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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

My treasure, they are telling that I have to pay 2000 Euro before my account can be activated before I can get full access to my account

Scam email · 2023

Then Can You Send Me Some BitcoinsThis My Bitcoin Address bc1q8xkt76zahuf0klg7weh4rfjlq2kg32f70k03wl

Scam email · 2023

---VICTIM REDACTED---
Fri, Feb 24, 9:26 PM
to Patricia

You have blocked ---REDACTED--- New messages from this sender will be sent to Spam.
Unblock senderMove to spam
PATTY, kindly respond to my last email. I miss you.
----VICTIM REDACTED---
Fri, Feb 24, 11:29 PM
to Thomas

Tom,
I don’t trust you anymore. Yes l have trust issues but it doesn’t help me when you repeatedly lied to me.
Patty

Scam email · 2023

---VICTIM REDACTED---
To:
---VICTIM REDACTED---

Sat, Apr 15 at 8:04 PM

Thomas,
I am having a difficult time sleeping and I recently was scammed. However I hear nothing from you, why?

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---VICTIM REDACTED---
To:
---VICTIM REDACTED---

Mon, Apr 17 at 1:25 AM

Haven’t you always thought that way? Insulting me all the time. I’ve taken a lot of crap from you just because I’m so in love with you. I never did anything. You only feel I did wrong . its a world with humans
So you feeling I did you bad is really a wrong prescription against me because I’d never harm you you know I promised you that I’d give it back . My mother and all other rest you really should think this true. I’m surprised because I always have respected you but you did disrespect and even drag my name into the mud .I always have pronto fix things if they ever go wrong .and it all comes with tru…
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---VICTIM REDACTED---
To:
---VICTIM REDACTED---

Sat, Apr 15 at 8:04 PM

Thomas,
I am having a difficult time sleeping and I recently was scammed. However I hear nothing from you, why?

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---VICTIM REDACTED---
To:
---VICTIM REDACTED---

Mon, Apr 17 at 1:25 AM

Haven’t you always thought that way? Insulting me all the time. I’ve taken a lot of crap from you just because I’m so in love with you. I never did anything. You only feel I did wrong . its a world with humans
So you feeling I did you bad is really a wrong prescription against me because I’d never harm you you know I promised you that I’d give it back . My mother and all other rest you really should think this true. I’m surprised because I always have respected you but you did disrespect and even drag my name into the mud .I always have pronto fix things if they ever go wrong .and it all comes with truth. I don’t know why you keep saying things we’ve establish as facts are lies. You keep doubting over and over again and that hurts me Patty. We both have trust issues and I am willing to overcome mine for you, I don’t think you’ll ever be ready to do the same for me. If you were I’m sure you would have understood.relationships, marriage. A misunderstanding comes but how we handle it makes us whole are. And the right steps having to be in a beautiful future .I really do want a life with you and to hold your hands, I want us to have our home in a lovely neighbourhood in sarasota, Florida. If you are interested I can tell you all about what happened with the money, its a really personal matter for me. We could talk so it makes you feel better and understand the situation.
I went for a wedding this weekend and I just can’t stop thinking about how that could have been us. That has what has occupied my time up until now. I’m really sorry you can’t sleep, I’m usually there to tell you when to take your drugs. We’re a team and we could be in Sarasota, under the shining sim that’ll definitely improve your mood and then we could work on the sleep. See all I want for you, for us, has always been best of intentions.
I’m shorty you got scammed again babe. Stuff like that does happen. But you’re protected now to avoid it from happening again.

-Love Thomas

A scammer’s profile text · 2023

Can you even hear yourself, I’ve had a FaceTime with you, We have gone a long way, I have kids what will i teach my kids if I’m here to fake myself to you?

Scam email · 2023

Bueno, está bien, solo siento que tienes miedo de perderme y te hace sentir inseguro, tal vez me equivoque. pero la verdad es que te amo y ya me decidí a ir a estar contigo esa es la razón por la que voy a discutirlo con mi comandante más tarde hoy en el trabajo. Siempre seré tuyo y siempre seré para ti.

Scam email · 2023

Promise me you will get me the $100 Amazon Gift CardAnd then scratch and send itSend me the card front and back

Scam email · 2023

Nope I’m only looking for ---REDACTED--- now, in total all I needed was ---REDACTED---

A scammer’s profile text · 2023

I am looking for a man older than me. He should have sense of humor and have responsibilities

Messages from a scammer · 2023

Nice to hear from you ! You really sounds amazing to me and I will like to get to know each other better and see what the future really holds us . I think you can add me on your Google chat so that we can exchange pictures and take it from there now

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.