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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 · 2021
J-Andeza Construction Service
Bud fake acc.. If you are brave person show you self.. In file me a formal complain not in social medya,,
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Bud
Fair enough, please tell me where I can have it served.
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Bud
Joseph, you gutless wonder. Please respond to the DTI and face your mistake like a man. Your days as a scam construction artist is limited. The DTI will not renew your company.
Bud fake acc.. If you are brave person show you self.. In file me a formal complain not in social medya,,
· Reply
· 6 w
Bud
Fair enough, please tell me where I can have it served.
· Reply
· 6 w
Bud
Joseph, you gutless wonder. Please respond to the DTI and face your mistake like a man. Your days as a scam construction artist is limited. The DTI will not renew your company.
Scam email · 2021
My Dear American friend🇺🇸🗽I am forever ”Dedicated” to you - Don't miss my final U.S. tour with 2CELLOS🎻🎻🎻😘 Get your tickets now!!! 🎫 FOR DIRECT GMAIL…. ---REDACTED---
Messages from a scammer · 2021
Hello dear
How are you?
Don't really know if this is the right email address you'd gave to me.... Please kindly reply to me if you got my message there. Hope to hear back from you soon. Okay dear.. thank you my dear.
Best regards,
Dr. David Stewart.
How are you?
Don't really know if this is the right email address you'd gave to me.... Please kindly reply to me if you got my message there. Hope to hear back from you soon. Okay dear.. thank you my dear.
Best regards,
Dr. David Stewart.
Messages from a scammer · 2021
And I am going to get it once you can help me out with just $200 and I would purchase the medications for my self am feeling bad in pain please help me out my king
I am always with you my love can’t never let you go cause am so much in love with you am crying that am feeling pain
I would need some money to get these things you know my love
You can just help me find a way to help me out my love please you can do this for me I am so much dying in pain my love
You are the best man forever and I would love you all day and night of my life make you happy
I can’t wait to be with you either my love I wanna be with you all my life well am coming over to you soon my love
You are the man of my life
I can’t stop thinking about you all the time
I can’t wait to be with you all night making love my king always let me read your message one after the other
Forever we are meant to be together my king you…
I am always with you my love can’t never let you go cause am so much in love with you am crying that am feeling pain
I would need some money to get these things you know my love
You can just help me find a way to help me out my love please you can do this for me I am so much dying in pain my love
You are the best man forever and I would love you all day and night of my life make you happy
I can’t wait to be with you either my love I wanna be with you all my life well am coming over to you soon my love
You are the man of my life
I can’t stop thinking about you all the time
I can’t wait to be with you all night making love my king always let me read your message one after the other
Forever we are meant to be together my king you…
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And I am going to get it once you can help me out with just $200 and I would purchase the medications for my self am feeling bad in pain please help me out my king
I am always with you my love can’t never let you go cause am so much in love with you am crying that am feeling pain
I would need some money to get these things you know my love
You can just help me find a way to help me out my love please you can do this for me I am so much dying in pain my love
You are the best man forever and I would love you all day and night of my life make you happy
I can’t wait to be with you either my love I wanna be with you all my life well am coming over to you soon my love
You are the man of my life
I can’t stop thinking about you all the time
I can’t wait to be with you all night making love my king always let me read your message one after the other
Forever we are meant to be together my king you are the most adorable man I ever seen cause you make me smile and happy that is why i wanna be with you all my life
I am always with you my love can’t never let you go cause am so much in love with you am crying that am feeling pain
I would need some money to get these things you know my love
You can just help me find a way to help me out my love please you can do this for me I am so much dying in pain my love
You are the best man forever and I would love you all day and night of my life make you happy
I can’t wait to be with you either my love I wanna be with you all my life well am coming over to you soon my love
You are the man of my life
I can’t stop thinking about you all the time
I can’t wait to be with you all night making love my king always let me read your message one after the other
Forever we are meant to be together my king you are the most adorable man I ever seen cause you make me smile and happy that is why i wanna be with you all my life
Messages from a scammer · 2021
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The reasons of payment for emergency leave Application is to assist the USA military authority in replacement expenses and supporting of troops coming to take over duties from anyone 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.
This must be well understood for any applicant/fiancée and instructions made here must be dully followed with the payment of the amount fixed on each emergency vacation choice made in accordance of the rules and all guidelines clearly stated on this memo to avoid mistake or termination of approval.
