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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.

AnyScam Scam Quick Reporting

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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

Hello darling, I'm David Williams, from the USA. I like your profile and would love to know more... about you. My email is (---REDACTED---). I will be happy to hear from you soon, be careful dear. David Williams.

Scam email · 2024

whatsappJ u S t Re ply Me-----I’m a doctor. Looking for a man to have fun with tonight. Are you
interested in meeting

Scam email · 2024

live alone and have my own car so I can travel if needed.

I don't want money ....!
If you are interested in going with me ..... ??
Text me here:

Scam email · 2024

Hi Dear,

Do you like eating fruits?

Text me. See You Profile

Scam email · 2024

I AM Mr Johnson N. one of the senior tagged representative assigned for your winning award 16th JULY promo 2024 this is your personal signed approved number (ww=2.5=qr=usd )This is to inform you that your tagged registration code has won you the sum of ($ 2,500,000.00 US )TWO Million Five Hundred Thousand United State dollars) in this 16th JULY promo 2024 promotion that is organized to reward our regular online users of the tagged site, we done it every 16th JULY please contact our ---REDACTED--- for more information. You are among the 35 lucky winners that won the promo generally and also among 5 people that won it in your country The online draws were carried out by a random selection of email and the registration code that you chose through an automatic and randomized advanced search of those tagged in another to claim your fund. You should contact your claims agent through ---REDACTE…
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I AM Mr Johnson N. one of the senior tagged representative assigned for your winning award 16th JULY promo 2024 this is your personal signed approved number (ww=2.5=qr=usd )This is to inform you that your tagged registration code has won you the sum of ($ 2,500,000.00 US )TWO Million Five Hundred Thousand United State dollars) in this 16th JULY promo 2024 promotion that is organized to reward our regular online users of the tagged site, we done it every 16th JULY please contact our ---REDACTED--- for more information. You are among the 35 lucky winners that won the promo generally and also among 5 people that won it in your country The online draws were carried out by a random selection of email and the registration code that you chose through an automatic and randomized advanced search of those tagged in another to claim your fund. You should contact your claims agent through ---REDACTED--- for more details Dear winner, keep in mind that the contact was real and the truth, advised you to contact the agent to obtain more information on how to receive your winning prize with this email address ---REDACTED--- Congratulations once again

Scam email · 2024

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Scam email · 2024

Do you Have Facebook Messenger with videocall

Sent from my Metro PCS 4G LTE Android device




Blue
Vehicle
2000 Mercedes-Benz V

A scammer’s profile text · 2024

Hello dear
---VICTIM REDACTED---’s Gen. William Garrett my Facebook was hacked so I couldn’t contact you
I’ve been searching for my diary ever since to get in touch but to no avail
Honey, did I tell you about few of my investments, my home at the Military headquarter in Georgia, I also have an Estate in California.. I have my money invested in Oil and Gas and also on other investments managed by an attorney assigned by the government which I have signed a contract agreement with the Government before accepting to be called back to service for this undercover mission offer which I signed and an accepted that all this property will be in the custody and management of the government until I finish my assignment here and return home successfully from the service. The decision and agreement is cool as the price of my assignment is a reasonable amount and for the love I have in saving liv…
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Hello dear
---VICTIM REDACTED---’s Gen. William Garrett my Facebook was hacked so I couldn’t contact you
I’ve been searching for my diary ever since to get in touch but to no avail
Honey, did I tell you about few of my investments, my home at the Military headquarter in Georgia, I also have an Estate in California.. I have my money invested in Oil and Gas and also on other investments managed by an attorney assigned by the government which I have signed a contract agreement with the Government before accepting to be called back to service for this undercover mission offer which I signed and an accepted that all this property will be in the custody and management of the government until I finish my assignment here and return home successfully from the service. The decision and agreement is cool as the price of my assignment is a reasonable amount and for the love I have in saving lives. I also signed that at the course of my duty in my service, if I kick the bucket, all my properties, money and every

Messages from a scammer · 2024

General Townsends wife and two kids were killed on the 17th of February because an imposter whom they thought was him asked them for a meetup and when they went out thinking he was back from his mission in Libya they were kidnapped and killed

Scam email · 2024

Not that he didn't try.

---LINK REDACTED---

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.