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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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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 · 2019
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her facebook used to contact people from
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Gofundme page
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she most recently was seen at a hospital in Wales called Ysbyty Glan clwyd (Glan Clwyd Hospital) on the 15/11/19
any assistance given would be much appreciated as noone not even our police has been able to assist us much and i feel she will continue to take advantage of people and scamming families out of money
---ADDRESS REDACTED--- is only known possible address seen on medical wristband she sent a picture of to us today on the 3/12/1
A scammer’s profile text · 2019
Messages from a scammer · 2019
I love you with all my heart! I will never ever forget the first day that we met. I remember each and every detail. Meeting you has been an answer to my prayers. I will always love you. My heart belongs to you and ONLY you. I never want you to forget that. I didn't think it was possible to fall in love with someone so fast ... but, this has totally proved me wrong. I am truly happy to be with you. You are my everything and I will do anything for you. I will never leave your side and when you leave for long periods of time I will be right here waiting for you
Everyday I wake up thanking God for you. You have made all my dreams come true,I promise to always love you and always hold you in my heart. I will always be here for you when you need me and I will love you no matter what life brings us. You are my soul mate, and I vow to love you until the day that eternity i…
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I love you with all my heart! I will never ever forget the first day that we met. I remember each and every detail. Meeting you has been an answer to my prayers. I will always love you. My heart belongs to you and ONLY you. I never want you to forget that. I didn't think it was possible to fall in love with someone so fast ... but, this has totally proved me wrong. I am truly happy to be with you. You are my everything and I will do anything for you. I will never leave your side and when you leave for long periods of time I will be right here waiting for you
Everyday I wake up thanking God for you. You have made all my dreams come true,I promise to always love you and always hold you in my heart. I will always be here for you when you need me and I will love you no matter what life brings us. You are my soul mate, and I vow to love you until the day that eternity is gone. I love you ---VICTIM REDACTED---, You and I together, we can make magic We're a perfect match.
Thinking of you, fills me with a wonderful feeling. Your love gives me the feeling, that the best is still ahead. You never give up on me, and that's what keeps me going. You are simply irresistible.
With love,
Cynthia.
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In life, we receive a wonderful opportunity, and that is to love. Love comes in many forms. You love people in different ways and for different reasons, depending upon how they have touched your life. Love is a very powerful word and can describe a multitude of feelings, but its main context carries the same meaning.
I want to tell you that the love I have for you is undying. It is a love that is strong and enduring and will stand the test of time. I truly feel blessed that you have become a part of my life and I cannot wait for the day that we can join our lives together. I want to lie next to you at night and fall asleep in your arms, only to wake to your beautiful smile.
Messages from a scammer · 2019
so that the work can see how foolish you are
Scam email · 2019
Messages from a scammer · 2019
Hello. how are you?
You have such a lovely profile. You are beautiful.
I would love to know you better.
I am James.
A scammer’s profile text · 2019
I am ---VICTIM REDACTED--- ---VICTIM REDACTED---, from 196/144 Moo 2 ,Praksa Mai, Muang Samut prakarn, Samut Prakan, 10280 Thailand, I am writing to request for my future husband retirement Chief ---VICTIM REDACTED---
Thu, Aug 8, 7:24 PM
Good Day Madam, Heavenly greetings to you. i am so happy to receive your identity card today to verify your authenticity and to confirm that you are good and responsible citizen; you know we need to be security alert at all times and want to assure you that i have forwarded your identity card to the Thailand department of security for verification of identity and this is just to be sure of your status and that you are also eligible to request for Chief Master Sergeant Murphy Smith withdrawal. i promise that your identity will be handled with best security and utmost confidentiality and as soon as this is confirmed i will in…
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I am ---VICTIM REDACTED--- ---VICTIM REDACTED---, from 196/144 Moo 2 ,Praksa Mai, Muang Samut prakarn, Samut Prakan, 10280 Thailand, I am writing to request for my future husband retirement Chief ---VICTIM REDACTED---
Thu, Aug 8, 7:24 PM
Good Day Madam, Heavenly greetings to you. i am so happy to receive your identity card today to verify your authenticity and to confirm that you are good and responsible citizen; you know we need to be security alert at all times and want to assure you that i have forwarded your identity card to the Thailand department of security for verification of identity and this is just to be sure of your status and that you are also eligible to request for Chief Master Sergeant Murphy Smith withdrawal. i promise that your identity will be handled with best security and utmost confidentiality and as soon as this is confirmed i will inform you accordingly. Thank you so much for your understanding and cooper
