ترجم إلى العربية باحتراف  posted on Instagram that led to his
ultimate downfall this is an extremely
fascinating story that you won't want to
miss make sure you watch it until the
end today we are delving into the story
of a notorious scammer named Ramon Abbas
who became known by the nickname hush
puppy before becoming famous Raymond was
born and raised in one of the poorest
neighborhoods in Lagos Nigeria
in 2000s the internet began to spread
worldwide and many people especially
young people in Nigeria turned to the
internet for new opportunities as life
and job prospects were limited
unfortunately young Nigerians including
Ramen turned to the world of scams and
fraud eventually gangs and communities
of scammers were formed and for them
this became a real job with regular
working hours they would gather and
exchange experiences ideas and
strategies forming a society of Internet
scammers that flourished and grew in
Nigeria every day these gangs would
carry out tens of thousands of
fraudulent operations and attempts
Ramana boss was one of the young people
who was enamored with this world and got
involved with digital scam gangs at a
young age most of the scams that they
Email Scams
used to run happen through email and
they specifically used Yahoo as
masterminds of Deceit they were known as
Yahoo boys because they carried out most
of their scams via email using Yahoo
mail to lure in unsuspecting victims
their primary target was Americans and
they obtained their email addresses
through various sources to manipulate
the emotions of their prey the scammers
employed various tactics including
playing on their greed and desire for
wealth
scammers would masquerade as wealthy
individuals such as princes bank
managers or lawyers claiming to require
assistance in transferring large sums of
money out of Nigeria with dreams of
sudden riches the eagerly replied to the
scammer's email asking what they needed
to do to claim their Fortune the scammer
skilled in their art would then entice
the victim further eventually requesting
a small transfer of 500 or a thousand
dollars to confirm their bank account
before the millions could be transferred
to the victim this seemed like a trivial
amount when compared to the millions
they would soon receive and they were
willing to take the risk The Lure of
Psychological Manipulation
life-changing wealth was too strong and
the scammer knew precisely how to play
on the emotions of their prey scammers
are crafty and use a variety of tactics
to manipulate people one such method is
to prey on their emotions they can use
false identities and create a romantic
relationships with their victims
manipulating them into transferring
money
another scam plays on the victim's
nationalistic Pride by claiming to be a
brave American Soldier stuck in Africa
with no funds to return home these scams
are always designed to play on a
specific emotion like greed or
patriotism in order to gain the victim's
trust the Yahoo boys were notorious for
their training in the psychological
manipulation techniques among them was
Ramana bus who worked tirelessly sending
hundreds of emails every day to scam
people out of their money with time he
became a master of his craft and when he
felt confident enough to go solo he
abandoned his gang and started building
his criminal Empire