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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.

Scam email · 2017

This is a romantic scammer. He went by the name of Kyle Greg. He stole the i.d. of the real Dr. Lopez in Spain. He kept me going for 2 weeks argued relentlessly about sending money to his nanny and dying son. I did not send him anything. He had no feelings whatsoever for me it was ALL lies. And I am contacting the real Dr. and hope to hear from him today. It was shameful and very hurtful to play with someone's emotions. He did apologize but still, wants me to phone him.I told him I am now reporting him. He refuses to send his last name or pic. The phone no. he gave me was---REDACTED--- and says his real name is Michael. He's a smooth talker UNTIL u don't send money. I even made a phone call to the hospital name he gave me and, of course, there was no such child. Beware of this one. He was on Facebook and I have 48 pages of conversation. Thank the lord he gave me common sense!!!

Messages from a scammer · 2017

This scammer said he was from my local area and had a profile on Tinder. Very quickly he attempted to get my full name and wanted me to open an account for him to deposit money supposedly from his bank account in the UK. He said he had an agent in the UK and was doing a contract in Iran as he said he was a dental and medical consultant.He asked for my identification and was attempting an ID fraud. He also wanted this money to be sent on to China once received. This scammer is very dangerous as he moved in very quickly after only two conversations which is when I realised I was dealing with a scammer. His English was perfect and did not have the usual red flags of an African scammer though his story and his way of operating were similar. This is a seriously bad scammer as they are trying to either hack someone else's account to deposit the money into a victim's account and send it on or t…
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This scammer said he was from my local area and had a profile on Tinder. Very quickly he attempted to get my full name and wanted me to open an account for him to deposit money supposedly from his bank account in the UK. He said he had an agent in the UK and was doing a contract in Iran as he said he was a dental and medical consultant.He asked for my identification and was attempting an ID fraud. He also wanted this money to be sent on to China once received. This scammer is very dangerous as he moved in very quickly after only two conversations which is when I realised I was dealing with a scammer. His English was perfect and did not have the usual red flags of an African scammer though his story and his way of operating were similar. This is a seriously bad scammer as they are trying to either hack someone else's account to deposit the money into a victim's account and send it on or the money could be coming from another victim but I am thinking they are hackers as the scammer said that he could not use money gram or Western Union. Fortunately I know how this works and so did not play the game but it is disturbing to find this on a site like Tinder and is not the usual request for money characteristic of the African scammer.

A scammer’s profile text · 2017

Femme black béninoise avec son frère Samson renaud mahugnon ogboni et ses amis bocco martin , gildas klopcas grâce aux mensonges, manipulations m'ont arnaqué et reçu mon argent de 2013 en 2017 que j'ai perdu au total de 6000€
Elle me faisait croire que sa famille n'a plus d'argent et elle avait tout dépensé d'argent dont elle n'avait plus d'argent
Elle m'avait dit qu'elle a une soeur, un frère
En 2015 elle m'avait appris qu'elle a perdu son père puis sa mère et sa soeur
En 2016 , elle m'avait prévenu que son frère est mort de cancer de cerveau, elle est devenue sans domicile fixe, sans emploi, sans sous, sans la bouffe

Messages from a scammer · 2017

1er courrier en 2013 ( ---REDACTED---) :
Bonjour,
Je viens de lire ton message sur le site Vivatreet
Je suis Marie , belle fille camerounaise de 22 ans, très sexy
Je cherche à faire la connaissance d'un homme, libre, simple, sûr pour construire une relation nous conduisant à un projet de vie commune, tendresse, partager tout simplement des sentiments réciproques, vie cet homme tant recherché
J'ai essayé de t'envoyer de message depuis mon adresse mail de famille
Tu peux me répondre directement et je suis conectée plus souvent sur skype, facebook, mail dont mes comptes sont marie.lagowmarie
Bise à toi
Marie
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Dernier courriel 2017 (---REDACTED---) :
Bonjour cheri
Pourquoi tu ne me dis plus rien?
Nous sommes samedi aujoirdhui et je n'ai toujours pas le code de transfert des 100€.
Quand l'aurai je exactement?
Dis moi bb
Marie
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A scammer’s profile text · 2017

