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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.

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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 Database Search

These items were reported to SCARS Institute in connection with scams. A listing is a report, not proof. If something here is yours and is listed in error, please request its removal.

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 · 2023

So should I send you my PayPal addressYes PayPal will be okay babePayPay: ---REDACTED---
Athena ---REDACTED--- where would you send me the money through

Scam email · 2023

Can you going to the store and get me a Amazon gift card or vanilla gift card so that I can use it to buy groceriesI’m very feeling hungry and I will be happy if you can go to the store and get it for me now so that I can get some groceries pleaseDo you have cash app or PayPal so that you can send it to me then I can use it to buy groceries babyI don’t really have any groceries in the house so can you help me with some money so that I can use it to buy some groceries please

Messages from a scammer · 2023

there are many, a deal for inheritance and properties, communication for 1 year of lying
I am attaching all the fake passports used by the person - it is definitely a woman in complicity with other people!
second email, accomplice: ---REDACTED--- - MALI

Scam email · 2023

Babe do you have a Netflix account??

Are you creating it for me babe

Am waiting, create an account for me babe

Babe can you give me the logins so I can watch a movie

Babe I have no money right now, that’s why I want us to share your own

A scammer’s profile text · 2023

11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of this chat, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them. Tap to learn more.
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: I am here now
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Perfect
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Can I see some pics of you ---VICTIM REDACTED---
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hold
11/10/22, 6:12 PM - ---REDACTED---: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: IMG----REDACTED----WA0001.jpg (file attached)
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Wow
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: You look handsome
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ugly
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Thankx
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Lol
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Tell about yourself
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Pic pleasr
11/10/22, 6:14 PM…
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11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of this chat, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them. Tap to learn more.
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: I am here now
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Perfect
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Can I see some pics of you ---VICTIM REDACTED---
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hold
11/10/22, 6:12 PM - ---REDACTED---: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: IMG----REDACTED----WA0001.jpg (file attached)
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Wow
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: You look handsome
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ugly
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Thankx
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Lol
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Tell about yourself
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Pic pleasr
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - ---REDACTED---: What do you want from me ?
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Picture
11/10/22, 6

Messages from a scammer · 2023

11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of this chat, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them. Tap to learn more.
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: I am here now
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Perfect
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Can I see some pics of you ---VICTIM REDACTED---
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hold
11/10/22, 6:12 PM - ---REDACTED---: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: IMG----REDACTED----WA0001.jpg (file attached)
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Wow
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: You look handsome
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ugly
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Thankx
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Lol
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Tell about yourself
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Pic pleasr
11/10/22, 6:14 PM…
Read the whole message
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of this chat, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them. Tap to learn more.
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: I am here now
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hi
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Perfect
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - ---REDACTED---: Can I see some pics of you ---VICTIM REDACTED---
11/10/22, 6:11 PM - Geo Gue: Hold
11/10/22, 6:12 PM - ---REDACTED---: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: IMG----REDACTED----WA0001.jpg (file attached)
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ok
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Wow
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: You look handsome
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Ugly
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - Geo Gue: Thankx
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Lol
11/10/22, 6:13 PM - ---REDACTED---: Tell about yourself
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Pic pleasr
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - ---REDACTED---: What do you want from me ?
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Picture
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Your body
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Lol
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - ---REDACTED---: I just you already know me
11/10/22, 6:14 PM - Geo Gue: Regular onr
11/10/22, 6:15 PM - Geo Gue: Not nude
11/10/22, 6:15 PM - ---REDACTED---: I guess that must be a joke
11/10/22, 6:15 PM - Geo Gue: I know playing
11/10/22, 6:15 PM - ---REDACTED---: Hmmm
11/10/22, 6:15 PM - Geo Gue: Yes and no
11/10/22, 6:15 PM - Geo Gue: Hey babe
11/10/22, 6:15 PM - Geo Gue: Testibg me
11/10/22, 6:16 PM - ---REDACTED---: IMG----REDACTED----WA0002.jpg (file attached)
11/10/22, 6:16 PM - Geo Gue: Deliciouz
11/10/22, 6:16 PM - Geo Gue: How r u
11/10/22, 6:17 PM - ---REDACTED---: IMG----REDACTED----WA0003.jpg (file attached)
11/10/22, 6:17 PM - ---REDACTED---: I guess you are this type of men right?
11/10/22, 6:17 PM - Geo Gue: Stop that
11/10/22, 6:17 PM - ---REDACTED---: Oh really you men are almost the same
11/10/22, 6:18 PM - Geo Gue: Very nice
11/10/22, 6:18 PM - ---REDACTED---: Hard to find a

Scam email · 2023

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Scam email · 2023

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Scam email · 2023

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Messages from a scammer · 2023

Hello, my love!
I'm in a state of shock right now... I'm writing to you from an Internet cafe... I am now in tears and in a state of hysteria and shock.... I do not know how to calm down... I'm writing you a letter and I feel my hands shaking... Everything was fine, I arrived in Moscow, I had all the money I needed to leave my country. Everything was wonderful, the tickets were in my hands and I was waiting to board the plane. My flight was supposed to take place at 18:50 Moscow time. I went through customs control, they checked all my bags and suitcase. Customs officers found an icon that my mother gave me so that I could give it to your mother or you. As a sign of respect, love. This icon was kept by my grandmother for many years. This icon has been passed down in my family from generation to generation. It's a gift to your mom from my family. Customs officials informed me that this ic…
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Hello, my love!
I'm in a state of shock right now... I'm writing to you from an Internet cafe... I am now in tears and in a state of hysteria and shock.... I do not know how to calm down... I'm writing you a letter and I feel my hands shaking... Everything was fine, I arrived in Moscow, I had all the money I needed to leave my country. Everything was wonderful, the tickets were in my hands and I was waiting to board the plane. My flight was supposed to take place at 18:50 Moscow time. I went through customs control, they checked all my bags and suitcase. Customs officers found an icon that my mother gave me so that I could give it to your mother or you. As a sign of respect, love. This icon was kept by my grandmother for many years. This icon has been passed down in my family from generation to generation. It's a gift to your mom from my family. Customs officials informed me that this icon is a state relic. It may be in a private collection, but it cannot leave the country. I was told I should have known that. But I didn't know. No one in my family knew that it could be so serious. According to the law of the Russian Federation, an attempt to take a state relic out of the country is equivalent to smuggling. And this is article number 188 of the Criminal Code of Russia. It is punishable by confiscation of the contraband item (icon), as well as a monetary fine in the amount of 100,000 rubles to 300,000 rubles. Since I did not cross the border of my country, I did not receive a maximum fine. I was issued a fine of 155,000 rubles (about 1750 USD), because it is a state relic. They took the icon from me. I was told that if I did not pay the fine, I would face imprisonment in a pre-trial detention center, and subsequently a trial for smuggling. They told me they could put me in jail for this, can you imagine??? I have never been so afraid, I have never experienced such horror... I am an honest and kind person... And for this I should be put in jail??? I don't understand

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