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07/04/26, 06:40 PM
# Submit Your Questions: Inside The World of Online Romance Scams
Source: [https://www.wired.com/story/livestream-book-club-inside-the-world-of-online-romance-scams/](https://www.wired.com/story/livestream-book-club-inside-the-world-of-online-romance-scams/)
*The Yahoo Boys*author Carlos Barragán will join Kate Knibbs to answer your questions about Nigeria's romance scammers\.
Photo\-illustration: WIRED Staff; Courtesy of Farrar, Straus & Giroux
For our veryfirst[WIRED Book Club](https://www.wired.com/newsletter/bookclub)livestream, Kate Knibbs will be joined by the author of[*The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers*](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374609306?lv=shuf&ascsubtag=6a187520931e039d612e0957&asc_refurl=https://www.wired.com/story/wired-book-club-excerpt-the-yahoo-boys-carlos-barragan/&tag=w050b-20&asc_campaign=6a187520931e039d612e0957&asc_source=verso&channelId=1&plpRedirect=mhFallback), Carlos Barragán\.
Barragán, a journalist and researcher at*The New York Times*, flew to Lagos to embed himself with a group of young, desperate grifters\. The account he brings back is a funny, sad, enraging read about how the internet can fuel heartbreak\.
On the Panel
- **[Kate Knibbs](https://www.wired.com/author/kate-knibbs/):**senior writer at WIRED, covering prediction markets, the future of media, and how AI is changing the internet\. She also leads[WIRED Book Club](https://www.wired.com/newsletter/bookclub)\.
- [**Carlos Barragán**](https://www.wired.com/author/carlos-barragan/): reporter and researcher for The New York Times based in Madrid\. He was formerly a reporter at El Confidencial before receiving his MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University\.*The Yahoo Boys*is his first book\.
Ask a Question
Submit your burning questions about the book in the comments section below\. The event will be streamed right here, so bookmark this page and mark your calendar to return on**July 16 at 12pm ET / 9am PT**\.
How to Watch
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Join WIRED Book Club
If you'd like to start following along, you can[catch up on past weeks discussions](https://www.wired.com/tag/wired-book-club/), and sign up for WIRED Book Club[here](https://www.wired.com/newsletter/bookclub)\.
In the meantime,[check out past livestreams](https://www.wired.com/tag/webinar/)on[how AI is changing work](https://www.wired.com/story/livestream-ai-is-changing-your-job-now-what/),[big tech and the military](https://www.wired.com/story/livestream-the-war-machine/), and more\.
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[Kate Knibbs](https://www.wired.com/author/kate-knibbs/)is a senior writer at WIRED\. She covers prediction markets, the future of media, and how AI is changing the internet\. She’s also interested in digital grey markets and regulatory battles over new tech\. She is based in Chicago\. Send tips to[\[email protected\]](https://www.wired.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abc0cadfcef4c0c5c2c9c9d8ebdcc2d9cecf85c8c4c6), or reach her on Signal \.\.\.[Read More](https://www.wired.com/author/kate-knibbs)
[Carlos Barragán](https://www.wired.com/author/carlos-barragan/)is a reporter and researcher for The New York Times based in Madrid\. He was formerly a reporter at El Confidencial before receiving his MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University\.*The Yahoo Boys*is his first book\. \.\.\.[Read More](https://www.wired.com/author/carlos-barragan)