Those who frequently purchase reasonably used mobile gadgets have been advised by a Nigerian guy to refrain from purchasing phones that belonged to online scammers also known as Yahoo boys.
He tweeted the warning and described what he saw while visiting the GSM village to get a new screen protector for his phone.

The person known as Jet David claimed to have witnessed a Yahoo lad removing the charm from the back of his old phone and inserting it into the new phone he had just purchased.

The tweep claims that he spoke with the phone vendor, who revealed that it is customary for someone to experience bad luck after purchasing a phone from a yahoo boy.

A Nigerian man has cautioned people who often go for fairly used mobile devices to avoid buying phones that belonged to internet fraudsters also known as Yahoo boys.


He issued the warning in a post on Twitter and shared what he witnessed when he visited GSM village to change his phone’s screen guard.

The guy known as Jet David said he saw a Yahoo boy taking out the charm he put at the back of his old phone and put it in the new phone he bought.

According to the tweep, he interacted with the phone dealer who disclosed that it is a norm and anybody who buys any phone a yahoo boy sells, will be followed by bad luck.

David wrote:-
“No matter how desperate you want it, don’t take or buy a phone from a yahoo boy. I went to change my screen guard yesterday and I saw one werey changing his case and moving the soap (charm) at the back of his old phone case to the new one. 😂

I asked the shop owner about it and he said it’s a norm. That if you buy their phones nothing good comes out of it. Just bad luck because they do different charms on their tools (phones et.c)”

Thanks for sharing.

Yahoo boys phones dey cheap

A Yahoo boy fit sell iPhone 13 Pro Max 256GB for 250k if Sapa catch am

The ones wey dey kart phones too, dem phonene dey cheap

I doubt people will stop buying from them.

Thanks for the information.

So the phone dealer that bought the phone first from the yahoo boy will not experience bad luck?

The only reason not to buy phones from yahoo boys na say the ip of their phones they cast some not all sha, nothing else