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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.

A scammer’s profile text · 2018

He stole the money from me through the bank account of called Cyrus Kaine. It was usd 15000.
His Bank name: Citizens Bank
Account name: Cyrus Kaine
Account number: ---REDACTED---
Routing and transit num: ---REDACTED---
Swift code: CTZIUS33
Address: ---ADDRESS REDACTED--- Riverside, Rhode Island.
Zip code: 02915
Country: USA
He said he want to help his uncle for his operation. But as he was sent to Turkey, he can not send money and NSA is secret organization so it is impossible to send money directly to the doctors account. As he begged me many times through internet sms app, Line, I decided to send the money as he called Cyrus Kaine. Her info. Is followed.
Bank name: Citizens Bank
Account name: Cyrus Kaine
Account number: ---REDACTED---
Routing and transit num: ---REDACTED---
Swift code: CTZIUS33
Address: ---ADDRESS REDACTED--- Riverside, Rhode Island.
Zip code: 02915
Country: USA…
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He stole the money from me through the bank account of called Cyrus Kaine. It was usd 15000.
His Bank name: Citizens Bank
Account name: Cyrus Kaine
Account number: ---REDACTED---
Routing and transit num: ---REDACTED---
Swift code: CTZIUS33
Address: ---ADDRESS REDACTED--- Riverside, Rhode Island.
Zip code: 02915
Country: USA
He said he want to help his uncle for his operation. But as he was sent to Turkey, he can not send money and NSA is secret organization so it is impossible to send money directly to the doctors account. As he begged me many times through internet sms app, Line, I decided to send the money as he called Cyrus Kaine. Her info. Is followed.
Bank name: Citizens Bank
Account name: Cyrus Kaine
Account number: ---REDACTED---
Routing and transit num: ---REDACTED---
Swift code: CTZIUS33
Address: ---ADDRESS REDACTED--- Riverside, Rhode Island.
Zip code: 02915
Country: USA
Cyrus phone number : ---REDACTED---
Cyrus address : ---ADDRESS REDACTED--- Westerly, RI 02891

Scam email · 2018

Hey beautiful, I have just been informed by my bank ( Allied Irish Bank) that fund transfers/transactions has been restricted to Arab nations such as: Iraq, Pakistan, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Chad, Morocco, Tunisia, due to the fight against Terrorist Funding in the Arab golf.
That’s the reason why my transfer was unsuccessful. I can only make this transfer to Europe, parts of Asia and America.
I would need your assistance on this to help me transfer money from my bank account into yours, thereafter, you can send it to me via Western Union or any Fund Transfer means that’s applicable in your country.I cannot embark on a trip To England due to this. I have lots to do here sweetie . I know I can trust you with my bank details that’s why I suggest you help me succeed the transaction. If you have any difficulty, just let me know and I will direct you on how t…
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Hey beautiful, I have just been informed by my bank ( Allied Irish Bank) that fund transfers/transactions has been restricted to Arab nations such as: Iraq, Pakistan, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Chad, Morocco, Tunisia, due to the fight against Terrorist Funding in the Arab golf.
That’s the reason why my transfer was unsuccessful. I can only make this transfer to Europe, parts of Asia and America.
I would need your assistance on this to help me transfer money from my bank account into yours, thereafter, you can send it to me via Western Union or any Fund Transfer means that’s applicable in your country.I cannot embark on a trip To England due to this. I have lots to do here sweetie . I know I can trust you with my bank details that’s why I suggest you help me succeed the transaction. If you have any difficulty, just let me know and I will direct you on how to do the transfer on you computer without any inconvenience.I’ll need your email so I can forward you my account info so that you can transfer money from my account to your account ok...
Login to my account via the web-link and you would see Transfer. Click ''Transfer'' and fill in your personal bank account details as required in the page, then click Transfer below.



---LINK REDACTED---

Account Name: John Pia White
Account Number: ---REDACTED---
E-Bank ID: DX74F65H2433
E-Bank PIN: 7987

