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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.

Messages from a scammer · 2022

I have screenshots of his messages but cannot copy and paste them. Would like a way to attach them.

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

1/12/2021 13:36 - Fred: I am not okay but sick
11/12/2021 13:37 - Fred: Why do you have to judge me to block me off your way here
11/12/2021 13:49 - Cíntia: No bloco off more
11/12/2021 13:52 - Cíntia: I me sorry
11/12/2021 14:10 - Fred: Okay, apology accepted
11/12/2021 14:10 - Fred: Do you want to come over to see me in Oslo Norway
11/12/2021 14:17 - Cíntia: Não posso agora, mas queria mandar uma carta, ao parecido com isso. Algo que fiz para você
11/12/2021 15:05 - Fred: Ok, pode haver algum cartão ainda para receber a carta que você vai enviar, mas se eu não pude não recebê-lo, você não deve ficar bravo com isso
11/12/2021 15:06 - Fred: I want to be letting you know every thing I am doing
11/12/2021 15:37 - Cíntia: Querido, mas você mora em algum lugar. Você mora com alguém que não pode ver o que vou mandar?

This is the card I want you to help get for me,you can get it at t…
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1/12/2021 13:36 - Fred: I am not okay but sick
11/12/2021 13:37 - Fred: Why do you have to judge me to block me off your way here
11/12/2021 13:49 - Cíntia: No bloco off more
11/12/2021 13:52 - Cíntia: I me sorry
11/12/2021 14:10 - Fred: Okay, apology accepted
11/12/2021 14:10 - Fred: Do you want to come over to see me in Oslo Norway
11/12/2021 14:17 - Cíntia: Não posso agora, mas queria mandar uma carta, ao parecido com isso. Algo que fiz para você
11/12/2021 15:05 - Fred: Ok, pode haver algum cartão ainda para receber a carta que você vai enviar, mas se eu não pude não recebê-lo, você não deve ficar bravo com isso
11/12/2021 15:06 - Fred: I want to be letting you know every thing I am doing
11/12/2021 15:37 - Cíntia: Querido, mas você mora em algum lugar. Você mora com alguém que não pode ver o que vou mandar?

This is the card I want you to help get for me,you can get it at the shop or online.than

Messages from a scammer · 2022

05/01/2022 09:24 - Cíntia: O que significa Esta foto?
05/01/2022 09:38 - Cíntia: Você se esconde atrás das fotos de seu perfil do Instagram? O Fred existe?
Porque não se mostra em vídeo ao vivo?
Quem conversa comigo?
O que foi verdade?
Você está fazendo isso com outras pessoas?
Porque não responde as perguntas pessoais? Que tipo de médico que não fala de sua profissão? Quem é Fred? Um modelo para atrair mulheres?
05/01/2022 09:39 - Cíntia: Quem foi que despertou um sentimento sincero em mim, é não se mostra?
05/01/2022 09:42 - Cíntia: Porque se acha no direito de pedir dinheiro para cartão, passagem aérea, e quando peço um mísero vídeo, não pode dar? Está num navio, não pode ser localizados, ótimo. Usa VPN e faz o vídeo num local privado. E quando disse que saiu do navio, porque não quiser fazer um hangout?
05/01/2022 09:46 - Cíntia: Como tem coragem de prejudicar qu…
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05/01/2022 09:24 - Cíntia: O que significa Esta foto?
05/01/2022 09:38 - Cíntia: Você se esconde atrás das fotos de seu perfil do Instagram? O Fred existe?
Porque não se mostra em vídeo ao vivo?
Quem conversa comigo?
O que foi verdade?
Você está fazendo isso com outras pessoas?
Porque não responde as perguntas pessoais? Que tipo de médico que não fala de sua profissão? Quem é Fred? Um modelo para atrair mulheres?
05/01/2022 09:39 - Cíntia: Quem foi que despertou um sentimento sincero em mim, é não se mostra?
05/01/2022 09:42 - Cíntia: Porque se acha no direito de pedir dinheiro para cartão, passagem aérea, e quando peço um mísero vídeo, não pode dar? Está num navio, não pode ser localizados, ótimo. Usa VPN e faz o vídeo num local privado. E quando disse que saiu do navio, porque não quiser fazer um hangout?
05/01/2022 09:46 - Cíntia: Como tem coragem de prejudicar que diz que você ama? Estou com problemas seríssimos por sua culpa.
E você não tenta me ajudar em nada, nem dando um apoio. Quer cartão disso ou daquilo, mas diminuiu as conversas. Você não quer oferecer nada.
05/01/2022 09:47 - Cíntia: Não adianta me acusar do que você faz. Só me fere mais.
05/01/2022 09:48 - Cíntia: Será que converso com só uma pessoa? Ou com outras? Pois tenho de ficar repetindo algumas coisas que já disse.
05/01/2022 09:50 - Cíntia: Eu não vou contar o que aconteceu quando sumi! Foi terrível, mas você não se importa com ninguém. Nem com aquele que diz ser seu filho. Nunca vi um pai não falar de seu filho.
05/01/2022 09:51 - Cíntia: Espero, sinceramente, que tenha apagado tudo que enviei para você. É o mínimo de respeito que teria por mim.
05/01/2022 11:15 - Cíntia: Você não tem atitude de quem ama de verdade.
05/01/2022 11:40 - Cíntia: Eu já percebi que você não quer me encontrar, é só um pretexto para não ser sincero comigo
05/01/2022 13:34 - Denise: Okay,if that's what you concluded no problem because I see you are been

