SCARS|RSN™ Scam Basics: A Taxonomy12 min read

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Updated on May 26, 2019 by SCARS|RSN Romance Scams Now Editorial Team

SCARS|RSN™ Scam Basics: A Taxonomy

There Are A Lot Of Different Words Or Terms Used To Describe Different Kinds Of People Involved In Romance Scams!

WARNING: SOME OF THESE TERMS USED BY NIGERIAN AND OTHER SCAMMERS ARE OFFENSIVE – DISCRETION IS ADVISED

Here Is A Guide To The Meaning Of Many Of Those Terms (A Taxonomy)

TERMS FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SCAMS:

ACCESSORY (SUPPORTER): someone in the victim’s own country working with the scammer – may collect money but is not a mule
AJE BUTTER [SCAMMER SLANG]: rich spoiled person – rich victim or rich scammer
AKATA [SCAMMER SLANG]: white man – also called COLONIZER
AMEBO [SCAMMER SLANG]: backbiter/rumor-monger
ANTI-SCAM GROUP: a group of people involved in helping to expose scammer or educate the public – usually amateurs /nonprofessional – most do more harm to victims
ANTI-SCAM HATE GROUP: an amateur group pretending to be experts in scams and scamming that focuses on hate for scammers
ARISTO [SCAMMER SLANG]: Yahoo Boys that like young girls (underage or teens)
BADDO [SCAMMER SLANG]: is another word for ‘Bad Guy’ used to describe how good a scammer is at a particular thing – ironically, is also a major dating website
CATCHER [SCAMMER SLANG]: a scammer who makes the first contact with a victim and then start to pass them onto another scammer who finishes the job/closes
CHOP COCKROACH [SCAMMER SLANG]: pregnant Yahoo girl – used in rituals
CHURCH MEMBER [SCAMMER SLANG]: This is a word commonly used by FRAT BOYS/CULTISTS/RITUALISTS
CLIENT [SCAMMER SLANG]: a victim being groomed by a scammer
COACH [SCAMMER SLANG]: a scammer trainer
COLONIZER [SCAMMER SLANG]: white man
CULTISTS: involved in Yahoo Yahoo rituals
FLASH BOY [SCAMMER SLANG]: a successful scammer that shows their wealth
FRAT BOYS [SCAMMER SLANG]: involved in Yahoo Yahoo rituals
FRAUD BOY [SCAMMER SLANG]: can mean a Yahoo Boy, GBoy, or Sakawa Boy – but is used more for non-internet actors
FRAUDSTER: the cybercriminals themselves
G BOY [SCAMMER SLANG]: equivalent and slightly more modern that ‘Yahoo Yahoo boys’
GBEBORUN [SCAMMER SLANG]: backbiter/rumor-monger also called
GUY [SCAMMER SLANG]: scammer engaged in advance fee fraud
GUYMAN [SCAMMER SLANG]: scammer engaged in advance fee fraud
JEW [SCAMMER SLANG]: non-cultist/non-ritualist
JONES [SCAMMER SLANG]: means someone or a group are not being smart – also means the speaker is talking about someone not seizing the opportunity where he or she ought to (as in a scam)
KELE [SCAMMER SLANG]: young woman
LIMPET: a scammer that attaches to a victim’s family and friends but remains quiet
MAGA [SCAMMER SLANG]: fool / victim
MAHEE [SCAMMER SLANG]: victim of advance fee fraud / scam
MAHI [SCAMMER SLANG]: victim of advance fee fraud / scam
MAYE [SCAMMER SLANG]: fool / victim
MAYEE [SCAMMER SLANG]: victim of advance fee fraud / scam
MAYI [SCAMMER SLANG]: victim of advance fee fraud / scam
MOMSY [SCAMMER SLANG]: an informal word for mother or elderly woman (can be victim or not)
MOLE: a victim who is helping a scammer – may or may not be aware they are part of the scam
MUGU [SCAMMER SLANG]: fool / victim
MUGUN [SCAMMER SLANG]: victim of advance fee fraud / scam
MULE: a victim that receives stolen property from other victims – usually does not are involved in scam / crime
NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIMES: a public / private partnership with the United States Department of Justice to register crime victims’ assistance organizations (SCARS is registered with the NCVC)
O’BOY [SCAMMER SLANG]: friend who knows scammer is scamming
OGA [SCAMMER SLANG]: boss
O’GIRL [SCAMMER SLANG]: girlfriend who knows scammer is scamming
PARTNER: another scammer to ask as the fictitious lawyer, doctor or another person to reinforce the scam
PLUCKER: local money courier picks up money from transfer agent
POPSY [SCAMMER SLANG]: an informal word for father or elderly man (can be victim or not)
RITUALISTS: involved in Yahoo Yahoo rituals
RUNNER [SCAMMER SLANG]: local money courier picks up money from transfer agent
SAKAWA BOY [SCAMMER SLANG]: Ghana scammer that is involved in Sakawa rituals
SCAMMER: the cyber criminal themselves
SCARS: the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scam Inc. a registered professional victims’ assistance, education, and advocacy nongovernmental organization
SCRIPTWRITER: someone that writes scripts for scammers to follow
SUGAR MUMMY [SCAMMER SLANG]: an older woman in a relationship / scam
TEY TEY [SCAMMER SLANG]: old victim comes back after long delay
TUSH [SCAMMER SLANG]: A refined well-educated scammer
VICTIMS’ ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION: an incorporate organization – usually a tax exempt nonprofit that provides professional assistance / advocacy to victims of crimes
VICTIMS’ ASSISTANCE PROFESSIONAL: a professional specifically trained and involved in providing assistance to crime victims – most are certified and work for Victims’ Assistance Organizations
YAHOO BOY [SCAMMER SLANG]: Nigerian style scammer
YAHOO MILLIONAIRES [SCAMMER SLANG]: very successful Yahoo Boys
YAHOO YAHOO [SCAMMER SLANG]: internet scammers that have gone into JuJu rituals

