How to Become a Yahoo Boy

Exploring how Nigeria's become synonymous with fraud

Episode 2 of the Uncultured podcast, hosted by The Culture Custodian, titled "How to Become a Yahoo Boy" was published on November 6, 2023 and runs 28 minutes.

November 6, 2023 ·28m · Uncultured

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Summary

For a small fee of 2 million USD only, deposited into this account: 0000000419, Tamara is going to teach you how to become a yahoo boy. The name originally belonged to 90’s internet fraudsters armed with Yahoo email addresses but has evolved into pop culture phenomena both home and abroad. Joined by Chioma Onyenwe, founder of Racounteur productions and producer of true crime podcast 23419 - a docu-series on the infamous imaginary airport salesman Emmanuel Nwude - the two breakdown the origins of a narrative that has cast Nigeria as the protagonist of international cyber crime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

For a small fee of 2 million USD only, deposited into this account: 0000000419, Tamara is going to teach you how to become a yahoo boy. The name originally belonged to 90’s internet fraudsters armed with Yahoo email addresses but has evolved into pop culture phenomena both home and abroad. Joined by Chioma Onyenwe, founder of Racounteur productions and producer of true crime podcast 23419 - a docu-series on the infamous imaginary airport salesman Emmanuel Nwude - the two breakdown the origins of a narrative that has cast Nigeria as the protagonist of international cyber crime.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.