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AnyScam Scam Stats

Phone numbers, by country

United States or Canada67.2%
Ghana6.2%
Nigeria5.8%
United Kingdom5.1%
Philippines1.4%
Malaysia1.1%
South Africa1.0%
Ivory Coast0.8%
India0.8%
France0.7%
All others9.9%

Profiles, by platform

Facebook95.6%
Instagram2.8%
Google+0.8%
Other website0.3%
X (Twitter)0.2%
LinkedIn0.1%
Telegram0.0%
TikTok0.0%
YouTube0.0%
OkCupid0.0%
All others0.1%

Profiles, by the kind of persona

Fake persona: a man46.4%
Fake persona: military18.5%
Fake persona: a woman15.5%
Fake profile13.9%
Real scammer profile3.6%
Real person: a man1.4%
Real person: a woman0.5%
Social media page0.3%
Social media group0.0%

Percentages of reports made to SCARS Institute. Where scammers said they were is often false; identified locations come from investigations.

AnyScam Scam Database Message Examples

Real messages sent by scammers, as reported to SCARS Institute. Victims' names and contact details are removed.

Scam email · 2022

hi , i received to my email :
katie higins
вс, 13 нояб., 18:44 (10 дней назад)
кому: мне


Перевести сообщение
Hello my dear friend, to be honest with you right now am very serious about what i just told you, i don't understand what you mean by other people have told you the same thing, but i want you to know that am not them, am very serious in what am telling you right now, so if you know you can help me please just let me know and if you know you can't help please let me know also thank you


On Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 4:40 PM yoel katz wrote:
Very interesting and curious Katie literally recently approached me with approximately the same request from another Madame from Syria, too, already now this already reminds me of some kind of fairy tale, especially when from a dating site. Suddenly they come to me. What's stopping this money? How do you say by diplomatic mail with trucks and…
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hi , i received to my email :
katie higins
вс, 13 нояб., 18:44 (10 дней назад)
кому: мне


Перевести сообщение
Hello my dear friend, to be honest with you right now am very serious about what i just told you, i don't understand what you mean by other people have told you the same thing, but i want you to know that am not them, am very serious in what am telling you right now, so if you know you can help me please just let me know and if you know you can't help please let me know also thank you


On Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 4:40 PM yoel katz wrote:
Very interesting and curious Katie literally recently approached me with approximately the same request from another Madame from Syria, too, already now this already reminds me of some kind of fairy tale, especially when from a dating site. Suddenly they come to me. What's stopping this money? How do you say by diplomatic mail with trucks and so on to send immediately to your home in America, I can't understand then. Why do you need me for what and what will it look like physically will help me? Explain a clear diagram.

вс, 13 нояб. 2022 г., 17:51 katie higins :
Hi Dear,

Thanks for your kind response and as a matter of fact, I am very happy to read your mail, however, I really want to establish a true relationship that may lead to a business partner or something else.

It is my pleasure meeting you, I hope all is well with you and how are you enjoying your day? as i told you earlier in my previous letter on the dating site, my name is Katie higgins, I am US military officer currently in (Arifjan) now, and i will like to get acquainted with you, I am loving, honest and caring person with a good sense of humor, I enjoy meeting new people and knowing their way of life, I enjoy watching the sea waves and the beauty of the mountains and everything that nature has to offer.

My dear, i want you to know that we are being attacked by insurgents every day and car bombs and during one of our rescue mission we came across a safe box that contain huge amount of money that belongs to the supporters of the overthrow government of kuwait, which I believe was money meant for buying weapons and ammunition, and it was agreed by all Army officers present on that rescue mission that the money will be shared among us and which we did.

Out of the total fund my share was $6,560,000.00 ( Six Million Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand united states Dollars ) I am seeking your assistance to evacuate my share of the money out of this country ( Arifjan ) to your own country for you to keep it safe on my behalf till i come over to your country.

So i want you to assure me that if this money is been delivered to you in your country that you are going to be trustworthy to keep the money till when i will come to your country to meet you face to face to collect the money back from you and it clear to me that you might be scared of this proposal, but i want to let you know that i have made solid arrangements with a security company and they have promised to deliver the fund through diplomatic method to any of my choosing destination.
This delivery is going to be handled legally by the security company and there will not be any form of risk involved in the process and the money will be packed safely in a truck case and the same case will be delivered to you in your country.

I have decided to compensate you with 25% of the total money once after the money is delivered to you, while the rest balance shall be my investment capital in your country.

One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter to a third party, if you do not want to be a party to this business please delete this letter from your email box to avoid any leakage of this information and it will be dangerous to me based on my position here.

I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust nor thwart my dream, though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without formal introduction, well, I will say that my mind convinced me that you are the true person to help me in receiving and investing this Fund.

