The Yahoo Boys(雅虎男孩（Yahoo Boys）是西非地...). By Carlos Barragán. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 304 pages; $29. W&N £22
《雅虎男孩》。作者卡洛斯·巴拉甘。法拉尔、斯特劳斯和吉鲁；304页；29美元。W&N出版社22英镑。
It was love at first sleight(第一眼骗术). As with many relationships, Brian’s and Silvia’s courtship started on Tinder(Tinder 是一款基于位置的社交约会应...). Brian, a dashing(潇洒的) American soldier, sent Silvia, a Spanish dentist, passionate affirmations of love: “I want you to be a happy wonderful woman, someone I would love to share more than my life with.”(“我想让你成为一个快乐美好的女人，一个我愿意用生命去分享的人。”) Brian said he was coming to Spain, and Silvia bought two rings.
这是一见钟情（也是骗术见长）。和许多恋情一样，布莱恩和西尔维亚的求爱始于Tinder。布莱恩是一名潇洒的美国军人，给西班牙牙医西尔维亚发送了热烈的爱情宣言：“我想让你成为一个快乐美好的女人，一个我愿意用生命去分享的人。”布莱恩说他即将来西班牙，西尔维亚买了两个戒指。
But Brian was not a real soldier; he was a scammer posing as(伪装成) a suitor(追求者). He told Silvia he had found bars of solid gold(纯金) while on deployment(部署) in Syria. Silvia’s son grew suspicious. He thought it might be a scam and that his mother would be asked to send money to cover the shipping. They used an IP-address tracker to find out where Brian’s emails were coming from: the fraudster was in Lagos, Nigeria.
但布莱恩不是真士兵；他是伪装成追求者的骗子。他告诉西尔维亚，在叙利亚执行任务时发现了几条金条。西尔维亚的儿子起了疑心。他认为这可能是骗局，母亲可能会被要求支付运费。他们用IP地址追踪器查出了布莱恩的邮件来源：骗子在尼日利亚拉各斯。
