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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

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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.

A scammer’s profile text · 2025

looking for love life and sex mate


I am fun, loving, and have a positive attitude. I am Caring, loyal, sensual, sexual, honest, romantic and full of energy

Messages from a scammer · 2025

I was but only when a beautiful woman like you decide to move to an island with me
Seems to me you're comparing with the person that scammed you and in a way calling me a scammer
I hate to be ordered
I have done what you ask and that's it

A scammer’s profile text · 2025

Ini bkn bayaran utk pinjaman, ini adalah bayaran utk pendaftaran insurance, ikut syarat2 bank negara setiap pinjaman mesti wajib ada daftar insurance dulu company baru blh keluarkan duit loan pd customer xkira cik buat loan dgn bank, syarikat pinjaman wang berlesen, agency loan semua sama kecuali ahlong punya loan xperlu insurance

A scammer’s profile text · 2025

White male, 47. Claimed to be an architect that specialized in coastal homes. Originally from France. Lived in GA for 12 years.

Scam email · 2025

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Scam email · 2025

Just help me with some 20 or 30 dollarsSo can you help me fix thatI’m just waiting for your feedback so that I do video chat with youAs a friend I wanted you to help me fix my phone so that I can call people video call handsome with your kind heartNo I mean I can’t do a video chat because of my phone

A scammer’s profile text · 2025

A counterfeit lawyer was asked to open a counterfeit bank account. Fraud pretending to ask a poor country for donations

Messages from a scammer · 2025

Saraaa03
i'm reporting you to the policeSaraaa03
yeah i have good lawyers don't worry

Messages from a scammer · 2025

All are on Telegram which cannot be "exported" from cell phones only desktop computers, however. hundreds of screen shots of messaging.

A scammer’s profile text · 2025

The photos used are of Malinda Weekly. I found her on Gettr using the id of Aiyanajaneski.

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.