A scammer’s profile text · 2018

I am 60 years old, to me age is just numbers. I studied Architecture at Cambridge University. After graduation I worked with a multi-national firm for some time before going for an extensive course on interior architecture in Harvard, after which I started my own business in 1984. My parents died in a car accident while on vacation in Hawaii in 1998. I got married to my late wife in 1985. But unfortunately my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer on the 17th of November and she died on the 8th of March 2013. Since the sudden death of my wife I felt my world had fallen apart. For a long time after her death I kept my life very small, work, home, very little socializing and definitely no dating. I just wasn't ready. It took me a long time to get through those dark days after her death I thought I can never get over something like that, but after a while, I realized that if I tried to keep …
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I am 60 years old, to me age is just numbers. I studied Architecture at Cambridge University. After graduation I worked with a multi-national firm for some time before going for an extensive course on interior architecture in Harvard, after which I started my own business in 1984. My parents died in a car accident while on vacation in Hawaii in 1998. I got married to my late wife in 1985. But unfortunately my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer on the 17th of November and she died on the 8th of March 2013. Since the sudden death of my wife I felt my world had fallen apart. For a long time after her death I kept my life very small, work, home, very little socializing and definitely no dating. I just wasn't ready. It took me a long time to get through those dark days after her death I thought I can never get over something like that, but after a while, I realized that if I tried to keep my life small.... (I retyped this message from screen shots I took of the initial messages)

Messages from a scammer · 2018

Message from email:
Good morning sweetheart ? sorry i got frustrated and slept off they couldn't trace the luggage . Like I said to you the bank emailed me that someone tried to charge my card and it was traced to London , that means that was were someone took my luggage, i have sent an email to my bank to stop the transaction that am not the one doing that. Sorry for bothering you honey, please i need your assistance over there to help me get the computer and ship it down here for me so i can get this work done without wasting much of my time and fly back home to your arms . here is the copy of the police report on the items I have in the luggage and the specification of the computer I want you to help me check on below.
1 Piece of Macbook 15inch (Touch Bar) 2.5GHz Processor 1TB or 512 Storage
Please whatever amount you spend please write it down so i can refund you. i'm so sorry to…
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Message from email:
Good morning sweetheart ? sorry i got frustrated and slept off they couldn't trace the luggage . Like I said to you the bank emailed me that someone tried to charge my card and it was traced to London , that means that was were someone took my luggage, i have sent an email to my bank to stop the transaction that am not the one doing that. Sorry for bothering you honey, please i need your assistance over there to help me get the computer and ship it down here for me so i can get this work done without wasting much of my time and fly back home to your arms . here is the copy of the police report on the items I have in the luggage and the specification of the computer I want you to help me check on below.
1 Piece of Macbook 15inch (Touch Bar) 2.5GHz Processor 1TB or 512 Storage
Please whatever amount you spend please write it down so i can refund you. i'm so sorry to inconvenience you. Honestly i'm in a mess without my computers and i'm also scared of opening my documents in a business center or the hotel guest room. You are always in my thoughts.

Messages from a scammer · 2018

Line application ID -Catherinegomez22
Hang out application ID - ---REDACTED---

Scam email · 2018

Says he is from US army. From Fort Worth Texas. Scammed me is thousands of dollars!

Scam email · 2018

Em segunda-feira, 3 de setembro de 2018, sgt.sgtanthony harley escreveu:

Hello, my dear,

How are you doing today? I must first thank you for providing your email address to me. I have to admit that you are a very nice woman. I like you and I believe that our meeting was not by a chance or accident but it was predestined by God so that together we would be able to discover God's plan for both of us. Some of my colleagues found their soulmate on this site where I met you, and today they are happily married living together, One of them help me to create an account on this site. I am planning to relocate next month after my retirement, that is why I am searching for the right woman, and I believe that I have found you. Please, I want you to be very serious and tell me what you think.

Once again my name is Anthony Harley I am 56 years old. A native of Mount Savage, Maryland, United State…
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Em segunda-feira, 3 de setembro de 2018, sgt.sgtanthony harley escreveu:

Hello, my dear,

How are you doing today? I must first thank you for providing your email address to me. I have to admit that you are a very nice woman. I like you and I believe that our meeting was not by a chance or accident but it was predestined by God so that together we would be able to discover God's plan for both of us. Some of my colleagues found their soulmate on this site where I met you, and today they are happily married living together, One of them help me to create an account on this site. I am planning to relocate next month after my retirement, that is why I am searching for the right woman, and I believe that I have found you. Please, I want you to be very serious and tell me what you think.

Once again my name is Anthony Harley I am 56 years old. A native of Mount Savage, Maryland, United States of America. I am happy to find you in my present and I will like to be associated with you, what I desire is simply in your attribute i have to bring love to my world again because I am a single father. I lost my wife three years ago in a car crash. I have a son who is 14 years old. My son's name is Barry, he is a good and intelligent boy and i take him in high esteem because he is my carbon copy.

