'The Yahoo Boys' behind online romance scams

from On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti · host WBUR

When his mother fell for an online romance scam, Carlos Barragán flew to Nigeria to track down the con artist. What he uncovered was so much bigger. *** Thank you for listening. Help power On Point by making a donation here: wbur.org/giveonpoint

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