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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.

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Alright, I just made over $700k trading for my client so far in the stock market today 🤗Yes, I am. It's part of my portfolio dear.With me you'll begin to see reasons to diversify in other opportunities, I don't think it's a sin seeing you happy cutie 😊Don’t you see reason to diversify your investment? It's not all about being happy and okay with your current condition.Anyone? I'm not sure I'm in that category. Seems you are talking to many men here too right?

A scammer’s profile text · 2023

magdalena.talavera's profile picture
magdalena.talavera
0 posts
20 followers
26 following
Magdalena Talavera
Followed by jironscarleth, josedlj6or9, and ribeirolucas29

ma_gdalena7822
3 posts
3 followers
7 following
Magdalena

Scam email · 2023

I see you called me an imposter and blocked me... You should have waited for me to reply your request before you blocked me..... One insult I will not take from anybody is to call me an imposter.... Did I ask you for money or trick you?
Be very mindful with the choice of words you use when talking to me... The fact that I humbled myself to be your friend does not make me an imposter....

Messages from a scammer · 2023

My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. My mom moved on with another man and my dad passed away in 2016. I do live alone with my pets.
Oh I guess growing up with my dad has really thought me a alot. I'm glad he really stood by me until he couldn't anymore. My dad was always there for me, he taught me how to live independently cos he never got married again after all those years.

A scammer’s profile text · 2023

Angie Michel Gravini Barrios
---LINK REDACTED---
@angiegravini Tiktok
@Angiemichelle920

A scammer’s profile text · 2023

Says he is lead singer Axl rose of American rock band. guns n roses

Scam email · 2023

I want you to create cashapp or PayPal account so I will be using the account to receive the money and be sending it to support my grandmother so since you are my man and I trust you alone I will give you 5% of the money I will be receiving also when my uncle sends it through the account and you will send it to West Africa as explained earlier babe. Please I hope you understand this I do understand that so you try and get cash appI want you to create a account now

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Me too my love. I can not wait to meet you.. I hope we find a way out soon, I can't wait to hold you in my arms. I'll let you work. I'll text you before I leave for patrol and I'll text you when I get back

Scam email · 2023

Meddelelse om tilbagebetaling af faktura TELIA---REDACTED---







Kære kunde



Vi informerer dig skriftligt om, at fakturaen for juni 2023 er betalt to gange. Vi beklager forsinkelsen i bekræftelsen.



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Scam email · 2023

Kære kunde

Vi informerer dig skriftligt om, at fakturaen for juni 2023 er betalt to gange. Vi beklager forsinkelsen i bekræftelsen.

Du kan anmode om en øjeblikkelig refusion ved at bekræfte dine oplysninger og fuldføre proceduren.

klik på følgende link for at anmode om en refusion:

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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.