I am an American army working in Kabul the capital city of Afghanistan but we will be going home next month after my retirement. I believe in love because it heals a wounded heart and broken spirit, I don't have any relationship after the death of my wife because I have been busy in the city of Kabul fighting the Taliban, to restore peace in Afghanistan. I want you to understand that Love has no colors barrier, no educational back ground barrier, no socio-economic Barrier, religious, language, age, nationality or distance barrier, the only important thing there is love and understanding and in a little time we will be staying together by the special grace of God

There is usually a smile on my face and I have been blessed. I have my own share of setbacks in the life but in spite of everything i never stop being grateful to God for his mercies upon my life and all the experiences that i have been exposed to. I am a fun loving, jovial, kind, lovely and passionate man. I like to have fun, work, travel, Play, and smile. I think of myself as being clever but harmless. My hobbies include jogging, music, horse riding, traveling, swimming, cooking etc. I am looking for a woman whom I will love, and also the woman that I would be able to spend the rest of my life with. I believe that a man's happiness will never be complete until there is a woman right beside him I want someone who is happy with her life. someone, who is willing to share her lives with me and I can share my life with her and together we will be happy forever. I hope that you would be the right woman for me, and I hope that our coming together would open doors of blessings and affections in our lives. Please check you're attached you will see my photos. And also feel free to tell me about yourself and also send your photos to me

I wish you a wonderful day and I hope to hear from you as soon as you receive this email
Thanks. Anthony Hug

Scam email · 2018

Como vai você? Espero que tudo esteja indo bem e livre de estresse para você? Obrigado por me aceitar, pelo menos você me criou a chance de contar e saber mais sobre você. Eu só quero que você saiba que haverá um pouco mais de privacidade em nossa comunicação, pois não posso contatá-lo através do site de namoro, porque eu não o visito sempre. Eu sei que você também deve estar se perguntando por que eu entrei em contato com você, eu gosto de tudo sobre você em seu perfil e sua foto. Esta é a razão pela qual eu quero encontrar e saber mais sobre você - o que você gosta, quais são seus sonhos e tudo de bom e ruim em você?

Em uma breve introdução sobre mim, Meu nome verdadeiro é Richard Basilio Juach, nascido em 2 de fevereiro de 1967 em Milão, Itália. Eu sou originalmente de Milão, Meus pais se mudaram para o País de Gales na Inglaterra quando eu tinha 17 anos de idade. Eu estudei engenh…
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Como vai você? Espero que tudo esteja indo bem e livre de estresse para você? Obrigado por me aceitar, pelo menos você me criou a chance de contar e saber mais sobre você. Eu só quero que você saiba que haverá um pouco mais de privacidade em nossa comunicação, pois não posso contatá-lo através do site de namoro, porque eu não o visito sempre. Eu sei que você também deve estar se perguntando por que eu entrei em contato com você, eu gosto de tudo sobre você em seu perfil e sua foto. Esta é a razão pela qual eu quero encontrar e saber mais sobre você - o que você gosta, quais são seus sonhos e tudo de bom e ruim em você?

Em uma breve introdução sobre mim, Meu nome verdadeiro é Richard Basilio Juach, nascido em 2 de fevereiro de 1967 em Milão, Itália. Eu sou originalmente de Milão, Meus pais se mudaram para o País de Gales na Inglaterra quando eu tinha 17 anos de idade. Eu estudei engenharia mecânica na Universidade de Cambridge. Após a formatura, trabalhei com ford por algum tempo antes de fazer um extenso curso de engenharia de petróleo em Harvard, depois do qual comecei meu próprio negócio. Eu sou um engenheiro de profissão, eu trabalho como engenheiro químico eletrônico; Minha seção é a construção e construção de fábricas de petróleo e refinarias aqui na cidade de manchester, Meu pai morreu em um acidente de carro enquanto estava de férias com minha mãe no Havaí em 2001, mas como Deus pode tê-lo Deus poupou a vida da minha mãe para mim. Eu me separei com minha esposa há 6 anos porque ela me traiu com meu melhor amigo, nos divorciamos oficialmente no dia 8 de abril de 2011. Eu moro sozinho agora com minha filha de 10 anos, o nome dela é Alessandra e eu também cuido da minha velha mãe doente também, todos nós moramos juntos agora em Manchester onde eu trabalhava.

A única coisa que me manteve indo é minha filha, ela é minha espinha dorsal. Desde o meu divórcio eu senti como se o mundo tivesse desmoronado, Por muito tempo depois do meu divórcio eu mantive minha vida muito pequena - trabalho, casa, Muito pouco socializando e definitivamente sem namoro, simplesmente não estava pronta. Levei muito tempo para passar por aqueles dias sombrios. Após o meu divórcio eu nunca pensei que eu poderia superar algo assim em vez disso eu tenho que passar por isso e sentir a dor para que eu possa eventualmente curar meu espírito Mas depois de um tempo eu percebi que se eu tentasse manter minha vida pequena e segura então eu não me machucaria se eu também estava me impedindo de sentir qualquer alegria de novo - porque alegria e dor são dois lados da mesma moeda. Então, gradualmente, eu me permiti emergir de volta ao mundo real, e aqui estou minha primeira tentativa de namoro online!

