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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

What are you reporting?

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

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Onion flake? But the balloon is drifting quickly and you have to be a good runner not to be left behind.

Scam email · 2024

Praguer. Prolonged and strong pressure on the corner strut area of ​​the hooves causes suppuration, moist or suppurating S.---LINK REDACTED---

Scam email · 2024

I'm married, yet I am miserable. I really need to connect with someone! I like to have fun. with you? Contact now! ---LINK REDACTED--- )o5r76e )

Messages from a scammer · 2024

But your account balance is -4889 USDT, so I can't release your frozen amount directly

Scam email · 2024

God will bless YOU with the curses that you have wished upon others.

Scam email · 2024

I'm a professional hacker. Believe me, you won’t be able to do anything based on the IP, no one will do anything if they are encrypted. but I can do anything))) So soon I will post everything I downloaded about you online. I will publish all the information, all the photos and videos) after that you know what will happen)))) you're fucked

Send 1 Bitcoin to the wallet below. If you don’t do this, tomorrow I will post all the information I have collected about you online, and you know what will happen)))))))))

Scam email · 2024

Baby where's my card babyBaby where's my promise giftBaby what am waiting for is to send me money so that I call take it you the phone call repair shop

Scam email · 2024

Google Meet logo
Can we meet in 45 minute? I'm here is inviting you to join a video call happening now
JOIN CALL
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Scam email · 2024

Baby what about the money you wonna send me meYou're going to buy me a apple card $100 dollars okay

Scam email · 2024

Human resource! Look, Your Excellency," he then said, "there comes His Majesty.
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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.