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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.

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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.

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

Richard jackson
I respect every soldier from every country,
Who serves besides US in the hard work of history, America is grateful and America will not forget. 🇺🇸

Messages from a scammer · 2022

May 21, 2022 11:34 am
Hello 👋
May 21, 2022 4:26 pm
How are you?
May 21, 2022 10:13 pm
I’m great thanks
May 22, 2022 8:55 am
Are you in the military now?
May 22, 2022 10:43 am
Yes I am
Which branch?
US Army
I’m currently on deployment in Somalia 🇸🇴
How long have you been there?
8months now
Tell me more about yourself
May 22, 2022 11:08 pm
❤️🙏🏻
May 23, 2022 4:13 am
Hello 👋
How are you today?
May 23, 2022 7:32 am
Yes I’m fine
What’s the training like ?
That’s good to know
So tell me are you married with kids?
If you’re busy we can text later
I’m not married and no kids
I’m a master sergeant E8 working with the US Army and I’m among the troops that are deployed

Aww you have got a lovely photos
Very adorable 😍
Wow really?
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 4:21 PM
Okay
Can I ask you something?
---VICTIM REDACTED--- ---VICTIM REDACTED---, Yesterday 4:21 PM
Sure! Ask away!
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 4…
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May 21, 2022 11:34 am
Hello 👋
May 21, 2022 4:26 pm
How are you?
May 21, 2022 10:13 pm
I’m great thanks
May 22, 2022 8:55 am
Are you in the military now?
May 22, 2022 10:43 am
Yes I am
Which branch?
US Army
I’m currently on deployment in Somalia 🇸🇴
How long have you been there?
8months now
Tell me more about yourself
May 22, 2022 11:08 pm
❤️🙏🏻
May 23, 2022 4:13 am
Hello 👋
How are you today?
May 23, 2022 7:32 am
Yes I’m fine
What’s the training like ?
That’s good to know
So tell me are you married with kids?
If you’re busy we can text later
I’m not married and no kids
I’m a master sergeant E8 working with the US Army and I’m among the troops that are deployed

Aww you have got a lovely photos
Very adorable 😍
Wow really?
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 4:21 PM
Okay
Can I ask you something?
---VICTIM REDACTED--- ---VICTIM REDACTED---, Yesterday 4:21 PM
Sure! Ask away!
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 4:23 PM
If I should ask you for a help will you help me or it will make you stop talking to me?
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 4:35 PM
Just needed a favor of just $200
But it’s fine if you don’t have money like you just said
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 4:40 PM
It’s fine
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 5:17 PM
Honestly I know you can but you just don’t want to do it for me
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 5:32 PM
No problem it’s fine
Richard Jackson, Yesterday 5:35 PM
Alright dear
---VICTIM REDACTED--- a beautiful evening

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

12:51 00

<← About

Work

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No workplaces to show

Education

No schools to show

Places lived

No places to show

Sports

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Soutien aux éléphants de côte d'ivoire

SAECI

Likes

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225foot Management

Academat fc

Academie De Football Wilfried ZAHA

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

My BELOVED wife
I have missed you so much my love
---VICTIM REDACTED--- not be afraid.Have you forgotten that your husband is a gallant soldier
Let me check okay

Messages from a scammer · 2022

she wanted $10,000 US dollars to help the typhoon victims

this is the second time that I have posted her picture and has not seen her or any others pictures on your website

Messages from a scammer · 2022

She wanted $5,000 to get her transport fixed

I have posted others scammers and they are not posted yet why

Messages from a scammer · 2022

Hello, I am texting in regard to the Shetland sheepdog puppies you contacted on Google, i still have all puppies available as on my website and they are all ready for their new families..
Each puppy goes at $700.00 and shipping fee $150.00 ..
the puppies are akc registered/registrable, they are well trained and come along with the following;
- Health Guarantee
- vaccination records
- De wormed records
- Microchip-ed registration
- nutrition manual
- traveling crates
- playing toys.

These puppies have very good temperaments, they love to be cuddled and treated as babies. they don't bark too much and are very smart puppies to be trained. Sheltie puppies are known to be very smartest dogs and can be trained to be companions or working dogs.
These are other pictures of the puppy. let me know if still interested ---LINK REDACTED---

Scam email · 2022

He is asking people to send him money through Western Union or MoneyGram saying the people in his country need it. he kept harassing me to send him money.

Messages from a scammer · 2022

I will leave that website too... I just will see that you are committed to our love and I will leave that dating site. I am sorry for the women who want me, I am monogamous and prefer only one special woman in my life. How tall are you? I'm 5"11. What is your most favorite hubby? Will you teach me cross stitching too ;) Not teach me with a loud voice when I don't get it right but teach me with love and patience, yes?

Thank you for giving me your email, we should also exchange phone numbers so I can enjoy your sweet voice. Do you have a Japanese accent? How do you write very polished English, where did you attend university? Mine was at Lille University in France but I finished up in New York.

Will write more later, must round up work, sit for a few drinks and then head home, ok?

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

She also used or still uses the email ---REDACTED---

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