Hi Kei,
I am happy to hear from you. You look very young and you look younger than your actual age. I really hope we can always talk and I really hope
we can communicate and continue what we started; you know I open an account at FC because I really want to meet my best friend and my
partner in life. Please send me some pictures too. Well, for now I think I have to tell you more about myself. I love Japan. I like the culture and
the technology. I hope I can visit your country one day and see the old palace and shrines in Kyoto, Tokyo Tower and Mt. Fuji, or see Hello Kitty
lol. I just love Japan, I like food, chocolates, even cosmetics and bags and shoes. In a deeper note my full name is Justine Tan Beato, I am
mixed blood, my parents are both biracial, my mom is Spanish-Filipino and my dad is Chinese-Filipino, so that makes me Spanish-Chinese-
Filipino. I am the only child in first marri…
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Hi Kei,
I am happy to hear from you. You look very young and you look younger than your actual age. I really hope we can always talk and I really hope
we can communicate and continue what we started; you know I open an account at FC because I really want to meet my best friend and my
partner in life. Please send me some pictures too. Well, for now I think I have to tell you more about myself. I love Japan. I like the culture and
the technology. I hope I can visit your country one day and see the old palace and shrines in Kyoto, Tokyo Tower and Mt. Fuji, or see Hello Kitty
lol. I just love Japan, I like food, chocolates, even cosmetics and bags and shoes. In a deeper note my full name is Justine Tan Beato, I am
mixed blood, my parents are both biracial, my mom is Spanish-Filipino and my dad is Chinese-Filipino, so that makes me Spanish-Chinese-
Filipino. I am the only child in first marriage. since my parents are separated, my dad is living in manila right now and he has his own family a
new wife and children as well as my mom she is now living in Gen. Santos City with her new husband and children my siblings, and right now I
am here in Cebu city teaching at Lahug Christian Kindergarten School, I love kids sooo much I think they are all angels to me.
I live with my 3 month old baby now, Most of the time it’s lonely even if I have Calvin with me. I don’t have a boyfriend who can talk to me at the
end of the day. Ask me how was my day? When you don’t have someone who appreciates you it makes you feel like everything that you do is
worthless. And it’s really hard specially when you are sick and there's no one who will care for you. I’m just glad I have my best friend, her name
is Kim and we are sharing the same apartment, we been friends since elementary, she’s also half Chinese; we went to the same school from
elementary High school.
Here are pictures of myself again. Hope you like it. Send me more pictures!!!
Love,
Justine

