in West Africa—operate openly across Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, YouTube and Scribd to run large-scale fraud and sextortion schemes, sell stolen or AI-generated intimate materials, and distribute scripts and instructions for criminal activity; companies have removed many accounts but dozens remain online and the activity is linked to significant financial and personal harm.