![]() ![]() However, it is increasingly under attack by cybercriminals as the number, cost, and sophistication of attacks are increasing at an alarming rate. ![]() The Global Information Infrastructure creates unlimited opportunities for commercial, social and other human activities. It finally suggested a review of the Nigerian law guiding the operations of banking, poster agencies, and various speed post services in the country, as these are necessary preconditions to effectively combat the problem. It recommended a complete reorganization of the Nigerian Police Force and Economic and Financial Crime Commission, as some of the officers in the institutions aid and abet cybercrime. The article discussed the need for reorientation of Nigerian youths in higher institutions, and various methods as guiding principles for potential victims. It was clear that most perpetrators of cybercrime were involved in on-line dating and buying and selling with fake identity among others. Their strategies include collaboration with security agents and bank officials, local and international networking, and the use of voodoo that is, traditional supernatural power. The findings revealed that most of the cybercrime perpetrators in Nigeria are between the age of 22 and 29 years who were undergraduates and have distinctive lifestyles from other youths. ![]() This article has filled this gap by using data from 40 cybercrime perpetrators selected with snowballing technique. Despite this, there is dearth of descriptive study that attempts to unravel the strategies employed by the perpetrators in Nigeria, as an important precondition for workable and reliable policy direction to address the problem. Desperate and vulnerable individuals in every continent continue to fall into its trap. A lot has been written on cybercrime and its prevention, but the problem has proved particularly resilient to remedial action. ![]()
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