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The SCARS Institute Encyclopedia of Scams

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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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.

Messages from a scammer · 2021

We met on Japanese matching app, called ''pairs'' last January(2021).
As soon as we got closer, he asked me to add LINE.
About 10 days later he started talking about his investing.
He instructed me to open a Bitflyer account. I sent Japanese Yen to Bitflyer, where I exchanged it to BTC. After that, I opened a ‘’wetrade’’ account, sent BTC to the platform and made an investment with him using USDT. The investment method seemed like binary options.
He alway instructed me how to do it and I could increase my money a lot.
However, when I tried to pay it out, the platform demanded that I add more BTC to withdraw my money. I couldn't pay anymore and my account was frozen by them. it was in March, 2021.

I lost 13 million yen (more than 100,000US$) in this investment.

Messages from a scammer · 2021

Read the whole message

[2021/10/07 0:02:24] Shing Chang: Hi
[2021/10/07 0:02:57] Shing Chang: This is shing chang
[2021/10/07 0:04:42] Tooden Bartley: Okay
[2021/10/07 0:06:22] Tooden Bartley: Ok please we talk later ok I have to go back to my duty post I will get back to you later
[2021/10/07 0:08:28] Shing Chang: ok

I get sleep
0:07 now Japan

I can talk with you 8h later
[2021/10/07 0:09:47] Tooden Bartley: Okay thanks my lovely friend ☺️☺️☺️
[2021/10/07 17:26:22] Shing Chang: Hi
[2021/10/07 19:53:04] Tooden Bartley: Hello
[2021/10/07 19:53:09] Tooden Bartley: How are you doing
[2021/10/07 20:13:57] Shing Chang: I finished todays work.
[2021/10/07 20:14:29] Shing Chang: What time it’s your location ?
[2021/10/07 20:16:45] Tooden Bartley: Time here's 2 17 PM
[2021/10/07 20:17:20] Tooden Bartley: Good day
[2021/10/07 20:18:12] Shing Chang: do you working today ?
[2021/10/07 20:18:23] Tooden Bartley: Yes
[2021/10/07 20:20:26] Shing Chang: Time here is 8:20 PM
What do you do after work ?
[2021/10/07 20:22:28] Tooden Bartley: Then after work I will go and sleep 😴
[2021/10/07 20:22:38] Tooden Bartley: I am very tired
[2021/10/07 20:22:54] Tooden Bartley: Last night I did not sleep
[2021/10/07 20:24:02] Shing Chang: What happened?
[2021/10/07 20:24:33] Tooden Bartley: I know you may be wondering what I want to tell you.
[2021/10/07 20:24:57] Tooden Bartley: Dear, I want you to read with your full understanding without any doubt that it is true.
[2021/10/07 20:26:00] Tooden Bartley: As you know, Syria has been under terrorist insurgency for years.
[2021/10/07 20:26:22] Tooden Bartley: We are constantly under attack by terrorists.
[2021/10/07 20:26:39] Tooden Bartley: Something happened a few weeks ago and I'm looking for someone to see things from their own point of view, someone I can be sure of.
[2021/10/07 20:28:19] Tooden Bartley: Do you understand what I'm writing to you
[2021/10/07 20:29:11] Tooden Bartley: I know you may be wondering what I want to tell you.
[2021/10/07 20:32:22] Shin

Messages from a scammer · 2021

Alright.....am very tired I don't think I can be able to go out today after work. Because I will be doing some laundry. Can you get itunes card of just $100 for me when you get to Walmart? My iphone SMS is almost exhausted