Messages from a scammer · 2017

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â—†2017/03/11
Hi Kei,
I am happy to hear from you. You look very young and you look younger than your actual age. I really hope we can always talk and I really hope we can communicate and continue what we started; you know I open an account at FC because I really want to meet my best friend and my partner in life. Please send me some pictures too. Well, for now I think I have to tell you more about myself. I love Japan. I like the culture and the technology. I hope I can visit your country one day and see the old palace and shrines in Kyoto, Tokyo Tower and Mt. Fuji, or see Hello Kitty lol. I just love Japan, I like food, chocolates, even cosmetics and bags and shoes. In a deeper note my full name is Justine Tan Beato, I am mixed blood, my parents are both biracial, my mom is Spanish-Filipino and my dad is Chinese-Filipino, so that makes me Spanish-Chinese-F…
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â—†2017/03/11
Hi Kei,
I am happy to hear from you. You look very young and you look younger than your actual age. I really hope we can always talk and I really hope we can communicate and continue what we started; you know I open an account at FC because I really want to meet my best friend and my partner in life. Please send me some pictures too. Well, for now I think I have to tell you more about myself. I love Japan. I like the culture and the technology. I hope I can visit your country one day and see the old palace and shrines in Kyoto, Tokyo Tower and Mt. Fuji, or see Hello Kitty lol. I just love Japan, I like food, chocolates, even cosmetics and bags and shoes. In a deeper note my full name is Justine Tan Beato, I am mixed blood, my parents are both biracial, my mom is Spanish-Filipino and my dad is Chinese-Filipino, so that makes me Spanish-Chinese-Filipino. I am the only child in first marriage. since my parents are separated, my dad is living in manila right now and he has his own family a new wife and children as well as my mom she is now living in Gen. Santos City with her new husband and children my siblings, and right now I am here in Cebu city teaching at Lahug Christian Kindergarten School, I love kids sooo much I think they are all angels to me.
I live with my 3 month old baby now, Most of the time it’s lonely even if I have Calvin with me. I don’t have a boyfriend who can talk to me at the end of the day. Ask me how was my day? When you don’t have someone who appreciates you it makes you feel like everything that you do is worthless. And it’s really hard specially when you are sick and there's no one who will care for you. I’m just glad I have my best friend, her name is Kim and we are sharing the same apartment, we been friends since elementary, she’s also half Chinese; we went to the same school fromelementary High school.
Here are pictures of myself again. Hope you like it. Send me more pictures!!!
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/11
Hi Kei,
Yes. Calvin is my baby's name and he is the love of my life. thank you for saying I am pretty you are very handsome too I like your eyes and you have beautiful skin. I think you are really attractive man. What are you doing now? I am cooking fish for dinner while washing my clothes.
After I gave birth to Calvin my life has been work and home. but I think I am more busy at home taking care of Calvin and cleaning the house. I hate cleaning the toilet. lol but I don't have a choice but to do it.
How was your day?
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/12
Hi Kei,
I am glad to know that you live close to your parents. How often do you visit them? Anyways, Yes, I am still busy even if I am at home. I just put Calvin to bed I hope he won't cry in the middle of the night so that I can rest. I still have a lot of things to do tomorrow. I hope I can finish everything because on Monday I have class and I hope that I can review my lessons before Monday.
When I am working Calvin has a nanny who takes care of him, but I pay her in an hour basis only so she is not staying with us so that means when I reach home I will be the one who will take care of Calvin, feed him, put him to bed, I can't pay her full time so that's why I have to work
harder.
Sure, I will send you pictures of me and Calvin. I hope you'll like it.
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/12
Hi Kei,
I'm sorry for late reply. I am busy working on my lesson plan for tomorrow while taking care of Cavin. He just feel asleep so I have time for myself. You were asking about the father of Calvin, He was just my boyfriend and then I got pregnant. When I told him that I am conceiving a child in my womb he got scared. I understand him because we are both young and he doesn’t have a job back then and told me I need to abort the child. I was really hurt because it means he doesn't love me after all. How could he want me to kill his own child and take my life at risk in undergoing that procedure. So, I told him I will raise the child on my own and we need to part ways. After that I never hear from him. Even our common friends don't know where he is. But I heard he is in Manila right now.
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/13
Hi Kei,
Konbanwa!
I just finish my lesson plan for tomorrow. It's gonna be a long day for me. I have to review for my lesson tomorrow and work on my visual aide, As you know children needs a lot of colors and graphics to learn. lol It is really difficult be a teacher these days because children are easily
disrupted and they really have short attention span. I hope they can still learn from me.
I heard about ottoya. I hope I can have dinner with you there. I love japanese food so I want to try more food and experience local cuisine.
ohh..just imagining japanese food makes me hungry. lol I love boxing too, did you know that my mom and pacquiao lives in the same city and she often see pacquiao in the mall but right now he is already a congressman so he is in Manila. Why do you want my birthday do you want to
send me present? lol Anyways, my birthday is on October 8.
I will go to bed now. I will talk to you tomorrow.
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/15
Hi Kei,
Konichiwa!
I am sorry for late reply. I was busy doing my work, reviewing for my class and doing powerpoint presentations. As you know teaching young children can be challenging because the visual aide must be colorful and vibrant. I have to prepare examination questions because their exams are in the next 2 weeks. I am really busy but I want to let you know that you are in my heart and mind always.
My friends invited me for lunch tomorrow. I haven't see my friends for a long time. After I gave birth to Calvin my life has been work and home. I am really excited to see my friends, As you know girls love to talk about anything from clothes, make up, scents, sweets. bags, shoes. lol the list goes on.
How about you? do you have plans tonight or tomorrow?
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/16
Hi Kei,
Ohayoguzaimazu!
I am in school. I will be teaching new lesson in English and Mathematics today. My challenge in teaching is when the rest of the the class learns fast and few students still left behind and still didn't get what I am talking about so I have to go back and do it all over again. It's really difficult.
Mathematics is really a difficult subject to teach, it is a little challenging and boring. lol
I am sooo exited to see my friends later. How about you? do you have plans for today?
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/16
I am looking at your photos right now and I think that you are very handsome. You really have such beautiful eyes and really nice skin. I am really attracted to you not just because of your personality but because of your physical traits too. would it be okay to print out of your pictures? I just love looking your picture. Well, you can't really do anything now because as I am writing this email I am already printing our your picture. lol
Love,
Justine