You are thereby expected to go through the leave categories and make your choice.
EMERGENCY LEAVE CATEGORIES:
(A) 6 WEEK LEAVE DURATION $1,600.00
(B) 12 WEEKS LEAVE DURATION $3,000.00
(C) 8 MONT…
The reasons of payment for emergency leave Application is to assist the USA military authority in replacement expenses and supporting of troops coming to take over duties from anyone 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.
This must be well understood for any applicant/fiancée and instructions made here must be dully followed with the payment of the amount fixed on each emergency vacation choice made in accordance of the rules and all guidelines clearly stated on this memo to avoid mistake or termination of approval.
You are thereby expected to go through the leave categories and make your choice.
EMERGENCY LEAVE CATEGORIES:
(A) 6 WEEK LEAVE DURATION $1,600.00
(B) 12 WEEKS LEAVE DURATION $3,000.00
(C) 8 MONT…
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The reasons of payment for emergency leave Application is to assist the USA military authority in replacement expenses and supporting of troops coming to take over duties from anyone 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.
This must be well understood for any applicant/fiancée and instructions made here must be dully followed with the payment of the amount fixed on each emergency vacation choice made in accordance of the rules and all guidelines clearly stated on this memo to avoid mistake or termination of approval.
You are thereby expected to go through the leave categories and make your choice.
EMERGENCY LEAVE CATEGORIES:
(A) 6 WEEK LEAVE DURATION $1,600.00
(B) 12 WEEKS LEAVE DURATION $3,000.00
(C) 8 MONTHS LEAVE DURATION $4,250.00
(D) 1 YEAR (HONEYMOON LEAVE) LEAVE DURATION $9,000.00
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The reasons of payment for emergency leave Application is to assist the USA military authority in replacement expenses and supporting of troops coming to take over duties from anyone 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.
This must be well understood for any applicant/fiancée and instructions made here must be dully followed with the payment of the amount fixed on each emergency vacation choice made in accordance of the rules and all guidelines clearly stated on this memo to avoid mistake or termination of approval.
You are thereby expected to go through the leave categories and make your choice.
EMERGENCY LEAVE CATEGORIES:
(A) 6 WEEK LEAVE DURATION $1,600.00
(B) 12 WEEKS LEAVE DURATION $3,000.00
(C) 8 MONTHS LEAVE DURATION $4,250.00
(D) 1 YEAR (HONEYMOON LEAVE) LEAVE DURATION $9,000.00
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A scammer’s profile text · 2021
Dating App "Omiai" in Japan.
Name: Zenos, Chinese Name: 张路
line name: z3
Nationality: Malaysian Chinese.
Claimed he currently work and live in Fukuoka prefecture in Japan. Had an older sister who married a Japanese man and live close by.
Profile picture: stolen picture of a Chinese model/influencer
Past investment data was from his sister, who has a whole group of people working on it to obtain an accurate data which give profits.
Name: Zenos, Chinese Name: 张路
line name: z3
Nationality: Malaysian Chinese.
Claimed he currently work and live in Fukuoka prefecture in Japan. Had an older sister who married a Japanese man and live close by.
Profile picture: stolen picture of a Chinese model/influencer
Past investment data was from his sister, who has a whole group of people working on it to obtain an accurate data which give profits.
Messages from a scammer · 2021
VIP customer service: sure! You can withdraw all your funds to your bank account. But, because the Japanese Financial Agency has very strict regulations on overseas FX investment, In order to prevent lawbreakers from suspected of money laundering, each fund in an investment account needs to meet 50% of the transaction volume before it can withdrawn.
Confirmed by the finance department. The international bank remitted the funds to the account you provided, international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax. You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed funds will be returned to your account within 24 hours
international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax.
You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed …
Confirmed by the finance department. The international bank remitted the funds to the account you provided, international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax. You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed funds will be returned to your account within 24 hours
international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax.
You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed …
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VIP customer service: sure! You can withdraw all your funds to your bank account. But, because the Japanese Financial Agency has very strict regulations on overseas FX investment, In order to prevent lawbreakers from suspected of money laundering, each fund in an investment account needs to meet 50% of the transaction volume before it can withdrawn.
Confirmed by the finance department. The international bank remitted the funds to the account you provided, international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax. You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed funds will be returned to your account within 24 hours
international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax.
