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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

am a Beautiful Midget girl I just need some fun

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Scam email · 2024

Okay babe please I need airtime now what can do now babe please Can you try and help me with $30 Gift Card nowBabe please Are you going to buy me the Card or notCan you try and going to buy the Card for mw nowCan you try and get it for today babe pleaseCan you try and get me money of my airtime now babe please

Scam email · 2024

I use my Gmail account to harass people send them illegal Gmail messages hoping to steal all the personal info off their Google account I want to steal their password off their Google account and all their security questions

Scam email · 2024

So thats the zoo we call the BSC!If not, well, then, we'll see, won't we?---LINK REDACTED---

Scam email · 2024

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Scam email · 2024

If you will not send me the money fineI need the moneyGo to the Walmart with the cash and send it to the tag I sent you earlierDon’t you have cash

Scam email · 2024

Brilliant, came the sarcastic reply.---LINK REDACTED---

Scam email · 2024

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Scam email · 2024

Okay but if you don't get me the card now try to tell me to do soo now my loveBut this card is not available now my lovetry to get me google card now my loeWaiting

Scam email · 2024

Hi, I am Scott Harry, first of all, I am here to find a sincere trustworthy person for a long term relationship, a very caring person, I am looking to find a true home by writing this message. feeling that we can achieve something, I want to be in a relationship with you and maybe we can discover ourselves as true life partners. I would like you to write to me again so I can tell you more about myself. Please write to me on my private mailbox (---REDACTED---) so we can talk better, thank you,

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.