â—†2017/03/16
Hi Kei,
Konbanwa!
I really want to experience riding in a bullet train. How many hours will it take to reach Kyoto from Tokyo riding a bullet train and how much will it cost for a round trip? I wanna go to Kyoto with you. lol Anyways, I have to tell you something, I have to tell you something, I told you that I print out your picture right? I actually put it in my wallet temporarily and when me and my friends went to coffee shop and pay for my food I open my wallet then my friend saw your picture from my back. From then on they ask me a lot of questions; they say you’re very handsome; they really like you, hahaha. One of my friends even ask if you have a brother so that she can date him hahaha.

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A scammer’s profile text · 2017

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A scammer’s profile text · 2017

She said to he, she is Lt. Michele Lawrence US Army and she said me, she fall in love with me and give me a 3 million dollar to use for investment, according to her, the money is secret dont tell to anybody i will send it to your address, I dont believe her because she is a scammer.

Messages from a scammer · 2017

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 8:27 AM, charlton whitehead wrote:

How are you doing, hope you're having a wonderful day my dear, I want to let you understand that a true relationship is like a flower glowing in its glory each and every seed telling its own story as each flower blooms, and then continues to grow more of its strength and knowledge continues to show, and like a garden it blooms much more fair when carefully tendered by those who cares. Once in a while you come across a friend who is as beautiful as a flower with a good heart to lend, so when I came across this flower I picked this flower and pulled it apart and soon all its pieces grew into my heart but when I realized that this flower that grew was not leaves and petals but pieces of you I was happy that I had picked you up when I came across you my dear.

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On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 8:27 AM, charlton whitehead wrote:

How are you doing, hope you're having a wonderful day my dear, I want to let you understand that a true relationship is like a flower glowing in its glory each and every seed telling its own story as each flower blooms, and then continues to grow more of its strength and knowledge continues to show, and like a garden it blooms much more fair when carefully tendered by those who cares. Once in a while you come across a friend who is as beautiful as a flower with a good heart to lend, so when I came across this flower I picked this flower and pulled it apart and soon all its pieces grew into my heart but when I realized that this flower that grew was not leaves and petals but pieces of you I was happy that I had picked you up when I came across you my dear.

And I hope that your friendship and care, your love and kindness your strength and power will helped me grow into my own little flower. And now with our friendship I'll never let go of you because we can help others to flower and grow.

There's an adage that say true friendship is rare and I believe it to be true, because genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. I hope our bond is extremely special and unique in it's own way, fly like a bird every time to reach the blue sky of victory, hard work and strong determination are your wings they are the keys to your dreams, pleasant words are like a honeycomb sweetness to the soul and healthy to the bones, you can’t realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with, there are hundreds of languages in the world, but smile speaks them all, have you smiled today? hope to read from you, have a lovely day my dear.

Scam email · 2017

This person is posing as Omaha Express Delivery to ship puppies to other states. Puppies don't exist! Will scam you out of cash thru Moneygram.

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