You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed funds will be
returned to your account within 24 hours
"Please understand the inconvenience caused to you.
This asset deposit is what the bank needs us to provide. After your payment is completed, we will provide it to the bank. After your 18.18 million yen is remitted to your account, 5.46 million yen will be returned to your bank account within 24 hours"
is completed, we will provide it to the bank. After your 18.18 million yen is remitted to your account,
5.46 million yen will be returned to your bank account within 24 hours
z3 只是资产担保金而已，姐不必担心，545万日元
z3 我可以帮助姐啊
---VICTIM REDACTED--- 我沒有
z3 我会一起帮姐想办法的
z3 因为姐是新账户啊，这些我以前也做过的事情
z3 不会，我的两个亿都不担心
z3 姐的千万担心什么呢
z3 这些流程我们要走，这样才能保证我们最后取出的资金是安全不违法的
z3 因为姐是新账户，这些升级和缴税和担保金都是必要的
z3 我说了我可以帮助姐啊
---VICTIM REDACTED--- 我不要負債
z3 我会对姐的资金负责
---VICTIM REDACTED--- 你快幫我想辦法。能不能先拿一部分？
z3 不能拿一部分的
z3 现在是姐的账户问题
z3 我的税金期限已经申请延期了
z3 因为我也是比较高级的会员
z3 姐要知道然能帮姐汇这一笔，我就有信心可以帮姐拿出资金
z3 姐放心吧，马上就可以提取出来了
z3 这些流程我以前也是遇到过的
z3 所以姐别多疑了
z3 是的，我之前也是这样的，如果没把握我会把钱帮姐汇款吗
z3 那我干嘛不自己汇款解决取钱呢
Confirmed by the finance department. The international bank remitted the funds to the account you provided, international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax. You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed funds will be returned to your account within 24 hours
international account and returned to our platform, and we need to provide your asset tax.
You need to pay 18.18 million yen 30% guaranteed funds = 5.45 million yen. The guaranteed funds will be
returned to your account within 24 hours
"Please understand the inconvenience caused to you.
This asset deposit is what the bank needs us to provide. After your payment is completed, we will provide it to the bank. After your 18.18 million yen is remitted to your account, 5.46 million yen will be returned to your bank account within 24 hours"
is completed, we will provide it to the bank. After your 18.18 million yen is remitted to your account,
5.46 million yen will be returned to your bank account within 24 hours
z3 只是资产担保金而已，姐不必担心，545万日元
z3 我可以帮助姐啊
---VICTIM REDACTED--- 我沒有
z3 我会一起帮姐想办法的
z3 因为姐是新账户啊，这些我以前也做过的事情
z3 不会，我的两个亿都不担心
z3 姐的千万担心什么呢
z3 这些流程我们要走，这样才能保证我们最后取出的资金是安全不违法的
z3 因为姐是新账户，这些升级和缴税和担保金都是必要的
z3 我说了我可以帮助姐啊
---VICTIM REDACTED--- 我不要負債
z3 我会对姐的资金负责
---VICTIM REDACTED--- 你快幫我想辦法。能不能先拿一部分？
z3 不能拿一部分的
z3 现在是姐的账户问题
z3 我的税金期限已经申请延期了
z3 因为我也是比较高级的会员
z3 姐要知道然能帮姐汇这一笔，我就有信心可以帮姐拿出资金
z3 姐放心吧，马上就可以提取出来了
z3 这些流程我以前也是遇到过的
z3 所以姐别多疑了
z3 是的，我之前也是这样的，如果没把握我会把钱帮姐汇款吗
z3 那我干嘛不自己汇款解决取钱呢
A scammer’s profile text · 2021
LI Chun Hung is a fraudster and he stole my heart and all my saving of AUD1.3 million. He requested friend on facebook on 28/7. His facebook was deleted therefore I cannot copy his profile.
But I have his USpassport details DOB ---REDACTED---
Passport number ---REDACTED---exp 5/6/2028
born in Athens Greece
But I have his USpassport details DOB ---REDACTED---
Passport number ---REDACTED---exp 5/6/2028
born in Athens Greece
A scammer’s profile text · 2021
( 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 · 2021
He claims to be a South African breastplate engineer in Cape Town with a daughter named Liana. he claims to be of Turkish nationality to be 45 years old. I saw the person by video call and it was the same as the photos
