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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.

Messages from a scammer · 2019

I promise I will pay all the money and try to help me get the $290 everything will be solved.

A scammer’s profile text · 2019

His name was Ben Harrison.I'm an orthopedic surgeon.He said he was 48 years old.His son was Alex.Parents and wives said they were killed in an accident.He said he lives in Oakland, California.

Messages from a scammer · 2019

Do you know what is called western union?
I'm going to the bank tomorrow morning. I confirmed
Really you don't know
I need to know your company, your account, everything.
Yeah you can kind western in the bank that right
I'm smart.
Yes
I will send you the details tomorrow OK
I know your company correctly tomorrow and will deposit money.
But you are not going to pay it in the bank
This is very different from bank account number
It called western union
You can check it out online
Don't worry.
Lol
Let me show you how if looks like
Since you have not done it before


Hey are you there?
Ok
Honey should I send you the details now?
여보, 이제 세부 사항을 보내야합니까?
Ok
This is dear
NAME-MONDAY ETINOSA
PLACE -ITALY
When doing it be very careful OK
Are you there
Ok

Messages from a scammer · 2019

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Messages from a scammer · 2019

Honey every single money I work here India was deposited into my acct.that make things hard for me now.Try your best so that I come and solve your problem.I'll be paying all the money you loaned for me.

A scammer’s profile text · 2019

Be real and be yourself, dont be fake
This is on whatsapp
live:kimkimble29 Skype name
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A scammer’s profile text · 2019

His so called name is James Eliseo David, on hangouts as James Eliseo and instagram as Jimeliseo1234.

Messages from a scammer · 2019

On hangouts he confessed his love for me and then asks for money. He is then in hospital and his mother has cancer. I have kept my hangouts but I am unable to copy & paste plus there are so many!!!

Messages from a scammer · 2019

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ALSO I HAVE THE BANK OWNER AND NAME
Account Name : Carl H GRUENLER
Account Number : ---REDACTED---
Rounting Number : ---REDACTED---
Inbound Swift Number CHASUS33
Address ---ADDRESS REDACTED--- east ,columbus ,oh 43213
Home Address 20 Vuelte tomas sants fe, nm 87506

Scam email · 2019

Date: ---REDACTED---:08
Subject: ---VICTIM REDACTED---, your package No: hF----REDACTED--- could not be delivered - check now >



Dear Customer ,
Due to several cases of parcel misplacement we have experienced recently,
It is now mondatory that we confirm delivery address from beneficiary before final delivery.

CLICK HERE TO CONFIRM YOUR DELIVERY DETAIL
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This email has been sent to ---REDACTED---

©2019 DHL. The content of this message is protected by copyright and trademark laws under U.S. and international law. Review our privacy policy. All rights reserved.

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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.