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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.

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Can’t you make use of your other credit card, I just want the payment to be completed and they start work very early

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Doctor already used the payment we made for some payments for the expenses on my treatment he still owes a ton more in his words

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Good morning 🌄 to you my darling ♥️💋
I never get tired of loving you. That's the only thing I know how to do properly.
You are a true miracle and blessing, my life would be so bleak without you.
What have I done to deserve you?🥺🥺
I'm forever addicted to your love and I have no intention of ever letting go of you.
You have the most unique and beautiful personality worthy of the greatest throne in the world.
I don't want to ever lose you 🥺🥺
I love you endlessly ❤️

Messages from a scammer · 2023

mój Boże C więc jak myślisz w czym
poproszę Cię o pomoc? Musisz wiedzieć.
że te 800 euro, o które cię prosilem, nie
zbudują mi życia, tylko dlatego, że mam
kłopoty, proszę cię o pomoc

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Could you please send me your email address so I can send you the information. The scammer started trusting me and gave me details of 2 accounts. One being in the US, the other being in Australia..

Scam email · 2023

Gas production. It's an incredibly correct term that I really liked.

Scam email · 2023

customer directory. Shortly after the Dresden Congress, the first women's meetings were held in Leipzig, Chemnitz, etc.---LINK REDACTED--- Chemnitz Leipzig

Scam email · 2023

Okay I will be waiting for the gift card babyBaby I must get it today so I can trade itSo how are you going to get me the money so I can comeSo are you going to get me the gift cardSo what time are you getting me the gift card baby I can't wait to see youSo baby how are we going to do about the transportation fee

A scammer’s profile text · 2023

So what time are you getting me the gift card baby I can't wait to see youOkay I will be waiting for the gift card babyBaby I must get it today so I can trade itSo are you going to get me the gift cardSo how are you going to get me the money so I can comeSo baby how are we going to do about the transportation feeSo what time are you getting me the gift card baby I can't wait to see you

Messages from a scammer · 2023

So what time are you getting me the gift card baby I can't wait to see youSo are you going to get me the gift cardOkay I will be waiting for the gift card babyBaby I must get it today so I can trade itSo how are you going to get me the money so I can comeSo baby how are we going to do about the transportation fee

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.