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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.

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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

Contacted me through messegner. Typical, hey say your profile and wanted to get to know you. Wanted to go to Hangouts, so I did.

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

He contacted me through a Karaoke application SMULE, we continued talking through telegram, and we talked a lot but he always had problems with the camera to make a video call, it even seemed that he wanted to adjust a skype call but the camera did not serve him either. Very sweet and respectful all the time, Interested in me and my family, He worked in a metallurgy company. he had a contract in Alaska for 3 months, sent a copy of the contract,being in Alaska he did not have a good sign and asked me to help him make the payment of the materials to develop the contract. He gave me the details of his account and I made the payment, but for the second payment for the shipping costs, the bank reported that they has frozen the account because they found the movement strange. I contacted the bank via email and they replied that the only way to solve it is for him to present himself personally.

Messages from a scammer · 2022

私は外科医であり、ここイエメンで国連軍と協力してきました。イエメンは戦争地帯です。日本の天気はどうですか?両親が亡くなった後、私はイギリスで育ちました。それから私は医学を勉強するためにロンドンに引っ越しました。私は独身です。私には現在アメリカの学校に通っている娘がいます。彼女は先生に面倒を見てもらいました。交通事故でパートナーを亡くしました。国連軍との契約が終わり次第、日本に引っ越す予定です。娘と一緒に日本に引っ越します。彼女は私が持っている唯一の家族です。友達になれますか?
あなたはあなたがパッケージを配達して私のためにそれを安全に保つように支払いをすることができたでしょう
イエメン政府はまた、各軍と医師の引退を補償します。各軍隊と医師は合計350万米ドルの報酬を受け取りました。
良い仕事のおかげで、私たちは長い間ここでやっています。
引退の手紙も渡されました。
彼らに連絡するのを手伝ってください
彼らがあなたに支払うように言う金額をあなたが知るように
心配しないでください。運送会社に連絡して、いつ荷物を配達するか尋ねてください。
そして、あなたはまだあなたが莫大な金額を持っていなかったことを彼らに伝えることができるので、あなたはあなたが預金できる金額を彼らに伝えるでしょう

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

Lifestyle]Travel]Gratitude]Engineer
Beach
On day your dreams you´ve always believed in will become a sucess if you work towards it

OBS: He has more 4 accounts on instagram

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

EVANGELIST
MUSIC🎷 MINISTER
EKPEKPE RECORDS 💽 ARTIST
FOR SPONSORSHIP CALL. ---REDACTED---

Messages from a scammer · 2022

The Christmas is already here
And I don’t have any money to do preparations or buy any clothes yet and the more it approaches,the more the prices of things increases in the market.i just want to buy all the needful things on the third week of December .
So please baby I want you to help me and you can start preparing for what you have to send to me baby ❤️.
I’ve seen men dated white women and the women pay for their visa and do the necessary things for them to travel and met them over there or them come to our country and take them along with them
What if you have that opportunity to pay for my traveling expenses and do all the necessary things for won’t you take as a slave?

Idos Stanley
How are you doing?
You sent
I don't know what to do
You sent
I'm not so good right now
Idos Stanley
What happened?
You sent
I Will have to talk to my doctor about it
Idos Stanley
You need to rest baby a…
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The Christmas is already here
And I don’t have any money to do preparations or buy any clothes yet and the more it approaches,the more the prices of things increases in the market.i just want to buy all the needful things on the third week of December .
So please baby I want you to help me and you can start preparing for what you have to send to me baby ❤️.
I’ve seen men dated white women and the women pay for their visa and do the necessary things for them to travel and met them over there or them come to our country and take them along with them
What if you have that opportunity to pay for my traveling expenses and do all the necessary things for won’t you take as a slave?

Idos Stanley
How are you doing?
You sent
I don't know what to do
You sent
I'm not so good right now
Idos Stanley
What happened?
You sent
I Will have to talk to my doctor about it
Idos Stanley
You need to rest baby and you will be fine
I’m so sorry to hear that baby
I'll tell her about the money
Idos Stanley
What money?
You sent
That i have to send money
Idos Stanley
That you have to send me money?
You sent
Yes
You sent
I can't keep it to myself anymore
Idos
I'm really sorry but you know you're all I've got.

The market will be close on Thursday which is the 16th day of December and I have to go and buy all my food stuffs as from tomorrow if not it will be difficult for me to survive. Yesterday was very terrible everyone was going to the market to get what they will eat and at the moment so many of them were attacked by the arm robbers in the evening because they usually attack the market in the evening time so I was told. So I have to go to the market as early as possible and the drugs I bought from the doctor has finished yesterday. I won't survive this situation

Scam email · 2022

I really want us to talk... text me when you see this message.

