r/scammers

General Information

As of February 8, 2024

Subreddit Name

r/scammers

Title

Index of scam details to help people not get scammed.

Language

en

Public Description

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.

Description

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 loo...

Subscribers

12,688

Created

August 19, 2010

Type

public

Whitelist Status

some_ads

Flags

Restricted Submissions

Community Reviewed

Total Submissions

10,006

Total Comments

13,035

Earliest Submission

August 19, 2010

Earliest Comment

August 30, 2010

Metrics

Activity Over Time

totalSubmissions

totalComments

Submission Flags

over 18

locked

score hidden

text submission

distinguished user

gilded

saved

stickied

collapsed

quarantine

Comment Flags

locked

score hidden

distinguished user

collapsed

gilded

Submission Score Distribution

< 0

0

1-10

11-50

51-100

> 100

Comment Score Distribution

< 0

0

1-10

11-50

51-100

> 100

Title Length

0

1-100

101-500

501-1000

>1000

Submission Text Length

0

1-100

101-500

501-1000

>1000

Comments per Submission

< 0

0

1-10

11-50

51-100

> 100

Most Distinctive Words

Year

2024

Total Words in Subreddit

279,145

Total Words in Reddit

119,924,722,855

Rank↕	Word↕	Occurrences in Subreddit ↕	Total Occurrences ↕	Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) ↕	Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) ↕	Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) ↕
#1	scammer	1,491	2,121,079	5341.3	17.7	301.99
#2	nigerian	58	164,845	207.8	1.4	151.16
#3	scam	1,929	5,574,595	6910.4	46.5	148.66
#4	butchering	31	101,279	111.1	0.8	131.50
#5	scammed	576	1,960,779	2063.4	16.4	126.20
#6	nigeria	50	237,299	179.1	2.0	90.52
#7	caller	40	194,040	143.3	1.6	88.56
#8	usps	110	557,761	394.1	4.7	84.73
#9	scamming	151	837,582	540.9	7.0	77.45
#10	hacked	112	749,867	401.2	6.3	64.17
#11	phishing	36	241,281	129.0	2.0	64.10
#12	scammers	875	5,984,169	3134.6	49.9	62.82
#13	beware	117	805,965	419.1	6.7	62.37
#14	hackers	47	344,711	168.4	2.9	58.58
#15	cashapp	101	743,099	361.8	6.2	58.39
#16	sender	31	248,180	111.1	2.1	53.66
#17	hacker	56	449,629	200.6	3.7	53.51
#18	scams	252	2,564,556	902.8	21.4	42.22
#19	fraudulent	30	329,843	107.5	2.8	39.07
#20	zelle	51	638,566	182.7	5.3	34.31
#21	hack	77	1,273,326	275.8	10.6	25.98
#22	gmail	54	920,743	193.4	7.7	25.20
#23	fraud	123	2,157,128	440.6	18.0	24.50
#24	texts	99	1,755,135	354.7	14.6	24.23
#25	fbi	49	954,325	175.5	8.0	22.06
#26	marketplace	63	1,332,585	225.7	11.1	20.31
#27	blocked	137	2,952,303	490.8	24.6	19.94
#28	texted	39	854,343	139.7	7.1	19.61
#29	email	437	9,743,794	1565.5	81.2	19.27
#30	alert	76	1,815,484	272.3	15.1	17.98
#31	bank	311	7,496,011	1114.1	62.5	17.82
#32	address	286	7,038,215	1024.6	58.7	17.46
#33	fb	81	2,168,012	290.2	18.1	16.05
#34	emails	63	1,757,195	225.7	14.7	15.40
#35	legitimate	67	1,869,809	240.0	15.6	15.39
#36	whatsapp	136	3,812,287	487.2	31.8	15.33
#37	fake	392	11,194,677	1404.3	93.3	15.04
#38	paypal	146	4,173,895	523.0	34.8	15.03
#39	stolen	100	2,872,897	358.2	24.0	14.95
#40	messaged	43	1,261,920	154.0	10.5	14.64
#41	legit	181	5,333,681	648.4	44.5	14.58
#42	contacted	38	1,146,509	136.1	9.6	14.24
#43	crypto	102	3,245,049	365.4	27.1	13.50
#44	stole	51	1,623,246	182.7	13.5	13.50
#45	texting	40	1,295,146	143.3	10.8	13.27
#46	facebook	234	7,660,030	838.3	63.9	13.12
#47	pig	47	1,553,464	168.4	13.0	13.00
#48	pretending	58	1,950,001	207.8	16.3	12.78
#49	deposit	63	2,119,003	225.7	17.7	12.77
#50	number	802	27,340,574	2873.1	228.0	12.60

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