r/scammers

20K archived posts · Aug 2010 – Sep 2026

Index of scam details to help people not get scammed.

r/scammers

Reports of potential scams and scammers. The primary purpose of this subreddit is to give people the opportunity to search for suspicious numbers, names, emails, and other key identifying factors of known scams. Our vision is to help others NOT become a victim.

Created Aug 19, 2010

27KMembers (last snapshot)

20KArchived posts

Submission criteria:

Scam details. (such as looking for an apartment or trying to sell me X)
Content or a detailed explanation of the replies from the scammer.
Fraudster's Email address, URL, telephone, username or name. (No Doxxing)
Location of where you were victimised (such as looking for an apartment in London, UK or Online, etc).
No personal addresses or specific locations of the individual's residents.

Any post violating these conditions will be removed, as without details it could be considered Doxxing.

Some examples of where scammers operate:

Craigslist
Gumtree
Ebay
Cold calls
Steam

If any of the scammer reports on here are false, please contact the moderator in an attempted to resolve the issue.

Other useful subreddits which cover scamming:

r/scambait

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