Scam email · 2022

EMERGENCY LEAVE APPROVAL
Inbox

Williams Miller
28 Mar 2022, 10:22 (3 days ago)
to me

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your leave Application made on behalf of your fiancée Major Donald Hall, US troop on peacekeeping mission here in Syria under my command and military jurisdiction has been approved. I understand through this application that you want him home because of your health issues. I must inform you here that he is of an important mission holding a profound position in security and monitoring duties as one of our military intelligence here. Accordingly, you should also note that this is not time for his official leave but not withstanding he will be granted an emergency leave basically on your explanations and the urgency because of your health conditions and a comprehensive introduction of your true personality coupled with his zeal to seek for this leave opportunity in ot…
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EMERGENCY LEAVE APPROVAL
Inbox

Williams Miller
28 Mar 2022, 10:22 (3 days ago)
to me

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your leave Application made on behalf of your fiancée Major Donald Hall, US troop on peacekeeping mission here in Syria under my command and military jurisdiction has been approved. I understand through this application that you want him home because of your health issues. I must inform you here that he is of an important mission holding a profound position in security and monitoring duties as one of our military intelligence here. Accordingly, you should also note that this is not time for his official leave but not withstanding he will be granted an emergency leave basically on your explanations and the urgency because of your health conditions and a comprehensive introduction of your true personality coupled with his zeal to seek for this leave opportunity in other to See his daughter

I must also bring to your notice that the United States military authority does not ask our troops to pay for their official leaves or holidays/vacations assigned and approved by the military authority but in a situation where any member of the US Army on his or her own discretions and agreement with his or her fiancée apply or request for an emergency leave it must involve payment of fees in line with the number of weeks or months of leave duration chosen.

Unfortunately the sum of seven thousands fifty hundred and fifty dollars ($7,550) needs to be paid to the war duty zone department for his emergency leave. In order for the States Defense Authority to confirm Major Dave Hall Departure from SYRIA on the 18th of April 2022. You are requested to make this payment as soon as possible.

It is very important that you understand these points very well and the more reasons you must pay and support in other to give this office the support to give approval to your request to have him home. The reasons of payment for emergency leave Application is to assist the US military authority in replacement expenses and supporting of troops coming to take over duties from any one going on emergency leave and must be considered worthy and a way of ensuring that our troops are protected and allowed to judiciously make use of their times for reasons they have applied and paid for.
Payment must be made within 10 days from today either in full or part of the fee to get his name fixed on the vacation list on time and to avoid mistakes or miscalculations in replacement expenses as explained above.

We really appreciate your contributions and efforts toward a better America, The Department of defense wishes Major Bradley Hall a better vacational trip to your country under defense section B of decree 202 on absence from duty with voluntary permission from service duty.


N.B
Payments can be made at once or installments as the case maybe however, it is important you know first payment must not be less than 50% of the stipulated amount.

Details of account will be communicated to you when you’re ready to make payments.





Commander of the War Duty Zone,
Williams Miller.

Messages from a scammer · 2022

Good day to you from the United Nations welfare department, we wish to inform you that we have received your mail applying for the request of leave of Sgt Yao William who is currently on active duty in Tripoli, Libya.

The Leave certificate can be issued to you by-laws governing the United Nations diplomat staff vacation act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd, July 1996 by constitutional assembly states that Staff members serving at duty stations designated as having very difficult Restrictions of life and work may be authorized Home visit only on one condition..this condition is when a member's beneficial such as a friend, partner and family members seeks or applies for vacation and it can only be granted if the officer in question is more than 15 years in the service or near to retirement.



There is a fee of $2,000(two thousand five hundred
dollars)to be paid to acquire the Vac…
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Good day to you from the United Nations welfare department, we wish to inform you that we have received your mail applying for the request of leave of Sgt Yao William who is currently on active duty in Tripoli, Libya.

The Leave certificate can be issued to you by-laws governing the United Nations diplomat staff vacation act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd, July 1996 by constitutional assembly states that Staff members serving at duty stations designated as having very difficult Restrictions of life and work may be authorized Home visit only on one condition..this condition is when a member's beneficial such as a friend, partner and family members seeks or applies for vacation and it can only be granted if the officer in question is more than 15 years in the service or near to retirement.



There is a fee of $2,000(two thousand five hundred
dollars)to be paid to acquire the Vacation Certificate and start the procedures of leave immediately for Sgt Yao Williams, Contact us for payment information


Thanks for your co-operation
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이름: 모하메드 호삼
ACC 번호:---REDACTED---
은행:KB
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Good Day madam
We apologize for the late reply, our duty is to ensure safety and all protocol is observed. The cost of the delay was a result of following the right channel in processing Sgt Yao's visa. Madam, you have to make payments for the flight and extra luggage. you have to pay the sum of 3,000 dollars for flight tickets and other expenses.
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Account number:---REDACTED---

Account Name:---VICTIM REDACTED--- Thi Duyen

Bank:ACB

Address:Hanoi

Kindly send us a slip of payment to confirm and then get Sgt Yao ready for departure
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Hello Goodday madam
We have gotten in contact with the commander at the camp and his reasons are valid,a soldier as important as your fiance Sgt Yao can't leave his deployment duty unless he's been replaced by a fellow soldier of his potentials because he's a rare gem according to the words of his commander,he is very import

Messages from a scammer · 2022

The scammer told me he loved me and he wanted to marry me and he wasn't a nigerian!

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