TERMS FOR RELATED PLACES OR ACTIVITIES ONLINE:

ANYSCAM.COM: a universal cybercrime data reporting network developed by SCARS to distribute scam and scammer data worldwide to agencies and governments
SCAM BAITING: where a victim or other person uses the methods of the scammers against them – meaning they engage in online deception and fraud
SUPPORT GROUP: a professionally managed peer to peer support group run by a victims’ assistance organization or their affiliate
VICTIM MINE: a scammer created website or social media page/group that victims willingly follow and participate allowing access to victims that can be scammed over and over
VICTIM WAREHOUSE: fake or pretender or amateur anti-scam group / website / social media page where victims go to / join / stay not knowing any better – preventing themselves access to real help / support / assistance

SCAM ACTIVITY TERMS:

AKWUKWO [SCAMMER SLANG]: fake check
BILL [SCAMMER SLANG]: the amount a scammer plans to take out from his victim
CAST [SCAMMER SLANG]: means something is now available to everyone and no longer a secret / shared victim / sold victim
CHEKERE [SCAMMER SLANG]: fake check
EGO [SCAMMER SLANG]: money from a scam / from a victim
EKE DON CARRY AM [SCAMMER SLANG]: police have arrested him
FALL HAND [SCAMMER SLANG]: means did not disappoint / victim paid
FALL MUGU / TO FALL MUGU [SCAMMER SLANG]: to be fooled and to become a victim of a scam
FLASH OF ACCOUNT [SCAMMER SLANG]: causes the victim’s bank account to provisionally show a large credit – this is intended to persuade the victim to believe in the deal and send money. the credit gets overturned by the bank when it is discovered that the actual check or electronic transfer was fraudulent – bounces
FORMAT [SCAMMER SLANG]: the scheme or script of an advance fee fraud, e.g., “the late dictator format” (the 419 scammer pretends to be a relative of a dictator, e.g. Miriam Abacha, “wife” of Sani Abacha), the next of kin plan, the lottery format
FROZEN [SCAMMER SLANG]: a victim that has run out of money
GBE JA [SCAMMER SLANG]: run away / victim ran away
GUCK [SCAMMER SLANG]: sleep, believe a lie
HAMMER [SCAMMER SLANG]: strike rich / rich victim
I GO CHANGE AM FOR YOU [SCAMMER SLANG]: words of warning or threat
LALAS [SCAMMER SLANG]: money from a scam / from a victim
NO DULLING [SCAMMER SLANG]: don’t prolong things with the victim
PACKAGE [SCAMMER SLANG]: means an ongoing situation / scam
PAROLE [SCAMMER SLANG]: means an ongoing situation / scam
PEPPER [SCAMMER SLANG]: fake check
PEPPER DON READ [SCAMMER SLANG]: means the person’s luck has changed and the person is richer than expected
RUMBLE [SCAMMER SLANG]: (Recruitment of Unwitting Money-launderers by Bogus Letters of Employment), which is part of the overpayment scam
SHUGABA [SCAMMER SLANG]: to be expelled from a gang
SHOW [SCAMMER SLANG]: money from a scam / from a victim
WOZAM SLAP [SCAMMER SLANG]: slap or threaten a victim

MODERN NIGERIAN/WEST AFRICAN SCAMMER SLANG:

ABI: right (as in “exactly, right?”)
ALL JOIN: collective item or group of things – means everything is included.
AM: him/her/it
ARO: funny person
AWOOF: free things
BAFFS: designer clothes
BAFF UP: nicely dressed
BAKASSI/IKEBE: booty
BLACK MARIA: slang for prison van
BURST MY HEAD/BRAIN: this means the speaker is impressed
CHAO: eat (as in chow)
CODED: to keep a low profile/keeping a secret
COMOT: leave
CRASH: sleep
DEM: them/they
DOMOT: entrance/vicinity
DOPE: used to describe how good something is
E/IM: he/she/it
FASHI AM: forget about it
ITK: all those “overserious” people – ITK stands for “I Too Know”
JACK: to read or read something
JAND: UK
KAK: sit
KAKA: butt/shite
KPAI: die/kill
KUSH: weed/marijuana
LIKE PLAY LIKE PLAY: joke / jokingly
LOW KEY: similar to ‘Coded’ but ‘Low Key’ isn’t necessarily a secret.
MUD: die/kill
NACK: hit
OKADA: motorcycle
PAM: chill out/patient
PECHE: chillout
RUNS: try to do things the bad way / tends to be used to denote illegal or immoral activities
SABI: to know
SHEY?: is that right?
STRAFF/FRAP/PRAK: sex
SWAG: this is used to represent another scammer’s style
TEY (TEY TEY): long time (ago)
TROWAY: waste/throw away
UP-FRONT: the up-front money asked for in a scam to protect the involvement in their transaction. Hence the name “advanced fee fraud”
WAHALLA: trouble
WAKA: travel/go/walk away
WETIN: what? ask a question
WOZA: slap
WOZAM SLAP: give him a slap
YANKEE: US

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