LSE creators

Number of items: 33.
Article
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Chiang, Mina, Dimitrova, Rossitza Stefanova, Thu, Theint Theint, Essien, Enobong (2026). What do we know about human trafficking and scam compounds in Southeast Asia (2020–2025)? A qualitative meta-synthesis of coercive deviant enterprises. Deviant Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2025.2604138 picture_as_pdf
  • Auwal, Aminu Muhammad, Lazarus, Suleman (2025). Experiences of local victims of Yahoo Boys’ socio-economic cybercrimes in Nigeria. Discover Psychology, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-025-00479-5 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2025). The weaponization of football dreams in human trafficking scheme. Journal of Human Trafficking, https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2025.2600272 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Tickner, Peter, Button, Mark (2025). Pulpit, power, and predation: “Yahoo men of God,” prosperity theology, and the twin fraud triangles. Critical Research on Religion, 13(3), 333-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503032251381309 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2025). What is scholar-baiting? When the watcher is watched, and the social engineering attacks on scholars. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, https://doi.org/10.1177/08912416251395087 picture_as_pdf
  • Button, Mark, Lazarus, Suleman, Hock, Branislav, Sabia, James Bugbilla, Pandey, Durgesh, Gilmour, Paul (2025). Nigerian confraternities and mass cross-border fraud. Trends in Organized Crime, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-025-09576-2 picture_as_pdf
  • Button, Mark, Lazarus, Suleman, Hock, Branislav, Sabia, James Bugbilla, Pandey, Durgesh, Gilmour, Paul (2025). Factors influencing involvement in cyber-frauds in West Africa and the implications for policy. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-025-09649-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2025). An autoethnographic perspective on scholarly impact, citation politics, and North–South power dynamics. Life Writing, 22(3), 603 - 629. https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2024.2430666 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Soares, Adebayo Benedict, Button, Mark (2025). Pathways, pressure, and profit: adaptive innovation and strain in a convicted cybercrime academy called Hustle Kingdom. Deviant Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2025.2551790 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Tickner, Peter, McGuire, Michael R. (2025). Cybercrime against senior citizens: exploring ageism, ideal victimhood, and the pivotal role of socioeconomics. Security Journal, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-025-00482-4 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2025). Cybercriminal networks and operational dynamics of business email compromise (BEC) scammers: insights from the “Black Axe” Confraternity. Deviant Behavior, 46(4), 456 - 480. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2024.2352049 picture_as_pdf
  • Soares, Adebayo Benedict, Lazarus, Suleman, Button, Mark (2025). Love, lies, and larceny: one hundred convicted case files of cybercriminals with eighty involving online romance fraud. Deviant Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2025.2482824 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Button, Mark, Garba, Kaina Habila, Soares, Adebayo Benedict, Hughes, Mariata (2025). Strategic business movements? The migration of online romance fraudsters from Nigeria to Ghana. Journal of Economic Criminology, 7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100128 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Soares, Adebayo Benedict (2025). From business centres to hustle kingdoms: historical perspectives on innovative models of deviant education. International Annals of Criminology, 62(3-4), 449 - 468. https://doi.org/10.1017/cri.2025.1 picture_as_pdf
  • Whittaker, Jack M., McGuire, M.R., Lazarus, Suleman (2025). Conversations with deviant website developers: a case study of online shopping fraud enablers. Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1177/26338076251321844 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Chiang, Mina, Button, Mark (2025). Assessing human trafficking and cybercrime intersections through survivor narratives. Deviant Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2025.2470402 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2025). Online romance scams: who Nigeria and Ghana’s fraudsters are, how they operate, and why they do it. The Conversation,
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Hughes, Mariata, Button, Mark, Garba, Kaina Habila (2025). Fraud as legitimate retribution for colonial injustice: neutralization techniques in interviews with police and online romance fraud offenders. Deviant Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2024.2446328 picture_as_pdf
  • Soares, Adebayo Benedict, Lazarus, Suleman (2024). Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders. Criminal Justice Studies, 37(4), 328 - 351. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2024.2429088 picture_as_pdf
  • Auwal, A. M., Lazarus, Suleman (2024). Социолого-криминологическое исследование проблем виктимизации: предварительный этап и новая область категоризации киберпреступности. Journal of Digital Technologies and Law, 2(4), 915 - 942. https://doi.org/10.21202/jdtl.2024.44 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2024). Assessing cybercrime syndicates: understanding ‘Black Axe’ confraternity and cybercriminal networks in business email compromise (BEC) Scams. The Public Sector Counter Fraud Journal, picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Ziegler, Liz (2024). What is the emotional impact of fraud? Lloyds Banking Group,
  • Whittaker, Jack M., Lazarus, Suleman (2024). ‘Pig butchering’ fraud: the link between modern slavery, torture and online crime. The Conversation,
  • Garba, Kaina Habila, Lazarus, Suleman, Button, Mark (2024). An assessment of convicted cryptocurrency fraudsters. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2024.2403294 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Button, Mark (2024). Hustle academies: west Africa’s online scammers are training others in fraud and sextortion. The Conversation,
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Ghafari, Abdul Rahim, Kapend, Richard, Rezayee, Khalid Jan, Aminpoor, Hasibullah, Essar, Mohammad Yasir, Nemat, Arash (2024). Nomophobia (no-mobile-phone phobia) among the undergraduate medical students. Heliyon, 10(16). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36250 picture_as_pdf
  • Whittaker, Jack M., Lazarus, Suleman, Corcoran, Taidgh (2024). Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘). Journal of Economic Criminology, 3, https://doi.org/Are fraud victims nothing more than animals picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Olaigbe, Olatunji, Adeduntan, Ayo, Dibiana, Edward t., Okolorie, Geoffrey u. (2023). Cheques or dating scams? Online fraud themes in hip-hop songs across popular music apps. Journal of Economic Criminology, 2, p. 100033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconc.2023.100033 picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman, Whittaker, Jack M., McGuire, Michael R., Platt, Lucinda (2023). What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021). Journal of Economic Criminology, 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconc.2023.100013 picture_as_pdf
    • Chapter
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2025). Cyber fraud, global. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Crime and Gender . SAGE Publications.
    • Report
  • Button, Mark, Gilmour, Paul, Hock, Branislav, Jain, Tulika, Jesperson, Sasha, Lazarus, Suleman, Pandey, Durgesh, Sabia, James (2024). Scoping study on fraud centres: Ghana, India and Nigeria. Itad. picture_as_pdf
    • Blog post
  • Lazarus, Suleman (22 November 2023) The endorsement of online fraud in Nigerian music. Africa at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Lazarus, Suleman (2 February 2023) Social media users compare internet fraudsters to Nigerian politicians. Africa at LSE. picture_as_pdf