SOME USEFUL TERMS TO KNOW.

[Wayne]

Taken from "The Scam Survivors' Handbook"

Not all of these terms apply to every site. Some will use their own variations, but we'll cover as many as possible so you'll understand what's being discussed.

Lad - Scammer from West Africa.

Vlad - Scammer from Russia/Ukraine.

Pinay - Scammer from the Philippines.

Thrower account - Account used to mail scammers. Also an account scammers use to send out their format.

Catcher account - Account used to receive emails, either by a lad to receive victim emails or a baiter to receive scammer emails. The catcher account details will be sent out in the email from the thrower account, as in "email me back at XXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXX.com"

Trophy - Anything the scammer makes or does specifically for you that takes up their time. Hunted for by baiters, not relevant to catchers.
Mugu means "fool" in the Igbo language
Maga is also from the Igbo language. A maga is a fool, but a generous one that God has sent the scammer. They are maga as long as they pay. Maga and 'job' are practically interchangeable except a job might not have paid yet. Once a maga turns accusatory or hostile, or turns out to be a baiter (they call us jokers) then the maga becomes a mugu, which is a very derisive term and why we call them mugus.
Format and script - The letters sent by Nigerians are called "format". This is how they call it themselves. Everything that victims and other scammers send to them is carefully stored in their drafts folder, be it a letter, a poem, a profile description or chat transcript. Everything is a "format" that will be reused on victims later. The formats are being passed between mailboxes and never discarded. Formats are their working tools.
The pre-written letters sent by vlads are traditionally called "script".
ITP rule = innocent third party rule, we never involve anyone else in our baits that isn't aware they are participating. This even law enforcement.
EXIF data - The hidden data in photos that you can often find with the right tools. They show when a photo was taken, with what camera, if and when it was altered and with what software. Sometimes it will even show you a thumbnail of the original photo before it was altered.
Headers/IP address - Headers are the part of an email you usually don't see. The IP address is a part of the headers that will show you the (approximate unless you're in law enforcement and able to get the complete information off the internet provider) location the email was sent from. The information shown are the internet provider's contact details and not that of the scammer.

Proxy - A proxy server allows you to connect to the internet via a 3rd part, thus hiding your real location. Proxies are the computers used to connect via the server.