Carlos Barragán's "The Yahoo Boys"

LARB Radio Hour by Medaya Ocher

Jun 19, 202647:14Arts

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by journalist Carlos Barragán, whose new book is called The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria's Romance Scammers . After his own mother is targeted by a sc...

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