Espero encontrar uma mulher decente que esteja à procura de um relacionamento sério, gosto de fazer algo claro como começamos em nossa comunicação. Minha intenção deve ser conhecida cedo o suficiente para que você possa saber por que eu entrei em contato com você. A única razão pela qual estou aqui escrevendo para você e pronto para dedicar tempo para fazer toda a comunicação necessária é porque eu gosto do seu perfil e desejo me aproximar de você e ver se há química para unir o coração porque nada funciona até que alguém trabalhe isto. Eu estou aqui para procurar a verdadeira mulher que pode trazer o melhor em mim, Uma mulher que irá compartilhar a base sólida do relacionamento comigo, que é confiança, amor, relacionamento, companheirismo, compromisso, compreensão, amizade, quem tem o espírito de dado. Uma que vamos compartilhar nossas tristezas juntas e uma que nós estaremos lá para o outro em termos de bem e mal.

Eu também sei que os dois problemas que vamos enfrentar é o "LINGUAGEM E A DISTÂNCIA". Eu quero que você saiba que a distância não tem nada a ver com o amor. Se você encontrar alguém que toque seu coração e defina o amor de uma maneira perfeita, você poderá viajar milhares de milhas para vir e tê-la. o amor não tem nada a ver com idade, distância, personalidade e o que você é, mas com quem você é. Eu realmente não sei o que você está procurando, mas no caso de você estar atrás de um relacionamento que levará ao casamento e durará para sempre, talvez devêssemos nos dar uma chance na vida para ver se somos compatíveis, mas por favor, seja informado que eu não teria muito tempo para encontrar e conversar com você on-line todo o tempo porque estou sempre ocupado, mas vou dedicar meu tempo um pouco para saber mais sobre você.

Eu vou te contar mais sobre mim assim que você me contar um pouco sobre você. Finalmente, vou esperar por sua resposta e por favor não se apresse, apenas tome o seu tempo e me escreva quando tiver a chance de fazê-lo, Meu coração é livre e aberto, também serei feliz, se eu encontrar o mesmo coração e será mútuo.

Espero ler de você em breve.

A scammer’s profile text · 2018

Has been using Google hangouts to communicate once off POF and deleted one of her profiles.

Messages from a scammer · 2018

Wow honey I am so very excited like now,I feel so happy baby,this great news is indeed a turning point in our lives now,honey when I got to the security company this morning after signing all the documentations,I was called into the vault manager's office and handed over all the legal documents guiding my inheritance to me.


        my late dad left 78kg of gold bars worth alot in my name in the security vault,i feel so happy honey,I can't tell you how excited I am,this means a lot to me and our family,mom was indeed so very happy when I broke the good news to her few hours to ago

         Honey I am so very worried for my dad kept the items there since 6 months  ago and paid for couple of months and now demurrage charges has accumulated on the gold bcos of the long period of time it was kept there.

I was told by the vault manager that I need to clear up those charges before I can pi…
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Wow honey I am so very excited like now,I feel so happy baby,this great news is indeed a turning point in our lives now,honey when I got to the security company this morning after signing all the documentations,I was called into the vault manager's office and handed over all the legal documents guiding my inheritance to me.


        my late dad left 78kg of gold bars worth alot in my name in the security vault,i feel so happy honey,I can't tell you how excited I am,this means a lot to me and our family,mom was indeed so very happy when I broke the good news to her few hours to ago

         Honey I am so very worried for my dad kept the items there since 6 months  ago and paid for couple of months and now demurrage charges has accumulated on the gold bcos of the long period of time it was kept there.

I was told by the vault manager that I need to clear up those charges before I can pick up the gold bars from the vault storage  ,I don't have anyone to turn to now honey,u know how important this is to me and our soon to be family and you know the nature of my family we have nothing and we have been suffering after my evil uncles took all away from us and left us to suffer ,me not holding enough cash with me to clear up this demurrage charges  ,I want you to pls help us  get this demurrage paid honey so I can get the gold out of here and have it shipped out for safe keeping,Bcos I can't ship the gold to mom bcos my evil uncles wlll do anything to take it away from us again,that's why I want it safe until  my arrival with you were we both have to get potential buyers for them.

I want you to know that every penny will be replaced back to you when we are together,I am feeling kinda sad after the Exictment  I had earlier today while writing you this message,I don't have anyone to turn to honey,pls baby you need to go to the bank now so I can  sort this out.

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