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• July 4, 2026

For our very WIRED Book Club’s first live broadcast, Kate Knibbs will be accompanied by the author of The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception and the Real Life of Nigeria’s Romance ScammersCarlos Barragan. Barragán, journalist and researcher of the The New York TimesHe flew to Lagos to join a group of desperate young scammers. The story