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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.

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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.

Scam email · 2020

my love
I don't want to lose this package
If you lose this package, I will kill you and your family
You have to go and make this payment
Do you understand what i said

Scam email · 2020

If you really need me to come there and meet you
Apply for my ticket
Do you know
If my package is lost
I will kill you and your family

Scam email · 2020

fake account taking videos of you and blackmailing to get money

A scammer’s profile text · 2020

U.s. ARMy( formación académica istituto of integral sttudes (clls) lugar de residencia Damasco ciudad origen tucson familia little jhon

Messages from a scammer · 2020

mi encantadora esposa, voy a patrullar ahora, recuerda que tu esposo te quiere mucho😘😘😘☺❤️Buenos días cariño. Solo quería que supieras cuánto me importas. Siempre estás en mis pensamientos, te amo en la mañana, en la mitad del día, en las horas que estamos juntos y en las horas que estamos separados, eres la única razón por la que sonrío incluso cuando lloro, y yo Estoy feliz incluso cuando estoy triste. Lo que sea que se te presente hoy, recuerda que te amo, y estoy aquí si me necesitas. buenos dias mi encantadora esposa

Messages from a scammer · 2020

I will be the one who will shoot the video of my affection ,i have all camera including the drones ...God willing we need video to be shoot in February 2021 here in Africa ,when you will do your first tour in Africa.Also you will record another collabos with African Finest Artist like Davido,Burna Boy,Stone Bwoy among others.Today l was with Some promoters who are working hard to make sure all Festivals are Back next year Starting February .U can check some video l have shoot
Greetings,
About video we will do it any time you are ready. Tiwa Savage management have agreed with agreement and we have signed it3 people ,,,and latest remix Tiwa Savage can voice it is by wednesday of this week.You can also send files of my Affection including the beat,so she can start to work on it

Greetings Mr ---VICTIM REDACTED--- ---VICTIM REDACTED---
My names are Ray ,am program manager here MTV Ba…
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I will be the one who will shoot the video of my affection ,i have all camera including the drones ...God willing we need video to be shoot in February 2021 here in Africa ,when you will do your first tour in Africa.Also you will record another collabos with African Finest Artist like Davido,Burna Boy,Stone Bwoy among others.Today l was with Some promoters who are working hard to make sure all Festivals are Back next year Starting February .U can check some video l have shoot
Greetings,
About video we will do it any time you are ready. Tiwa Savage management have agreed with agreement and we have signed it3 people ,,,and latest remix Tiwa Savage can voice it is by wednesday of this week.You can also send files of my Affection including the beat,so she can start to work on it

Greetings Mr ---VICTIM REDACTED--- ---VICTIM REDACTED---
My names are Ray ,am program manager here MTV Base Africa and l received your video from Kenyan DJ King Rebel.We have watch your video music and we have like your work alot.I would like to to give you big chance for your video to be watched world wide.Which am sure we will make your name big.
we would like also to post your video in our web site ---LINK REDACTED--- and also future it @ front page of ur web site ,which get millions visit a day ..Also we will publishing any news about your life style.Each year we have video award which we bring artist here to perform live.We can also put your video @ Top 20 Videos in Africa and also top 40 Video world wide.Reason l asked king Rebel to give me your email so l can explain it my self to you.If you need we do all and also get your music famous l told king rebel to get me something small to give me strength to make all this happen

Scam email · 2020

Initial message:
Like as i said that you should contact me is very important. My name is Satim Siang and i'm from Indonesia but my husband is from Burma and we live in UK i lost my husband on 16th of August 2014. meanwhile i have struggled with the disease of Lung Cancer and my doctor says that the current stand of my Lung Cancer disease is uncontrollable and I have only few months to live.
Before the death of my husband, he worked a contract with the British government worth of $ 4.7 million Dollars, but death took him away before the money is sent to my bank account , my husband was a philanthropist before his death, he also encouraged me to help the poor, because since we got married, we have not been able to have any child.
Because of the condition of my health i have sent two million dollars to my home town ( Indonesia ) and have deposited 700,000.00 $ to the hospital for my medi…
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Initial message:
Like as i said that you should contact me is very important. My name is Satim Siang and i'm from Indonesia but my husband is from Burma and we live in UK i lost my husband on 16th of August 2014. meanwhile i have struggled with the disease of Lung Cancer and my doctor says that the current stand of my Lung Cancer disease is uncontrollable and I have only few months to live.
Before the death of my husband, he worked a contract with the British government worth of $ 4.7 million Dollars, but death took him away before the money is sent to my bank account , my husband was a philanthropist before his death, he also encouraged me to help the poor, because since we got married, we have not been able to have any child.
Because of the condition of my health i have sent two million dollars to my home town ( Indonesia ) and have deposited 700,000.00 $ to the hospital for my medication , i will like to send the remaining two million dollars to you so that you will help me to give it to the poor peoples and the widows over there in your country as was instructed by my late husband since we did not have any children to inherit this money , Please do not discriminate on religion , race , ethnicity when handling this project . Try to reply me immediately for more information . May God bless you and your family , I would love to talk to you on the phone , but the problem is that i do not know the language and can not speak well due to pains , please keep this information very secret , never tell anyone about this money at all for security reasons
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Response:
Thanks for your response. I wanted to give this money for the less privileged people,the orphans and widows in your country and i pray that God will give you a good heart to handle this project with sincerity . I will not be there watching you for this project or know how you spend the money , but God will be there to see you , you should take 30% of the total money for your personal use and use the rest for charity work , please do not allow bad friends or family members to deceive you to use all the money for yourself because the consequences will be on you . I will contact my bank manager to know the best way to send the money to you in your country . Dear Please keep this very secret , do not tell anyone about this money until you receive and save the money , this is my address, Rotary Way, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 7EH United Kingdom .

