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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.

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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.

Messages from a scammer · 2019

Wurde in Libanon angegriffen. 😂 wo er auf den weg zu mir war . Vieleicht machen bei der Masche noch zwei mit einmal Kommander Eric Foster ---REDACTED--- und einen David Paupard Richard der echte John Paupard ---REDACTED--- den seine Telefonnummer

Messages from a scammer · 2019

I just received an email from my bank that the money has been deducted from my Bank account to your account and the money has been temporarily held on pending by my bank. The reason the money is held on pending is that my bank is under a conduct law on any transaction for security purpose to secure both buyer and seller on online transaction.
It will be alright if we both get secured, the money has been deducted from my account and i don't have access to the money again and i hope you have as well received the notification of payment too?
So i urge you not to delay this transaction go and get the product shipped out immediately and update me immediately you are done with the shipment. I hope you get my explanations all clear?Refresh your email, then check the inbox and spam of your email

A scammer’s profile text · 2019

Maryjane (30)

Just a girl and her country life.
USAF LR medic

Female solder active in duties
"A wolf doesn't concern himself with opinions of sheep"

NO PERVERTS PLEASE
No photos no chat
Not interested in people age below 30 years

Messages from a scammer · 2019

---REDACTED---

Maryjane

Just a girl and her country life.
USAF LR medic

Female solder active in duties
"A wolf doesn't concern himself with opinions of sheep"

NO PERVERTS PLEASE
No photos no chat
Not interested in people age below 30 years

Messages from a scammer · 2019

Harry Ben:
Why you don't want to transfer the money to the company

Please darling transfer the money to them

Please darling I put enough money inside the box okay

Just transfer the money to them so that they will deliver the luggage to you

Then you open the box and take the money

Skype message · 2019

Nancy (fake- using stolen identity pics from actress and model Natalie Sparks)

Scam email · 2019

He asked me to transfer my money for his sake three times, so, I trust him even if I didn't see him I transfered my 75,000 USD for him but he deceived me three times

A scammer’s profile text · 2019

He works in Sakhalin at the oil drilling company as a scientist and he got the interview with a Japan Drilling Company then decided to move to Tokyo for 5 years contact. He is from Germany Originally. He studied in England and now lives in Sakhalin for 5 years.

After corresponding for a month and a half, he asked me to buy Amazon Gift Card. He says he is going to move to Tokyo finally but before then he needs to send the data which he has made by software belongs to Amazon. So he needs to upgrade the software in sudden but because of he was a victim of British Airways credit card problem so he can't purchase by his credit card die to it's limitation.

Messages from a scammer · 2019

[2019/07/15 9:19:43] Jason: ‎このチャットと通話へのメッセージは、エンドツーエンドの暗号化で保護されています。
[2019/07/15 9:19:43] Jason: ‎これはビジネスアカウントとのチャットです。
[2019/07/15 9:19:43] Jason: Hi there. Its Nick.
[2019/07/15 9:19:52] Jason: Glad to have you here.
[2019/07/15 9:20:04] Jason: Faster and easier communication.
[2019/07/15 9:21:03] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Okay so your real name is Nick?
[2019/07/15 9:22:03] Jason: My friends called me Nick. Its actually a nickname.
[2019/07/15 9:22:19] Jason: You can call me either.
[2019/07/15 9:22:44] Jason: One day i will give you the story about why they called me Nick. Its a funny and embarrassing one.
[2019/07/15 9:22:48] Jason: Lol
[2019/07/15 9:23:01] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Which do you prefer???
[2019/07/15 9:23:20] Jason: Uhm,well..since we are just meeting,maybe Jason is more appropriate.
[2019/07/15 9:23:42] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Ok! :)
[2019/07/15 9:25:20] Jason: How about…
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[2019/07/15 9:19:43] Jason: ‎このチャットと通話へのメッセージは、エンドツーエンドの暗号化で保護されています。
[2019/07/15 9:19:43] Jason: ‎これはビジネスアカウントとのチャットです。
[2019/07/15 9:19:43] Jason: Hi there. Its Nick.
[2019/07/15 9:19:52] Jason: Glad to have you here.
[2019/07/15 9:20:04] Jason: Faster and easier communication.
[2019/07/15 9:21:03] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Okay so your real name is Nick?
[2019/07/15 9:22:03] Jason: My friends called me Nick. Its actually a nickname.
[2019/07/15 9:22:19] Jason: You can call me either.
[2019/07/15 9:22:44] Jason: One day i will give you the story about why they called me Nick. Its a funny and embarrassing one.
[2019/07/15 9:22:48] Jason: Lol
[2019/07/15 9:23:01] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Which do you prefer???
[2019/07/15 9:23:20] Jason: Uhm,well..since we are just meeting,maybe Jason is more appropriate.
[2019/07/15 9:23:42] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Ok! :)
[2019/07/15 9:25:20] Jason: How about you? What can I call you?
[2019/07/15 9:25:58] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: ---VICTIM REDACTED---
[2019/07/15 9:26:07] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: :)
[2019/07/15 9:26:12] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: I’ve checked your profile...
[2019/07/15 9:27:07] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: You say friendship as well.
[2019/07/15 9:27:16] Jason: OK,---VICTIM REDACTED---.
[2019/07/15 9:27:48] Jason: Yes,basically seeking for friendship at a primary level with a potential for something serious if we get along just fine.
[2019/07/15 9:29:33] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Oh good. For now I’m looking for meeting new people for opening my mind more and hopefully to become a real good friend.
[2019/07/15 9:29:55] Jason: Sounds good,I guess are interests are aligned?
[2019/07/15 9:31:15] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Aligned???
[2019/07/15 9:31:57] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Similar you mean?
[2019/07/15 9:32:06] Jason: Yes similar.
[2019/07/15 9:32:26] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Yeah I guess so. 😊
[2019/07/15 9:32:38] Jason: Great.
[2019/07/15 9:33:21] Jason: I will be moving from Sakhalin. Its a huge move but I guess its worth it actually. A huge change that results in a career growth.
[2019/07/15 9:34:24] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Omg...are you living in Sakhalin now?
[2019/07/15 9:34:59] ---VICTIM REDACTED---: Still? Then planning to come here for living??
[2019/07/15 9:35:43] Jason: Currently in Tokyo,I hav

Messages from a scammer · 2019

I feel so worried and concerned about you. Your happiness is my happiness. I want you happy always. I love you . 😘💕❤️.

AnyScam Scam Database Removal Request

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