Note; I do not know how long we going to remain here and my fate since I have survived two bomb attack here, which prompted me to search out for a reliable and trustworthy person to help me receive and invest the Fund, because I will be coming over to your home country to invest and start a new life not as a soldier anymore.

I hope my explanation is very clear but if you need further clarification just let me know and i will explain further I want to let you know that here in the military zone we are not allow to make use of mobile phone, we only make use of radio message and email communication so please let us continue communicating through email for the mean time.Conclusively, I wish you could send me a reply immediately in regards to this proposal; your urgent reply will be highly appreciated.
I wait to receive your acceptable reply as soon as you read this letter.

Love from. Katie katie


yoel katz
вс, 13 нояб., 18:46 (10 дней назад)
кому: katie

Explain in detail how this will all happen?

вс, 13 нояб. 2022 г., 18:44 katie higins :

Messages from a scammer · 2022

I will blackmail you post you all over social media. Bitch Have you ready to go for the $500 card cause I'm ready to spoil your life I'm ready to mail all the damn picture to handbill & I will I will also mail it to the company you are working for Also mail it to all your family Members and all your granddaughters I will also post it on facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Kik, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Wechat, meet me, skout, & newspaper & TV
Bitch you will soon blame yourself & It will also after all your Daughter
If you try to block me I will mail it to everyone House all over your city

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

39 Man 5' 11"
entrepreneur at San Francisco
Sorbonne Universite
Christian
Spiritual
Paris, France
Liberal

I'm looking for: A guy who has a good head on his shoulders, is a romantic,can make me laugh and is sympathetic

The one thing you should know about me is: Ilove to travel and see
the world.I'm always down to have fun or try something new.

Messages from a scammer · 2022

You liked Jack's photo.

You are a beautiful lady.

Thank you! You've got beautiful eyes, great hairline too. :) Been in San Francisco long?

Thank you for your compliment. I am looking for a long-term relationship. Let's go where we want to go. What are you looking for?

I'm also a romantic woman, so I hope your other half is also romantic. I was married five years ago. Unfortunately, my wife had a traffic accident and
left me forever. I've been single for five years, and I'm looking forward to someone who knows me. We can travel around the world together in
our life.

Actually, I didn't have much hope of meeting my other half in hinge. Haha, I found that many people here just want to have fun. It's not a long-term relationship. If I really meet this person, I will share everything about myself.

If I know someone, I won't use hinge again.

I will always chat with her when I have time, …
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You liked Jack's photo.

You are a beautiful lady.

Thank you! You've got beautiful eyes, great hairline too. :) Been in San Francisco long?

Thank you for your compliment. I am looking for a long-term relationship. Let's go where we want to go. What are you looking for?

I'm also a romantic woman, so I hope your other half is also romantic. I was married five years ago. Unfortunately, my wife had a traffic accident and
left me forever. I've been single for five years, and I'm looking forward to someone who knows me. We can travel around the world together in
our life.

Actually, I didn't have much hope of meeting my other half in hinge. Haha, I found that many people here just want to have fun. It's not a long-term relationship. If I really meet this person, I will share everything about myself.

If I know someone, I won't use hinge again.

I will always chat with her when I have time, haha.

I work for myself. I have a share in a branch of an enterprise, the head office is in France, and I have my own investment.

That's all I can say to you for now.

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

Puede hacer transferencia bancaria en la siguiente cuenta.
Uwadia osamudiamen
Credem bank
ABI 03032 CAB 66200
ACCOUNT NUMBER 010/---REDACTED---
IBAN IT06 N---REDACTED---
BIC CODE BACRIT 21006

Messages from a scammer · 2022

Yes baby so let me get this complete money all do you want to come over here and be with me!

Messages from a scammer · 2022

- Her last words to me, after being confronted with an obvious attempt to gaslight me into believing pure nonsense -

I didn't use your informations for anything. I have no idea what Klarna is. I'm not afraid of you, If you want to "report" me for the police. Go on. But remember
False accusation is a crime. So it will be you who will be arrested and not me. I don't want to talk to you anymore. I'm tired of you being Nice and acting like Crazy
I have no time for this anymore. Bye
If someone steal money from you, you can be sure isn't me. I want you to prove it's me. And If you don't proof i will sue you for libel and defamation and that you are threatening me. So you better stop. I have no interest on you anymore after all the shit you told me yesterday. I'll never steal money from you! It's not my nature, I may be starving but I would never take something from someone. So please …
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- Her last words to me, after being confronted with an obvious attempt to gaslight me into believing pure nonsense -

