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SCARS™ Special Report: Where Do Scammers Scam Scam Victims?
We Are Asked Every Single Day If Scammers Scam On This Social Media Or That One!
While This list may not be complete these are ALL places where scammers scam on Social Media. In other words, everywhere!
If you belong or have an account on any of these – then you are a target.
We recommend that you close all social media accounts that you do not depend on. Especially if you joined one (such as Google Hangouts) just for the purposes of talking to a scammer!
List Of Scammer Filled Social Media
WHERE SCAMMERS WORK
| Name | Description/focus | Date launched | Registered users |
|---|---|---|---|
| About.me | Social networking site | October 2009 | 5,000,000 |
| Academia.edu | Social networking site for academics/researchers | September 2008 | 18,000,000 |
| aNobii | Books | 2006 | |
| AsianAvenue | A social network for the Asian American community | 1997 | |
| aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite worldwide | March 2004 | 550,000 |
| Athlinks | Running, swimming | 2001 | 139,458 |
| Audimated.com | Independent music | 2010 | |
| Bebo | General | July 2005 | 117,000,000 |
| Biip.no | Norwegian community | 1 June 2005 | 430,000 |
| BlackPlanet | Black Americans | 1 September 1999 | 20,000,000 |
| Bolt.com | General | 1996 | |
| Busuu | Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) | 16 May 2008 | 12,000,000 |
| Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | 2005 | 10,000,000 |
| CafeMom | Mothers | December 2006 | 1,250,000 |
| Care2 | Green living and social activism | 1998 | 9,961,947 |
| CaringBridge | Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery. | 1997 | 9,500,000 |
| CarSwap | Car swap and sales matching platform. | 2016 | 100,000 |
| Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 1995 | 50,000,000 |
| Cloob | General. Popular in Iran | 2004 | |
| Commonground | Environmental and property due diligence professionals | 2007 | 5,000 |
| CouchSurfing | Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. | 2003 | 2,967,421 |
| CozyCot | East Asian and Southeast Asian women | 2001 | 150,000 |
| Crunchyroll | Anime and forums. | 2006 | |
| Cucumbertown | Networking for cooks | 2012 | |
| Cyworld | General. Popular in South Korea. | 1999 | 24,000,000 |
| DailyStrength | Medical & emotional support community – physical health, mental health, support groups | 4 November 2007 | |
| delicious | Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests | September 2003 | 8,822,921 |
| DeviantArt | Art community | 7 August 2000 | 26,000,000 |
| Diaspora* | Decentralized, user-owned, open source, nonprofit, privacy aware, general | November 2010 | 669,000+ |
| Disaboom | People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) | 2007 | |
| Dol2day | Politic community, social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) | 15 May 2000 | 40,200 |
| DontStayIn | Clubbing (primarily UK) | April 2003 | |
| douban | Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. | 2005 | 46,850,000 |
| Doximity | U.S. Physicians and medical doctors. | 2011 | 400,000 |
| Draugiem.lv | General (primarily LV, LT, HU) | April 24, 2004 | 2,600,466 |
| Dreamwidth | Blogging. | 2009 | |
| DXY.cn | Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities | 2000 | 2,000,000 |
| Elftown | Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi. | Feb 2002 | 185,000 |
| Elixio | Business executives jet set and global elite. | July 2007 | 80,000 |
| Ello | General | March 2014 | |
| English, baby! | Students and teachers of English as a second language | 2000 | 1,600,000 |
| Eons.com | For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond. | Jul 2006 | |
| eToro | Social investing, finance | May 2007 | 2,500,000 |
| Experience Project | Life Experiences | 2007 | |
| General: photos, videos, blogs, apps. | February 2004 | 2,270,000,000 | |
| Fetlife | People who are into BDSM | January 2008 | 2,701,715 |
| FilmAffinity | Movies and TV series | 2002 | 250,000 |
| Filmow | Movies and TV series | 2009 | |
| FledgeWing | Entrepreneurial community targeted towards worldwide university students | Feb 2009 | |
| Flickr | Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide | February 2004 | 32,000,000 |
| Flixster | Movies | 2007 | 63,000,000 |
| Focus.com | Business-to-business, worldwide | 2005 | 850,000 |
| Fotki | Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend’s feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. | October 1998 | 1,632,565 |
| Fotolog | Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain | 2002 | 20,000,000 |
| Foursquare | Location-based mobile social network | 2009 | 20,000,000 |
| Friendica | Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general | July 2010 | |
| Fuelmyblog | Blogging community | July 2007 | 50,000 |
| Fyuse | A spatial photography app and website which lets users capture and share interactive 3D images. | 2014 | |
| Gab.ai | social networking service created as an alternative to social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. | 2016 | 310,000 |
| Gaia Online | Anime and games. Popular in United States, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. | 2003 | 23,523,663 |
| GamerDNA | Computer and video games | 21 September 2006 | 310,000 |
| Gapyear.com | Travel social network | July 1998 | |
| Gather.com | Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions | 25 Feb 2005 | 465,000 |
| Gays.com | Social network for LGBT community, guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping | 16 May 2008 | 100,000 |
| Geni.com | Families, genealogy | 16 January 2007 | 15,000,000 |
| Gentlemint | Community for sharing and discussing all things manly | 25 November 2011 | |
| GetGlue | Social network for entertainment. | 28 October 2008 | 2,000,000 |
| GirlsAskGuys | A community where people help each other by sharing their experiences & opinions. | June 2007 | 450,000 |
| Gogoyoko | Fair play in music – a social networking site for musicians and music lovers. | 1 Oct 2009 | |
| Goodreads | Library cataloging, book lovers. | December 2006 | 13,000,000 |
| Goodwizz | Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. | October 2010 | 110,000 |
| Google+ | General | 28 June 2011 | 1,600,000,000 |
| GovLoop | For people in and around government. | May 2008 | |
| Grindr | For gay and bisexual men. | March 2009 | 2,400,000 |
| Grono.net | Poland | 2,000,000 | |
| Habbo | General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. | August 2000 | 268,000,000 |
| Hangouts | a social media of Google – being canceled | ||
| hi5 | General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the United States. | 2003 | 80,000,000 |
| Hospitality Club | Hospitality | 328,629 | |
| Hotlist | Geo-social aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users’ friends are, were, and will be. | 80,000 | |
| HR.com | Social networking site for human resources professionals. | 1999 | 194,000 |
| Hub Culture | Global influencers focused on worth creation. | November 2002 | 20,000 |
| Ibibo | Talent-based social networking site that allows users to promote themselves and discover new talent. Most popular in India. | 3,500,000 | |
| Identi.ca | Twitter-like service is popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. | 395,695 | |
| Indaba Music | Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. | 350,000 | |
| Influenster | Online product sampling and review platform. | 2010 | 850,000 |
| A photo and video sharing site owned by Facebook. | October 2010 | 300,000,000 | |
| IRC-Galleria | Finland | 505,000 | |
| italki | Language learning social network. 100+ languages. | 500,000 | |
| Itsmy | Mobile community |