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

(Single father) Life is short.Spend it with people who make you laugh and feel loved.My kids are my everything

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

Jonathan Ronald
Resist country before party

(This is the profile on Signal, but it's about the same that was on Telegram. I believe the phone number above is also the one from Telegram and Gmail Chat, but it is hidden on both of those. When a call is being made, the phone number stays hidden. The number listed above is the phone number given now for Signal and What's App.

Messages from a scammer · 2022

Jonathan Ronald, Sep 21, 6:38 PM
I really don't need your help
Because I have it all
Just that I couldn't access my account
That's why I am asking you to get me out of here
I can pay back even if you ask me to double the money I can
You just have to listen to me and trust me for once
Just give me this last chance to prove myself

---VICTIM REDACTED--- ---VICTIM REDACTED---, Sep 21, 6:43 PM
But that’s the issue. I don’t have it yet. I’ll keep praying about it maybe I’ll see something I haven’t seen . And why can’t the steam card money be used. It would almost be enough

A scammer’s profile text · 2022

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Messages from a scammer · 2022

There is way too much to send.. some communication on the other number was deleted. Said he wanted to marry me. Asked for money consistently through Paypal first, then it transitioned into gift cards. Started with a couple hundred then quickly escalated to thousands. Total in all over $76,000. Started with needing money to come see me, money for car insurance ($7,000), money for cousin in hospital in london ($7000), money for fathers will worth over 5 million dollars and attorney fees ($18,000), money for a construction project (Over $15,000) and promised to pay back 2 folds after completing the project. Another user jhop010 off tiktok messaged me saying he knew Ryan. Then I got a whatsapp message from the following number trying to plead with me regarding my relationship with Ryan. Jonathan ---REDACTED---. Said that he took money from him as well and to try and invest in bitcoin. Then…
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There is way too much to send.. some communication on the other number was deleted. Said he wanted to marry me. Asked for money consistently through Paypal first, then it transitioned into gift cards. Started with a couple hundred then quickly escalated to thousands. Total in all over $76,000. Started with needing money to come see me, money for car insurance ($7,000), money for cousin in hospital in london ($7000), money for fathers will worth over 5 million dollars and attorney fees ($18,000), money for a construction project (Over $15,000) and promised to pay back 2 folds after completing the project. Another user jhop010 off tiktok messaged me saying he knew Ryan. Then I got a whatsapp message from the following number trying to plead with me regarding my relationship with Ryan. Jonathan ---REDACTED---. Said that he took money from him as well and to try and invest in bitcoin. Then told me I would have to pay for him to come see me. It almost seemed like Ryan was in a situation he couldn't get out of. Sent pizza to my home and said order roses which I never received. All occurred from June 2021-September 2021. Has recently reached out to me (January 2022) to say he wants to pay me back and asked me to open a bank account which he should have access too as well. Said he wants our relationship back but is romantically involved with someone else.

Scam email · 2022

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Messages from a scammer · 2022

He says he was born in Italy, raised in England. Currently has a home in Louisiana (Mandeville) and Marco Isalnd, Florida claims he is a permanent resident of US.

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