Interesting to see how Yahoo! gets its name used in this story by Fortune on CNN about “online scams”. I read the story three times and still do not see the connection between the Yahoo! name and the 14-yr old subject or his methods. Western Union, DHL, FedEx are all mentioned, but Yahoo! seems to have been sprinkled in just as a symbol of online success, like the Rolex and Adidas. The Fortune choice of title certainly gives a different impression:

Online scams create “Yahoo! millionaires”: In Lagos, where scamming is an art, the quickest path to wealth for the cyber-generation runs through a computer screen.

Is this like saying the quickest path to wealth for kids is through music and calling them Warner millionares? Or is it suggesting that Yahoo! is an engine for profitable online scams? Or is it suggesting that 14-yr old scammers who make money should be called Yahoo!s?