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AnyScam™ Scam Search & Reporting

Twelve Years of Data

For more than twelve years, scam victims and volunteers reported the phone numbers, email addresses, names, and profiles that scammers used against them on AnyScam.com. That work now lives here, as the SCARS Institute AnyScam Database, rebuilt to make it easier to search, safer to use, and open to new reports.

Before you trust someone you met online, search for their phone number, email address, name, or profile link. You’ll see whether it has been reported to SCARS Institute, how often, and when. You can also read real messages that scammers have sent, with victims’ details removed, so you can learn to recognize their words before they reach you.

Help Protect Others

If a scammer contacted you, report their profile link, email address, or phone number. SCARS Institute staff review every report before it appears in the database.

Please keep in mind that a listing is a report, not proof. Scammers steal real people’s names and photos, and phone numbers pass from one owner to the next, so an innocent person can appear here. If something listed here belongs to you and is listed in error, use the removal request form at the bottom of this page, and we’ll review it. And if nothing turns up in your search, that doesn’t mean someone is safe: scammers change their numbers, addresses, and names constantly.

AnyScam Scam Quick Reporting

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Learn more about reporting these crimes here.

AnyScam Scam Database Search

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.

Messages from a scammer · 2022

after sending her sexy pics (which I found out was Maitland Ward - a porn star)
G- Do you love it
Me- Mmmmmm. Love it!! So sexy. Wow!!
G-Can you get me steam card $20 please i will send you5 pussy picture
Me: No. Haha. Sorry
G- why? You are wicked.

Scam email · 2022

Send me your Facebook email and password and let me see if I could find that crazy military guy pics for you dear

Messages from a scammer · 2022

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
[In reply to Galena ---VICTIM REDACTED---]
Yes I’m looking for a life partner, but I would love to start off as a relationship, I’m looking for a relationship that can lead to marriage

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
I want something serious

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
Wow wow wow, you look so so gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
[In reply to Galena ---VICTIM REDACTED---]
Yes I’m looking for a life partner, but I would love to start off as a relationship, I’m looking for a relationship that can lead to marriage

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
Wow wow wow, you look so so gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Martin Christopher, [8/3/2022 6:03 PM]
Do you believe in love at first sight?

Galena ---VICTIM REDACTED---, [8/3/2022 6:04 PM]
I think it's possible...yes, but…
Read the whole message
Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
[In reply to Galena ---VICTIM REDACTED---]
Yes I’m looking for a life partner, but I would love to start off as a relationship, I’m looking for a relationship that can lead to marriage

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
I want something serious

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
Wow wow wow, you look so so gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
[In reply to Galena ---VICTIM REDACTED---]
Yes I’m looking for a life partner, but I would love to start off as a relationship, I’m looking for a relationship that can lead to marriage

Martin Christopher, [7/31/2022 3:05 AM]
Wow wow wow, you look so so gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Martin Christopher, [8/3/2022 6:03 PM]
Do you believe in love at first sight?

Galena ---VICTIM REDACTED---, [8/3/2022 6:04 PM]
I think it's possible...yes, but online seems so different, I'm surprised you say this.

Martin Christopher, [8/3/2022 6:14 PM]
So should we start a relationship? You’re very beautiful and I would be the most happiest man to have you as mine

Scam email · 2022

Download cashapp instead it’s easyBabe you don’t have cashapp so you can do the $100 there nowYou don’t have zelle yet?Send $100 now and send me the screenshot

Scam email · 2022

seriøst tilbud, jeg har en donation på 2.800,00 euro til dig for at hjælpe befolkningen i Ukraine og også for at hjælpe de mindre privilegerede omkring dig. Besvar venligst denne e-mail: (---REDACTED---) for mere information

Messages from a scammer · 2022

Seems like you’re not serious cus I told you to go get a room for us and you couldn’t even do that and now I’m asking you to creat a zelle account and link it to your bank account cus I need you to send me some fund like $50 because I really need it urgently

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

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Messages from a scammer · 2022

I have a lot of more ---REDACTED--- ---REDACTED---

Scam email · 2022

DLTel---REDACTED---
Global Quastel LTD/PATRA
---ADDRESS REDACTED---, Miami
Tel---REDACTED---
Fax---REDACTED---
Email:---REDACTED---

Scam email · 2022

Dear Customer
Please follow the procedures carefully

1) Click in the link below
---LINK REDACTED---
2) Go to Online Banking

login information
user name - ******
pass word - *******

Remember your security questions and answer
Answer any question with the information you filled in the form
then go to transaction and view your account balance
you can also make any transfer you want to do
thanks for your patronage and nice banking with you Mrs. Da.

We are here to serve you better
You can ask questions if you have any difficulties

AnyScam Scam Database Removal Request

If something listed in the AnyScam Database is yours and is listed in error, tell us here. We'll email you a link to confirm your request, then SCARS Institute staff review it.