Messages from a scammer · 2019
Sat, Aug 10, 8:39 AM
to me
Good Day Madam, It is my pleasure to inform you that we have contacted the other soldiers that can replace your future husband, this is because we need more men here that is why your future husband should be replaced before he can be withdrawn from his official assignment and be with you, madam we have search for the best cost option for you to choose the one that is best for you, below is the amount and the nationality of the soldier that can replace your future husband Chief Master Sergeant Murphy Smith : Turkish Air Force will cost 12,629.74 Turkish lira , equivalent to ( 70,000 Thai baht )
British Air Force will cost 3500 pounds equivalent to (128,246.62 Thai Baht )
China Air force will cost you 80,000 yuan equivalent to (344,823.28 Thai Baht )
But we have to be fast about this so that we can contact the soldier for…
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Sat, Aug 10, 8:39 AM
to me
Good Day Madam, It is my pleasure to inform you that we have contacted the other soldiers that can replace your future husband, this is because we need more men here that is why your future husband should be replaced before he can be withdrawn from his official assignment and be with you, madam we have search for the best cost option for you to choose the one that is best for you, below is the amount and the nationality of the soldier that can replace your future husband Chief Master Sergeant Murphy Smith : Turkish Air Force will cost 12,629.74 Turkish lira , equivalent to ( 70,000 Thai baht )
British Air Force will cost 3500 pounds equivalent to (128,246.62 Thai Baht )
China Air force will cost you 80,000 yuan equivalent to (344,823.28 Thai Baht )
But we have to be fast about this so that we can contact the soldier for re-posting to Sudan thereby allowing your future husband to leave here as soon as possible before the GA of the British Air Force come to take records of all soldiers present here in the base in Sudan for the month . i really do hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and may the good lord continue to strengthen you in all you do.
Best Regard
United Nation
I can send you more for the slip payment and another information we take so long to discussed.
A scammer’s profile text · 2019
What’s up app
---REDACTED--- Caro mobile in Ghana /---REDACTED--- Mary black koffee caro sister ---REDACTED--- caro mom Pholomina DuDu Nyawah Ghana : 00233. P.O. Box NT 49,Accra new-town house # NT 54 GH Accra
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Scam email · 2019
We are a family of 4 and I will love to purchase a home for my family
in your country because we are planning to relocate to your country as
soon as possible.
We just need a family home that will take care of me, my wife and two
of my children, the house at minimum should have 4 rooms and 1 sitting
room with toilets and bathrooms, it should have good garage for
parking of cars and also have a good environment.
Our price range is US$500,000 to $1,000,000 dollars home; it should be
located in a very safety area considering the safety of my family,
however, we can also consider other luxury homes that are very good.
I equally want to invest in real estate business in your country,
please can tell me little about real investments + other investments
that are profitable in your country.
Please forward to us the home pictures that you have in your listings
so that we can go…
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We are a family of 4 and I will love to purchase a home for my family
in your country because we are planning to relocate to your country as
soon as possible.
We just need a family home that will take care of me, my wife and two
of my children, the house at minimum should have 4 rooms and 1 sitting
room with toilets and bathrooms, it should have good garage for
parking of cars and also have a good environment.
Our price range is US$500,000 to $1,000,000 dollars home; it should be
located in a very safety area considering the safety of my family,
however, we can also consider other luxury homes that are very good.
I equally want to invest in real estate business in your country,
please can tell me little about real investments + other investments
that are profitable in your country.
Please forward to us the home pictures that you have in your listings
so that we can go through them before making a choice?
Thank you and I look forward to getting your response.
Dr Ali Ghanem
Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Syria
Second message:
My biggest problem right now is my position in
government and how to move out the purchase funds of the home to you
as i intend to pay cash since my family is relocating to your country
due to political /assassination threats.
As you know, we as govt public servants are restricted by the govt not
to transfer or invest funds in other country through any bank while in
the govt, we are completely banned from doing that, this development
has giving me a lot of sleepless night and i don't know what to do.
Honestly, I don’t know how to proceed because I have been thinking
about it ever since you showed your sincere interest to help us,
moreover, all my domestic accounts and properties has been seized by
the govt following my personal political problem with President Bashar
al-Assad led communist government.