I didn't use your informations for anything. I have no idea what Klarna is. I'm not afraid of you, If you want to "report" me for the police. Go on. But remember
False accusation is a crime. So it will be you who will be arrested and not me. I don't want to talk to you anymore. I'm tired of you being Nice and acting like Crazy
I have no time for this anymore. Bye
If someone steal money from you, you can be sure isn't me. I want you to prove it's me. And If you don't proof i will sue you for libel and defamation and that you are threatening me. So you better stop. I have no interest on you anymore after all the shit you told me yesterday. I'll never steal money from you! It's not my nature, I may be starving but I would never take something from someone. So please forget me and go live your life. I wish you the best

- 5 minutes after her last message, i received another SMS from Klarna about someone trying to gain access. Probably trying to spook me, unsure and afraid about what she or potential people associated with her might be capable of. -

Scam email · 2022

unexpectedly..

Your seed can be money, car, house or even motorbike... You offer it to God in other for him to intercede on the specific issue you are going through.

God can't eat your money, or leave under the roof of the house or drive car or motorcycle but he is only looking at the state and conditions of your heart I giving out something you had in order for him to answer your prayers.

If you check your bible. So many people offer to God and God bless and answer their prayers such as , Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, Hezekiah etc

They offer Gift to a man of God who stands and represent God ..while the man of God pray and God will answer because of the gift or seed

Messages from a scammer · 2022

General Of The USA Army, 17 min
Babe, Please I do need your help right now. Please honey I will really appreciate if You can be able to help me get a Visa Gift card over there and send to me so i can get it updated. I promise i will pay back as soon as i'm out from here and have access to my back account. 

---VICTIM REDACTED---, 15 min
Why do you need a Visa gift card and what is going on with your bank account?
How much do you need?

General Of The USA Army, 11 min
Honey, You remember i told you that I don't have an access to my bank account here in the camp. If not i would have got it myself. 

---VICTIM REDACTED---, 11 min
Why don't you have access?

General Of The USA Army, 10 min
Honey Please i will be need $400 Visa gift card. Please like i said earlier I promise to pay back as soon as i'm out from here.

---VICTIM REDACTED---, 8 min
Just give me a minute to process this.

General…
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General Of The USA Army, 17 min
Babe, Please I do need your help right now. Please honey I will really appreciate if You can be able to help me get a Visa Gift card over there and send to me so i can get it updated. I promise i will pay back as soon as i'm out from here and have access to my back account. 

---VICTIM REDACTED---, 15 min
Why do you need a Visa gift card and what is going on with your bank account?
How much do you need?

General Of The USA Army, 11 min
Honey, You remember i told you that I don't have an access to my bank account here in the camp. If not i would have got it myself. 

---VICTIM REDACTED---, 11 min
Why don't you have access?

General Of The USA Army, 10 min
Honey Please i will be need $400 Visa gift card. Please like i said earlier I promise to pay back as soon as i'm out from here.

---VICTIM REDACTED---, 8 min
Just give me a minute to process this.

General Of The USA Army, 8 min
Honey, I believe that I told you before that My salary is been paid to our various bank bank account and we don't have access to it while we are still in camp due to some security reasons. 
Alright honey. Thanks so much. I will be here waiting. 

---VICTIM REDACTED---, 4 min
What is your email address?

General Of The USA Army, 3 min
Honey, that is what i'm texting with you over here. Please honey if i may ask why do you need my Email address ?

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

i want you to know that you are a blessing to me. Since i met you, my joy has no boundry. Baby there is a good news for us, and i need to share it with you, becaue you are a part of my life, and i hope to make a family with you. you are my life and sunshine.
I was assigned to go to syria, and supervise the work there. this will attract some more bonus and money. this means that i will be going over to the location, i'm so happy, i never knew this will come to me. the only thing that scares me is the security condition of where i'm going .
my love, I have decided to send my bag to you since i'm going over to that location from here. i want you to keep it for me until i come to meet you. it contains some of my personal belongings and some surprises for you. i want you to keep it safe for me with you until i return. i will be back in about three weeks time. as soon as i get back, we will s…
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i want you to know that you are a blessing to me. Since i met you, my joy has no boundry. Baby there is a good news for us, and i need to share it with you, becaue you are a part of my life, and i hope to make a family with you. you are my life and sunshine.
I was assigned to go to syria, and supervise the work there. this will attract some more bonus and money. this means that i will be going over to the location, i'm so happy, i never knew this will come to me. the only thing that scares me is the security condition of where i'm going .
my love, I have decided to send my bag to you since i'm going over to that location from here. i want you to keep it for me until i come to meet you. it contains some of my personal belongings and some surprises for you. i want you to keep it safe for me with you until i return. i will be back in about three weeks time. as soon as i get back, we will startup some arrangements. I need you to send me your full name, home address details, and email. I

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