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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.

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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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 · 2023

Work: Subcontractor for Oil Rig
(currently worked on the Perdido Oil Platform owned by Shell in the Gulf of Mexico)

Messages from a scammer · 2023

"
---VICTIM REDACTED---
Mon, Jun 19, 8:13 AM
to me

I am the happiest man in the world, to have such a charming and romantic woman like you. You are my missing rib, When I meet your family I would let them understand that I am not playing games with you, I am ready to do anything to make you feel happy. I would let them know I truly care about you. You make me smile, You are my happiness. I don't even know where to start. You make my heart pound so fast and I can't even catch my breath. You give me goosebumps all over my body and you are all I think about.

Now I'm telling you that you are the one for me. You are the one I dream about. When I am chatting with you, I feel alive. You bring me happiness that no one else ever could. You have touched my heart. Every day I wake up thanking God for you. I could sit here and try to tell you just how I feel, but I can't find the words other…
Read the whole message
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---VICTIM REDACTED---
Mon, Jun 19, 8:13 AM
to me

I am the happiest man in the world, to have such a charming and romantic woman like you. You are my missing rib, When I meet your family I would let them understand that I am not playing games with you, I am ready to do anything to make you feel happy. I would let them know I truly care about you. You make me smile, You are my happiness. I don't even know where to start. You make my heart pound so fast and I can't even catch my breath. You give me goosebumps all over my body and you are all I think about.

Now I'm telling you that you are the one for me. You are the one I dream about. When I am chatting with you, I feel alive. You bring me happiness that no one else ever could. You have touched my heart. Every day I wake up thanking God for you. I could sit here and try to tell you just how I feel, but I can't find the words other than I am ecstatic we met and we are gonna get together soon.

I truly feel blessed that you have become a part of my life, and I cannot wait for the day that we can join our lives together. I want to lie next to you at night and fall asleep in your arms. I want to wake up to your beautiful smile. I want to share in your joys and sorrows. I want to be your everything because you are everything to me. Thanks once again for coming into my life and for putting a smile on my face."

Scam email · 2023

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Scam email · 2023

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Scam email · 2023

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Scam email · 2023

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A scammer’s profile text · 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

😠😠😠😡😡😡 Like seriously you really spoiled the whole of today and forever for me I'm sad asf after today I'm gonn let my millitary friend do what you won't expect read my lips I'm saying this from the bottom of my heart 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭Still here if you wanna and gonn respond as soon as I see your text but I promise after today it'll be too late cus I've already hint my friend and she advised me not to overreact until we find out what makes you keep silent like this cus I've seen nothing I did wrong to deserve this sad day from you😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Scam email · 2023

Dear Sir / Madam,

We are providers of prime soft loans. Our Firm is giving out retail loans to companies and individuals for start-up or business expansion projects, outside Uk at 2% to 7% interest per annum with up to 20 years repayment plan and a 2 year grace period.

Kindly forward your business plan/executive summary if interested to.

Mr.John Mellor
Quality E-Business[QEB] Solutions Limited.

Scam email · 2023

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A scammer’s profile text · 2023

Im waiting for my parcel, they got information for my upcoming parcel and they sent me the link so they will deliver my parcel i have to pat P17+ and then i got txt from my bank amounting P66,056.00 oh my god please help me to find that scammer

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.