WIRED Book Club Livestream: Carlos Barragán Discusses 'The Yahoo Boys' and Nigeria's Romance Scammers
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Kate Knibbs, Carlos Barragán
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This is an announcement for WIRED Book Club's first livestream event, where Kate Knibbs will interview Carlos Barragán, author of "The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria's Romance Scammers." Barragán, a New York Times journalist, embedded himself with a group of young romance scammers in Lagos, Nigeria, to produce a book that explores how the internet enables heartbreak and deception. The article invites readers to submit questions about the book in the comments section for the upcoming panel discussion.
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· 3 pulledThe account he brings back is a funny, sad, enraging read about how the internet can fuel heartbreak.
Barragán, a journalist and researcher at The New York Times, flew to Lagos to embed himself with a group of young, desperate grifters.
Submit your burning questions about the book in the comments section below.
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