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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.

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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 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 · 2017

I am simple,carling and faithful with a good sense of humor.I like making good friend who know what friendship is all about. I am here to search for a life partner or a wife. Please don 't hesitate to write me if we have the same interest .

Messages from a scammer · 2017

I want to ask if you can receive the document and keep if for me until I get to Tokyo

A scammer’s profile text · 2017

I can't - their account and profile have been closed by Match.com

Messages from a scammer · 2017

I am I.T professional, worked for NASA in Goddard for more than 10 years, I am also a Gemologist by profession, i got that from my late father, he was one too, I currently travel often with my job & this could be a challenge to someone that doesn't understand the big picture..I love what i do for a living and this has made me the successful woman i am today..I have been in this field for over 7 years..I attended a primary school owned by British priest in Germany and later moved to the University of Liverpool, UK where I had my bachelors degree in Gemology. I have taken Business trips all around the world like Russia, Dubai, Germany and in different states like Texas, Ohio, Australia and in Washington.. I also got to visit Israel, Brazil and Canada.. I have once had a business deal that i had to purchase the gem stones from Cripple Creek district in Colorado.. This was mid last year.…
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I am I.T professional, worked for NASA in Goddard for more than 10 years, I am also a Gemologist by profession, i got that from my late father, he was one too, I currently travel often with my job & this could be a challenge to someone that doesn't understand the big picture..I love what i do for a living and this has made me the successful woman i am today..I have been in this field for over 7 years..I attended a primary school owned by British priest in Germany and later moved to the University of Liverpool, UK where I had my bachelors degree in Gemology. I have taken Business trips all around the world like Russia, Dubai, Germany and in different states like Texas, Ohio, Australia and in Washington.. I also got to visit Israel, Brazil and Canada.. I have once had a business deal that i had to purchase the gem stones from Cripple Creek district in Colorado.. This was mid last year. I have also been to the Mine in Timmins, Ontario and Ekati diamond mine located in the north-east of Yellowknife.

I am really missing that special man for me, i dont believe in searching for a perfect man...I have peace in my heart and would love to find someone to share it with. I am not here to play games,.. I want to find my soul mate, my best friend, someone who will laugh with me, hold me, cuddle with me, respect me, protect me, honor me, cry with me, make love to me. I want to get goose bumps when he touches me and butterflies in my stomach when we make sweet love....I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve which usually gets me in trouble but when I love someone...I put my whole heart and soul into it. That's just who I am. I love to love someone but then if I am with someone they better be ready to be loved all through day and night, i am an old fashioned romantic, and a very submissive woman.. I would love to be very close with my partner, be able to talk to each other very honestly and be a support and inspiration for one another.

My ideal match would be someone who is kind

Scam email · 2017

Messages from hangouts got alot of messages but some of them are she wanna money for me to pay for the lawyer $60 for her to come to my country i'm based in NewZealand and she's from the USA i said i don't have money i refused because it wasn't good she loved me but i wasn't that serious because i know it wasn't cool she sent me alot of photos and i'm not too sure if it actually her or not and wanna make sure if she is real or not also her lawyer name is Ojebode Olawale he's from Nigeeia too talk soon thanks

Scam email · 2017

Hello,

I got your email from a website where you registered to make money online and I'm sure you're still looking to do so.

Our company is looking for 100 members in each state to make this amazing system work upto its full potential.

You can take home $297 to $323 per day working 2-3 hours per day part-time.

Sounds too good to be true?

Check it out yourself. You'll be blown away I promise.

Sincerely,
Lianne
CEO
Online Success Strategies

Scam email · 2017

Urgent Message Enclosed.
Better day’s greetings,

It is an honour to write to you. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering your position and the fact that we have never met in person. I came to know you in the course of my discreet search for a reliable foreign partner who will partner with my family in the investment I decided to contact you in good faith with regards to this matter.

Before my father was unjustly incarcerated he had taken me and my brother to deposit the funds in a private Security Vault as family valuable as if he foresees the looming danger ahead. I am contacting you to partner with us as a foreign partner to the Taylor family so that the family funds (Seventeen Million USD) will be legally transferred to your overseas account for investment purposes, and the investment will be under your management. Due to my father's past and our current Poli…
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Urgent Message Enclosed.
Better day’s greetings,

It is an honour to write to you. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering your position and the fact that we have never met in person. I came to know you in the course of my discreet search for a reliable foreign partner who will partner with my family in the investment I decided to contact you in good faith with regards to this matter.

Before my father was unjustly incarcerated he had taken me and my brother to deposit the funds in a private Security Vault as family valuable as if he foresees the looming danger ahead. I am contacting you to partner with us as a foreign partner to the Taylor family so that the family funds (Seventeen Million USD) will be legally transferred to your overseas account for investment purposes, and the investment will be under your management. Due to my father's past and our current Political Asylum statues we are not permitted to operate bank accounts or handle such investment under our family name hence I am contacting you.

If you indicate your interest to assist us with this transaction as an active foreign partner I am willing to give you 40 percent from the total funds or we can negotiate your percentage if you are not happy with the 40 percent as compensation for your help and the rest of the funds will be invested in your country in any lucrative investment you might suggest such as Real Estate provided we sign a partnership agreement with you.

I have to entrust our future lives and the family investment in your care hoping that you will not let us down.

Contact me now on the above email and telephone number so that I will give you more details and further directives. The proof of Funds is with me I will send it to you for your perusal when I hear from.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Miss Taylor


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Scam email · 2017

Hello,

I got your email from a website where you registered to make money online and I'm sure you're still looking to do so.

Our company is looking for 100 members in each state to make this amazing system work upto its full potential.

You can take home $297 to $323 per day working 2-3 hours per day part-time.

Sounds too good to be true?

Check it out yourself. You'll be blown away I promise.

Sincerely,
Sebastianne
CEO
Online Success Strategies

Scam email · 2017

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From: Community Board Member Jocelyn Prvanov
Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2017 5:29 p.m.
To: ---VICTIM REDACTED---
Subject: RE

A Grant is given to you. Email: ---REDACTED--- for details.
Kapiti Coast District Council does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached files. Internet communications are not secure; therefore the Council does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or attached files. The content of this email may express the view of the author and not the official position of the Council. Kapiti Coast District Council may monitor and store all outgoing and incoming email traffic. This e-mail is subject to copyright. Except in reply to the author, no part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have…
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From: Community Board Member Jocelyn Prvanov
Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2017 5:29 p.m.
To: ---VICTIM REDACTED---
Subject: RE

A Grant is given to you. Email: ---REDACTED--- for details.
Kapiti Coast District Council does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached files. Internet communications are not secure; therefore the Council does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or attached files. The content of this email may express the view of the author and not the official position of the Council. Kapiti Coast District Council may monitor and store all outgoing and incoming email traffic. This e-mail is subject to copyright. Except in reply to the author, no part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or telephone the author and delete all copies.

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