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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

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

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Messages from a scammer · 2023

He treat me for some of my videos and pictures and tell to pay him $10.000 right away before he post my video and pictures on social media

Scam email · 2023

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A scammer’s profile text · 2023

Intro
Worked at Marine Engineering
From San Francisco
Widowed

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Request $2K worth of bitcoin. Provided QR code wallet to deposit bit coin
Asked for $2K Apple Card to buy a plane ticket
Ask to take out a loan on land to send him money
Asked for $500 for internet
“ I can use apple card . . . but it its apple card $2,000 won’t be enough”.
"don’t tell your daughter about me asking for money"

Messages from a scammer · 2023

buy $2K in bitcoin and deposit in this QR code bitcoin wallet.
$2K for a plane ticket to visit her
take out a loan on your land to send money
I need $500 to keep my internet working
I can use apple card . . . but it its apple card $2,000 won’t be enough”.
Filled with secrecy don't tell your daughter about me asking for money

I will keep caring, adoring and loving you forever, during the easy times and the challenges we will face. We are in this together and you are my partner for life.
No mater how many ears we share together in our marriage, there are two times when I want to be with you-now and forever
Falling in love is only half of what I want staying in love with you forever is the other. Every time I see your face, I cannot help but feel so blessed that you have graced me with your love. You are my dream come true, and I will always cherish you forever honey. When I am with …
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buy $2K in bitcoin and deposit in this QR code bitcoin wallet.
$2K for a plane ticket to visit her
take out a loan on your land to send money
I need $500 to keep my internet working
I can use apple card . . . but it its apple card $2,000 won’t be enough”.
Filled with secrecy don't tell your daughter about me asking for money

I will keep caring, adoring and loving you forever, during the easy times and the challenges we will face. We are in this together and you are my partner for life.
No mater how many ears we share together in our marriage, there are two times when I want to be with you-now and forever
Falling in love is only half of what I want staying in love with you forever is the other. Every time I see your face, I cannot help but feel so blessed that you have graced me with your love. You are my dream come true, and I will always cherish you forever honey. When I am with you, the world around me just melts away, and its just you and me. There is no one else in this world that I would rather spend the rest of my life with than you. You are my everything, my whole entire world. I love you beyond words. I am so proud to be able to call you my love. I will always treasure you as long as I live. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you. I would rather spend the rest of my life in prison than spend it without you honey I love you so much darling. You have brought so much joy to my life. I don't know where I would be without you. You illuminate my days and all the dark spots. I love you so much honey
There are no words I could user to describe the love we share. I'm so incredibly thankful for you
Every day of ours feels just like the very first day

Messages from a scammer · 2023

You won't talk still right??

Keep it up doing this today only for the sake of love and care it'll be too late tomorrow trust me

😠😠😠😡😡😡 Then I'll stop you from living if that's what you want also write an application to a crypto company but only works for who got cashapp don't even know if we can both do that together and make money together to make it fast Whenever they got any customer wanna send there I'll be the one to keep you posted asap it gets into your cash app you'll take your share and use the remaining in sending to any bitcoin wallet the company provides then you screen shot for confirmation is all you just have to present for me your cash tag only to make it easy for customers to send money in there Won't hesitate to contact my millitary friend in the am to do whatever she hats do with men like you breaking a girl's heart and thinking he's doing the right thing So you're …
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You won't talk still right??

Keep it up doing this today only for the sake of love and care it'll be too late tomorrow trust me

😠😠😠😡😡😡 Then I'll stop you from living if that's what you want also write an application to a crypto company but only works for who got cashapp don't even know if we can both do that together and make money together to make it fast Whenever they got any customer wanna send there I'll be the one to keep you posted asap it gets into your cash app you'll take your share and use the remaining in sending to any bitcoin wallet the company provides then you screen shot for confirmation is all you just have to present for me your cash tag only to make it easy for customers to send money in there Won't hesitate to contact my millitary friend in the am to do whatever she hats do with men like you breaking a girl's heart and thinking he's doing the right thing So you're not gonn buy me any card again today right I'm dying please don't do this for me or you want me to die of hunger I'm writing you because no matter what the love you shared with me is still fckn strong inside me so I want no bad luck for you they're really coming for you this time they ain't joking

Messages from a scammer · 2023

If you leave me I'll go kill you myself here and I mean that And I promise not to stop them no FBI anymore the millitary are taking over this time around The real millitary troupes coming your way this time around I'll work on how they're gonn get you without you knowing And I promise not to stop them no FBI anymore the millitary are taking over this time around

Scam email · 2023

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Scam email · 2023

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