I want you to send me your personal data such as
(1) Full Name:.............
(2) Home Address:.............
(3) Email Address:...............
(4) Your Whats-App Telephone Number:.............
(5) Your Identity card or passport photograph.
(6)Your occupation
(7)Your country
(8)Your Age
Thank you and God bless you

Scam email · 2020

Last night, I received a horribly x-rated picture of an imposter/scammer who first contacted me about 2 months ago, end of May. I ignored him for the first month, then started replying occasionally. For a string of several days....around July 2-9, we started exchanging more texts, but only on Google hangouts because he said he could not talk 'live' to the unsafe conditions where he was working in Afghanistan as a dr for the UN. About July 9, I consulted with a colleague who advised me to stop,..even tho he had not asked for money. Coincidentally, while she was sending that advice, he started asking me for money ($3,700) to get out of Afghanistan so he could come meet me. I, IMMEDIATELY blocked him on both Google Hangouts and FB IM Instant Messaging. In my last text to him on July9, I texted these words to him: "IF You ARE honestly a doctor working for the UN in Afghanistan, then send pr…
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Last night, I received a horribly x-rated picture of an imposter/scammer who first contacted me about 2 months ago, end of May. I ignored him for the first month, then started replying occasionally. For a string of several days....around July 2-9, we started exchanging more texts, but only on Google hangouts because he said he could not talk 'live' to the unsafe conditions where he was working in Afghanistan as a dr for the UN. About July 9, I consulted with a colleague who advised me to stop,..even tho he had not asked for money. Coincidentally, while she was sending that advice, he started asking me for money ($3,700) to get out of Afghanistan so he could come meet me. I, IMMEDIATELY blocked him on both Google Hangouts and FB IM Instant Messaging. In my last text to him on July9, I texted these words to him: "IF You ARE honestly a doctor working for the UN in Afghanistan, then send proof that you are that (a dr) to my email address. Fast forward to now (3 wks later), he sent what you will see in the attached word document: a run-on bunch of words and the x-rated picture of his dick. Please track down his IP address, if you can, and do everything possible to punish the jackass of a jerk who is behind this. Btw, this scammer used photos of an international model, Steven Niese, as if they were him on his FB profile...which he took down after I blocked him on FB & Google hangouts as I will be blocking him on my g-mail account that he sent this x-rated pix of him to me last night. Please find him and prosecute him. Please and let me know of any progress you've made. Aneta ThinkOfAll, ThinkOfAll.com

Messages from a scammer · 2020

This scammer sometimes claims his network connection is bad and can;t do video calls. Always has some medical issues and asking for money, Profess love to me and my friend within a week. Scammed several people we know out of money. Promised repayment of money. Promised to meet at the airport and never showed,. Asked with help on visa and plane ticket and asked to get his passport fixed. Because he can't make it out of Ghana. Needs to go back to Nigeria. Gives inconsisent stories about himself all the time.
Always telling us and my friend that he needs to pay for surgery or medical expenses for him or for family. Need money wire to him by Western Union or Money Gram. and send gift cards please. Very very demanding.

Whenever we asked to see him in the hospital he would hang up or say bad connection. He would rarely talk on video. But he was always making up lies on why he need…
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This scammer sometimes claims his network connection is bad and can;t do video calls. Always has some medical issues and asking for money, Profess love to me and my friend within a week. Scammed several people we know out of money. Promised repayment of money. Promised to meet at the airport and never showed,. Asked with help on visa and plane ticket and asked to get his passport fixed. Because he can't make it out of Ghana. Needs to go back to Nigeria. Gives inconsisent stories about himself all the time.
Always telling us and my friend that he needs to pay for surgery or medical expenses for him or for family. Need money wire to him by Western Union or Money Gram. and send gift cards please. Very very demanding.

Whenever we asked to see him in the hospital he would hang up or say bad connection. He would rarely talk on video. But he was always making up lies on why he needed the money. First it would be , for rent, then it would be for food , then he would say I have malaria or something.
Always coming up with investment business plans,ask to see the proof , and he would say, I will get it to you and nothing. Lies
Said he was working and ask what company and gave us a name and looked it up and does not exist. Lies. Doing internet fraud and money laundering, Using different names. Passport fraud and Visa fraud. Had us move to WhatsApp or Hangouts to talk Scammer.Avoids video chats, Limit chats mostly. Uses lower cases I''s Contradictory of vague statements about personal life and past and work.. Never want to be seen in family photos or let you talk to family or show you his place.

A scammer’s profile text · 2020

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