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Welcome To The Horrible World Of Scams!
Cybercrimes, Scams, and Socially Engineered Fraud!
Relationship scams and fraud are corrupting almost all aspects of our daily life, including virtually every social media platform and dating website today.
In fact, on some social media and dating & romance websites, almost 90% of all profiles are now scammers from Africa, Asia, Latin America or from behind the former Iron Curtain. scammers are usually easy to spot, but some are adapting, so always watch for the tell-tale clues, and when in doubt don’t respond – if she or he looks too good to be true, they probably are!
The most important thing to remember is that victims of these crimes did not consent to be victimized. It is NOT their fault! Criminals exploited their vulnerabilities, lured them in then groomed and manipulated them, all to be able to control them so they could steal their money!
It is not their fault!
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- Please visit www.ScamVictimsSupport.org – a SCARS Website for New Scam Victims & Sextortion Victims
- Enroll in FREE SCARS Scam Survivor’s School now at www.SCARSeducation.org
- Please visit www.ScamPsychology.org – to more fully understand the psychological concepts involved in scams and scam victim recovery
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If you need to speak with someone now, you can dial 988 or find phone numbers for crisis hotlines all around the world here: www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines
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At the SCARS Institute, we invite you to do your own research on the topics we speak about and publish, Our team investigates the subject being discussed, especially when it comes to understanding the scam victims-survivors experience. You can do Google searches but in many cases, you will have to wade through scientific papers and studies. However, remember that biases and perspectives matter and influence the outcome. Regardless, we encourage you to explore these topics as thoroughly as you can for your own awareness.
SCARS Resources:
- Getting Started Right: ScamVictimsSupport.org
- Sextortion Scam Victims: Sextortion Victims Support – The Essentials (scamvictimssupport.org)
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- Subscribe to SCARS Newsletter newsletter.againstscams.org
- Sign up for SCARS professional support & recovery groups, visit support.AgainstScams.org
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- Become a SCARS Member and get free counseling benefits, visit membership.AgainstScams.org
- Report each and every crime, learn how to at reporting.AgainstScams.org
- Learn more about Scams & Scammers at RomanceScamsNOW.com and ScamsNOW.com
- Scammer photos ScammerPhotos.com
- SCARS Videos youtube.AgainstScams.org
- Self-Help Books for Scam Victims are at shop.AgainstScams.org
- Worldwide Crisis Hotlines: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/
Other Cyber Resources
- Block Scam Domains: Quad9.net
- Global Cyber Alliance ACT Cybersecurity Tool Website: Actionable Cybersecurity Tools (ACT) (globalcyberalliance.org) https://act.globalcyberalliance.org/index.php/Actionable_Cybersecurity_Tools_(ACT)_-_Simplified_Cybersecurity_Protection
- Wizer Cybersecurity Training – Free Security Awareness Training, Phishing Simulation and Gamification (wizer-training.com)
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It took a lot of digging but I finally got the proof that I was being scammed. How do I post a picture of the victim used by the scammers?
Look in our menu for how to report scams and scammers.
But basically:
If you lost money: the way to report this is first with your local police – they are your first responders, then always report all scams to the FTC at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/?orgcode=SCARS and to SCARS at http://www.Anyscam.com – optionally, you can also report to the FBI at http://www.IC3.gov or 1-800-CALL-FBI
You can find more places to report here: https://romancescamsnow.com/reporting-entity-directory/
If you did not lose money just report the fake profiles to Facebook or Instagram
I think that what makes victims unwilling to report the people who scam them is because their enjoy having the relationship even when they suspect it is not real. I , personally went to Phoenix,AZ. to wait at the airport for a person who was scamming me but at the time I did not know it.I had some doubts but I really believe the person who was scamming me was a real person of the feminime genre.She was very convincing and I was being very stupid but I kept the liason going just to find out how far it would get. \\\i sent a little money from time to time but I was very careful in notying some errors which were made by the scammers. Like going to the US embassy to apply for a visa when everybody real knows the visas are ussued by a US consulate.Things like that..After na while you begin to feel close to this people and decide…..what the heck! Live anlet live..Scammers bank on that.
i THINK THAT TRYING TO WIN THE WAR AGAINST SCAMMERS IS A LOSING PROPOSITION.lIKE DRUGS DEALERS THEY HAVE TOO MUCH POWER AND TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT THEM,ON THEIR SIDE,GETTING CASH FROM THEM.nOBODY IS WILLING TO REPORT THEM BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHO IS BEING REPORTED.sCAMMERS ARE LIKE SHADOWS,THEY ARE THERE BUT NOBODY CAN REALLY SEE THEM.tHEY USE FAKE NAMES AND PHOTOS OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN,VERY TEMPTING AND REAL IN THEIR CONTACTS WITH VICTIMS.tHEY ARE TOO EASY TO MAKE THEMSELVES REAL AND VERY BELIVEBLE.lONELY OR OLDER MEN ARE TEMPTED,THEY WANT to be scammed because they dream of having their lives changed foer the better.>they enjoy the platonic relationship because it is like having a real relationship with the scammer and they find it hard to stop that dream.This will be going on for ever……
I want to retract my complaint I reported the wrong person and Dzefa Alku is the the person I was reporting so I want this scam report on this site removed please
contact us at contact@AgainstScams.org and explain the reason you want this removed.
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