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The SCARS Institute Encyclopedia of Scams

AnyScam™ Scam Search & Reporting

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.

Help Protect Others

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.

AnyScam Scam Quick Reporting

What are you reporting?

Reports are reviewed by SCARS Institute staff before they appear in the database. Don't include your own name or contact details.

Learn more about reporting these crimes here.

AnyScam Scam Database Search

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 · 2024

# I'm not lying to you.
I want to be friends with older man. Are u 30 + ?yes or no

Sent from my Metro PCS 4G LTE Android device







Birthday
Birthday
---REDACTED---
Age
34 years old
Tropical zodiac
Taurus
Online

A scammer’s profile text · 2024

Said he was a special forces agent on a secret mission in South Sudan

Scam email · 2024

Hey
Are U Free Night i Am All Time Free & Yoou

Sent from my Metro PCS 4G LTE Android device




Purple
Vehicle
2015 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class

Scam email · 2024

Do you like to play with my Puppy
reply yes`
W~hats~App (---REDACTED---
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Scam email · 2024

Babe can you try you best and get me a cardI ask for a card but you said no

Scam email · 2024

The story I am getting is she loves and is working with the FBI to catch the bastards that have scammed me .
One in a real dangerous one Daud Bamba from Wenchi Ghana.
That asshole used pictures of Fati Amadu.
I want you to verify if Thea Alexis Texas is real or just another scammer. She has been asking for money to pay the FBI.
This is a big red flag for me.
Just arrest who is doing this to me. Likely a Nigerian bastard.

Scam email · 2024

Pictures--
Need a Number to call or text



Sent from my Metro by T-Mobile Device

Scam email · 2024

Re: DRAGON, Looking for my partner.Okay DRAGON STRIKER I have not received your call yet ? I do not want to waste my time or your time anymore. That is, in case you are not interested in us hooking up. All details and information about any endeavor are usually discussed via a phone.If you still have interest in meeting up, you can Get Location and Phone Info after verify you are real.
Here so we can Talk to me and make plan for meetup .You know many of people here who are trying to kidnap and do bad things.

Scam email · 2024

Pictures--
May i know how old are you



Sent from Xfinity Connect App

Scam email · 2024

I am a criminal I am using my Google account to scam people I'm trying to steal their personal info off their Google accounts I want to steal people's passwords off their Google accounts

AnyScam Scam Database Removal Request

If something listed in the AnyScam Database is yours and is listed in error, tell us here. We'll email you a link to confirm your request, then SCARS Institute staff review it.