The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reached out to the general public to assist the agency in tracking down and arresting six Nigerians suspected of cyber crimes.

This comes days after a group of high-profile Nigerian cyber criminals, including Hushpuppi and Woodberry, were arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

The FBI took to Twitter to ask for help, and many Nigerians are coming up with mixed reactions:

Help the #FBI find ​six Nigerian nationals wanted for their involvement in ​business​ email ​compromise (BEC) schemes resulting in over $6 ​million in losses. Read more about each defendant at http://ow.ly/97Dk50A9Gk8​​, and submit tips at http://tips.fbi.gov. #FugitiveFriday

A Twitter user, Your Daddy, replied:

To every white person here who have been scammed, I just want to say that I am sorry for your experience. Please note, these few bad eggs do not represent the rest of us Nigerians. We are a good people, cultured and well-raised. I hope these guys get punished. Be careful, guys.

Another user, The Igbo Wolf, wrote:

Racism is white people deciding who is the poster boy for crime.

On this list, there are 39 men of Arab origin, 16 Russians, 20 Chinese/Southeast Asian guys, and just 6 Nigerians.

But the 6 Nigerians are pasted here

Dehkunle of Africa wrote:

Many people condemning Nigeria in this comment section didn’t even click the link ,I just read it all and
there are 79 of them ;16 Russians, 20 Chinese ,6 Nigerians and 37 men of arabic descent.But they’re making Nigeria the subject of criticism coz of a few bad eggs

JAGS replied:

You used the name ‘Nigerian’ as click bait, when there are other nationalities here

All Nigerians are not scammers, this type of post encourages the stereotypes that makes other countries keep profiling us as scammers

Not all black people are thugs, not all Nigerians are frauds

freethinker chimed in:

We are good people and work legitmately to make ends meet.
Please do not judge us based on the greed of these six miscreants.
BTW the original list contains 16 Russians, 20 Chinese and about 35 people of arabic descent. Kindly post for all to see.

freethinker added a video of all the suspects, while tweeting:

To every Nigerian out there earning legitimately, God no go shame us

Bobby Salami Junior wrote:

Wait a minute. The Nigerian princess that I sent money to is still coming to live with me in America. Right???

Baby boy wrote:

Have you caught those white guys or are you using Nigeria to get attention?

Oluwadere replied:

You lots are complaining as to why the headline says “6 Nigerians” while there are other individuals from other countries in there
6 Nigerians can be the headline if they want it to be, I hope they get caught

Meanwhile, ladies can come and check if their boo’s profile is here

Matt wrote:

Hope these 6 Nigerians are caught and punished according to the law.

But in the article they are;
16 Russians
20 Chinese
37 Arab people.

Why use the 6 Nigerians as your headline? When there are other nationalities with higher numbers.

Is it racism? #JustAsking

50 Shades Of Code (Python Linux) wrote:

There are millions of legitimate Nigerians the way there are lots of other nationale scammers. We are sorry for your experience and hope all those involve both white and black face justice. We Nigerians are nice and hardworking people.. ask @iamcardib for confirmation

Marvel wrote:

Nigerians are worst scammers on this planet, never deal with them..

Tosin Olugbenga said it was racism to use six Nigerians as poster boys of crime, while there were other nationals in that list:

Racism at its peak.

This list has:
39 men of Arab origin
16 Russians,
20 Chinese/Southeast Asian guys
6 Nigerians.

But racist FBI has chosen the only 6 Nigerians as the poster boys for this crime.

Criminals are in every nation of the world but the moment you are black…..

Ebube wrote:

Well I am not surprised this is just another Floyd case online. Pure racism. @MBuhari
@GeoffreyOnyeama
@abikedabiri
you people will not talk now. You need to raise a diplomatic storm on this. Why wasn’t the Caption “Chinese” why use Nigerians who are the smallest number

Kgosi Mogapi VII replied:

Nigeria is the boss of cyber crime

Help the #FBI find ​six Nigerian nationals wanted for their involvement in ​business​ email ​compromise (BEC) schemes resulting in over $6 ​million in losses. Read more about each defendant at https://t.co/Q1OToaIVsl​​, and submit tips at https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD. #FugitiveFriday pic.twitter.com/67TZPHLgHA

— FBI (@FBI) June 27, 2020

To every Nigerian out there earning legitimately, God no go shame us 🙏 pic.twitter.com/TvL0hrE2K3

— freethinker (@Elmaxi_ubongy) June 27, 2020

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.