International Scammers Database

Convicted for running a fraudulent timeshare-resale operation charging upfront fees for nonexistent buyers.

Partner of Milowe Brost in the multi-hundred-million-dollar international Ponzi scheme; sentenced to 12 years for fraud and theft over $5,000.

Most-reported scam number in a BeenVerified analysis of 150,000 complaints. Sends smishing texts claiming your Wells Fargo accounts are locked and urging you to call back or click a link. Do not click links or call numbers sent by text; contact your bank via its official app or the number on your card.

Convicted for running fake 'business grant' consulting agencies charging upfront fees for nonexistent government grants.

Convicted of targeting elderly US citizens with fake lottery-winnings notifications from Quebec.

Co-founder of the collapsed QuadrigaCX crypto exchange; previously convicted in the US under his birth name Omar Dhanani for identity-theft offences (ShadowCrew).

Impersonates Publishers Clearing House, telling targets they have won a prize and must pay fees or share personal data to claim it. The real PCH never asks winners to pay to collect a prize.

Toronto fund manager known as the 'Chinese Warren Buffett' / 'Chinese Madoff'; convicted of running a roughly CA$50 million Ponzi-style fund (Oversea Chinese Fund).

Convicted: sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.7 million in restitution for stealing from romance scam victims and laundering proceeds through cryptocurrency.

Prosecuted for deploying malware to steal banking credentials.

Marketing-style prank calls using the Ghostface character voice from Scream 6, often spoofed and reported by recipients as harassment or fraud-adjacent robocalls. Caller ID can be faked via VoIP, so the displayed number is not trustworthy.

FBI-wanted co-conspirator in large-scale BEC and wire-fraud schemes.

Arrested by Interpol for allegedly heading an international syndicate tied to roughly $60 million in fraud proceeds.

Charged in US Vermont indictment (alias 'Paul') as a high-level operator in the US$21M cross-border 'grandparent scam' call centre.

Indicted for laundering millions through shell accounts on behalf of fraud rings.

Smishing messages claim your card has been locked and push you to "verify" via link or call. Designed to capture full card numbers, CVVs and banking credentials. Contact your card issuer using the number printed on the back of your card.

Charged with processing fraudulent wire transactions tied to BEC schemes.

Charged in widespread multi-state U.S. bank-fraud and BEC operations.

Arrested for targeting elderly citizens in romance-fraud schemes.

Convicted in connection with manipulating micro-cap stocks via offshore bank entities.

Convicted in connection with long-haul logistics and cargo-theft fraud networks.

Operated a network of dummy sites for fake vacation rental bookings.

Ran fraudulent employment and 'mystery shopper' listings online to recruit unwitting money mules.

Saskatchewan investment adviser sentenced to seven years for orchestrating a CA$16.7 million Ponzi-style fraud (Maximum Financial).