Earlier on, I was in a close relationship with President Bashar
al-Assad communist government, but i became his enemy when i told him
that we should he should stop the Syrian war and switch over to
democracy system of government so that peoples wishes and human right
should be respected, he rejected my democratic option and vow to
eliminate me and my family, i am man that believes in rule of law and
respect for human right, and the way things are going in SYRIA now is
very bad because peoples wishes and human rights are abused and
political prisoners jailed for no reason and the worst of it all is
that people dying everyday just because of the ongoing war.
It was as a result of this ugly development that prompted me to
relocate my family quickly, get this home for them and establish great
investment for them in your country where I believed that there safety
will be highly guaranteed and their human rights respected.
Also I have taking a great research in your country and find out that
there are great investment opportunities there, I was not meant to
tell you all this but I was forced to let you know my position based
on the corporation you have showed me so far and i have decided to
entrust this project into your care based on the confident i have
repose in you.
Third message:
This email is based on trust and confident which i have repose in you.
We wish you a wonderful day and we thank you for your understanding
and concern towards our problems and the need to relocate fast and
establish this investments in your country, you have been a source of
joy to my family this few days that we met and by Allah`s grace the
relationship has come to stay forever.
However, just like i told you in my last email, the fact is that i can
not transfer funds with my name while in government due to the
restrictions in SYRIA and also because of the ongoing Syria war, we
are banned from making international bank wire transfer while in
government and moreover, my current problems with President Bashar
al-Assad led communist government has made in impossible for me to
transfer funds from SYRIA here to your country or to anywhere in the
world, PLEASE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND MY VERY DIFFICULT POSITION AND
THE TIGHT SITUATION I FIND MYSELF.
However, i have confidentially and successfully deposited the sum of
(US$6.7 Million) with a diplomatic storage delivery company in
London-UK, this funds were deposited/locked up in a big strong
diplomatic vault luggage.
I made this funds through oil/gas contracts with some Russian oil
companies operating in my country, but i was forced to move the funds
out of my country due to the problems that i am facing at the moment,
this funds in the diplomatic luggage will cover the whole purchase fee
of the home we will buy once we arrive to your country while the
remaining funds will cover the welfare of my family and for the
investments purposes which i will require your full assistance and
help as soon as we arrive in your country, the funds was deposited in
London on my behalf through the help of a Russian Military friend, he
moved the funds for me through a diplomatic means because this is the
only means by which i can move out the funds to you considering the
fact that i can't transfer it or deposit it with my name while in the
service of govt and considering the strict nature of SYRIA at the
moment.
As you know in SYRIA, you can't transfer funds with your name, the
government must be aware of the transfer and the ongoing war has made
it impossible for me to transfer the funds from SYRIA here to your
country, so the diplomatic delivery is the best option, this funds is
the only funds left for me and my family and i trust and believed that
you will not run away with the luggage, fail me or disappoint me once
you receive it from the diplomatic delivery company, we have repose
our trust and confident in you regarding doing this for us and i
assure you that you will never regret doing it for us.
I want you to understand the nature of this project very well,
PLEASE READ BELLOW VERY WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT VERY
WELL, AND DON’T FAIL TO ASK ME QUESTION ON ANY THING THAT YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND.
The luggage that contains the funds has been deposited with the
diplomatic storage delivery company as family treasure and not as
money, the delivery company does not know that the luggage contains
money, they believe that it contains family treasure, also the
diplomatic storage delivery company is not interested on the content
of the luggage, their duty is to deliver the luggage to you hand in
hand as the owner since you will be acting as the beneficiary of the
luggage, the whole funds are all in one box (diplomatic luggage) all
in $100 USD bills.
The diplomatic storage delivery company by article 27,section 27(3)of
Vienna convention on diplomatic relations which was adopted by 150
states including USA has international diplomatic delivery immunity
and it says that diplomatic luggage shall not be opened or detained,
they also have (UN) (EU) and Africa union (AU) diplomatic delivery
license to get this luggage to you in your home safely without any
problem, because they don’t pass through normal customs or immigration
scrutinization because of the immunity they have, right now,it is only
you, me and my wife knows that this luggage contents money and i want
you to assure me that you will handle this project for me very well
with all your heart and that you will not run away with my luggage
funds on delivery to you in your country, you will also assure me that
you will not disclose the content of our plans to anyone considering
the safety of my family and the luggage funds.
The most important thing that you really need to do for me is to keep
this project to your self alone and make an arrangement on a very
secret and secured place that you will keep this luggage once you
receive it from the diplomatic delivery company, i assure you that you
are not putting yourself in danger, all i expect from you is total
confidentiality considering the safety of my family and the funds.
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