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yahoo-yahoo boy

yahoo-yahoo boy is the alternative form of Yahoo boy.

Meaning of Yahoo boy

Noun

Yahoo boy (plural Yahoo boys)

  1. (Nigeria) A man who carries out 419 fraud.
    • The EFCC has a cyber crimes unit to monitor the activities of internet scam artists, also known as "Yahoo boys" (probably because they conduct their activities through their Yahoo e-mail accounts).2009, Patience Idaraesit Akpan-Obong, Information and Communication Technologies in Nigeria, →OCLC

Forms of yahoo-yahoo boy

pluralyahoo-yahoo boys

Questions about yahoo-yahoo boy

What is yahoo-yahoo boy the alternative form of?
Yahoo-yahoo boy is the alternative form of Yahoo boy.

Words near yahoo-yahoo boy in the dictionary

  1. Yahoo Grouper
  2. Yahoo Groupers
  3. Yahoo Groupie
  4. Yahoo Groupies
  5. Yahoo!
  6. yahoo-yahoo boy
  7. yahoo-yahoo boys
  8. yahoodom
  9. yahooed
  10. Yahooer
  11. Yahooers

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