Jack Recider

Are we still on the same podcast? What is going on here?

Okay, are we really going here? I mean, when someone tells me they're using voodoo and black magic to become a better scammer, I'm, like, skeptical and just want to move on past that. I don't even want to pick that up. But for some reason, I'm feeling compelled to look this one up. So first of all, I watched an hour-long BBC documentary on who Black Axe is. And it's absolutely bonkers.

Okay, are we really going here? I mean, when someone tells me they're using voodoo and black magic to become a better scammer, I'm, like, skeptical and just want to move on past that. I don't even want to pick that up. But for some reason, I'm feeling compelled to look this one up. So first of all, I watched an hour-long BBC documentary on who Black Axe is. And it's absolutely bonkers.

I mean, just listen to the first 40 seconds of their documentary.

I mean, just listen to the first 40 seconds of their documentary.

This documentary explains that Black Axe is a cult full of gang violence.

This documentary explains that Black Axe is a cult full of gang violence.

And these guys are really dangerous. They go around murdering people all the time. Sometimes shooting up buildings or causing massacres, which I guess in the U.S. is called mass shootings. The Black X has killed thousands of people.

And these guys are really dangerous. They go around murdering people all the time. Sometimes shooting up buildings or causing massacres, which I guess in the U.S. is called mass shootings. The Black X has killed thousands of people.

This has been going on for 40 years? What? That's interesting because they initially started as a neo-black movement to fight oppression. But it's very different now. And it's unclear to me what their motives are now. Something, something, freedom. Something, something, defend. But even though Wikipedia thinks NBM and Black Acts are the same, the people within NBM don't agree.

This has been going on for 40 years? What? That's interesting because they initially started as a neo-black movement to fight oppression. But it's very different now. And it's unclear to me what their motives are now. Something, something, freedom. Something, something, defend. But even though Wikipedia thinks NBM and Black Acts are the same, the people within NBM don't agree.

Here's the president of NBM.

Here's the president of NBM.

Okay, so you've got this extremely violent street gang, a cult, Black Axe slash NBM, but they seem to also be involved with internet scams. Here's Vice explaining what they found.

Okay, so you've got this extremely violent street gang, a cult, Black Axe slash NBM, but they seem to also be involved with internet scams. Here's Vice explaining what they found.

Holy moly. Yep. Yep. I also watched a few videos about Yahoo Boys. I guess they get their name because they started out using Yahoo Messenger to conduct their scams over. And they interviewed some of the Yahoo Boys who then explained how they do it. And they were open about what they were doing. They're like, yeah, we scam people. We'll steal lots of money from them.

Holy moly. Yep. Yep. I also watched a few videos about Yahoo Boys. I guess they get their name because they started out using Yahoo Messenger to conduct their scams over. And they interviewed some of the Yahoo Boys who then explained how they do it. And they were open about what they were doing. They're like, yeah, we scam people. We'll steal lots of money from them.

In fact, they even posted a video of one of their victims on the verge of suicide. Here, listen.

In fact, they even posted a video of one of their victims on the verge of suicide. Here, listen.

So even though they're ruining people's lives and know that some of these victims that they have are committing suicide and they say they're all addicted to drugs, they deny their involvement with human bloodshed.