The New Trauma Responses Model
The New Trauma Responses Model Psychology of Trauma Victim Recovery - A SCARS Insight Many People Still Believe There Are Only Two Trauma Responses! Fight or Flight! But As Science Progresses, We Better Understand Trauma Responses - All 6 Of Them! Most scam & financial [...]
More Cognitive Biases – Part 3
More Cognitive Biases - Part 3 Playing a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight More Cognitive Biases This article is part of SCARS continuing commitment to helping the victims of scams (financial fraud) to better [...]
Love Bombing And How Romance Scam Victims Are Forced To Feel
Love Bombing And How Romance Scam Victims Are Forced To Feel How Scam Victims Are Manipulated Into Feeling What Their Scammers Want Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight What Victims Feel Is Real, But It Was The Result Of Love Bombing In previous articles, [...]
Why Do Scam Victims Believe That Loneliness Was The Principal Cause Of Their Scam?
Why Do Scam Victims Believe That Loneliness Was The Principal Cause Of Their Scam? Self Blame And The Search For Certainty Scam Victim Psychology - A SCARS Insight Loneliness & Scam Victim Self-BlameSelf-Blame Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. SCARS seeks to mitigate the prejudice against victims and the perception that victims are in any way responsible for the actions of offenders or scammers. There is historical and current prejudice against the victims of domestic violence and sex crimes, such as the greater tendency to blame victims of rape than victims of robbery. Scam victims are often blamed by family & friends for the crime. Scam victims also engage in self-blame even though they are not to blame. Far To Often Victims Grab Onto Loneliness As The Principal Cause For [...]
Scammer Lures Used To Exploit Your Needs
Scammer Lures Used To Exploit Your Needs Methods Scammers Use That Exploit Your Vulnerabilities Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Scammers Use And Exploit Victim Needs To Lure Victims In And Control Them Scammer Lures: Decoding Our Obsession With Needs And Greed Karl Marx [...]
Scam Victim Self-Hatred And Self-Loathing
Scam Victim Self-Hatred And Self-Loathing Recovering From Scams Is A Process Recovery Psychology - A SCARS Insight Why Do Some Scam Victims Hate Themselves? Self-Hatred Is Common After A Relationship ScamRelationship Scam A Relationship Scam is a one-to-one criminal act that involves a trust relationship and uses deception & manipulation to get a victim to give to the criminal something of value, such as money! Click here to learn more: What Is A Relationship Scam? It is common for people who have been scammed to feel a range of [...]
More Cognitive Biases – Part 2
More Cognitive Biases - Part 2 Cognitive Biases Play a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight More Cognitive Biases This article is part of SCARS continuing commitment to helping the victims of scams (financial fraud) [...]
More Cognitive Biases – Part 1
More Cognitive Biases - Part 1 Cognitive Biases Play a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight More Cognitive Biases This article is part of SCARS continuing commitment to helping the victims of scams (financial fraud) [...]
Trauma Bias
Trauma Bias A Cognitive Bias That Affects Victims And Those Trying To Support Them Recovery Psychology - A SCARS Insight What is Trauma Bias? Trauma bias is a type of cognitive bias that can occur when people have preconceived notions or beliefs about trauma and [...]
Why Do Victims Believe Fake Scammer Videos Are Real?
Why Do Victims Believe Fake Scammer Videos Are Real? Psychological Factors That Make Victims Ignore The Truth The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Why Victims Do Not Recognize That The Videos That They Are Watching Are Being Faked? About Victim Engagement With Fake [...]
Scam Victim Apathy – Scams Are Somebody Else’s Problem
Scam Victim Apathy - Scams Are Somebody Else's Problem A Look At Why Most Scam Victims Will Not Act Effectively The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Crime Victim Apathy - Somebody Else's Problem Does the experience of crime lead to individual disenchantment from [...]
The Unique Shame Of Being Scammed Again
The Unique Shame Of Being Scammed Again After The First Scam Things Change Scam Victim Recovery - A SCARS Insight When A Victim Allows Themself To Become Scammed Again It Is Quite A Different Experience Than The First Time Notice that we said "allows" themself [...]
Victim/Offender Trauma Bond: The 15 Elements of the Crime Victim Detour
Victim/Offender Trauma Bond The 15 Elements of the Crime Victim Detour Scam & Financial Fraud Victimization A SCARS Insight Understanding Victims of Crime and Their Need to Deal with the Victim/Offender Trauma Bond and the 15 Elements of the Crime Victim Detour This article is [...]
Optimism Bias – Everything Will Be Fine
Optimism BiasOptimism bias This cognitive bias leads you to believe that you are less likely to suffer from misfortune and more likely to attain success than your peers. - Everything Will Be Fine There Is Nothing To Worry About! Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Optimism Bias Affects Scam Victims Mostly After The Scam Ends - Leading Them To Be Scammed Again And Again Optimism bias (or the optimistic bias) [...]
The Normalcy Bias: Understanding the Cognitive Bias that Can Put You in Danger
Normalcy Bias - A Cognitive Bias The Normalcy Bias: Understanding the Cognitive Bias that Can Put You in Danger Cognitive Biases - What Could Go Wrong, Right? The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Cognitive Biases: Humans Have Great Analytical Powers But We Rarely Use [...]
Hindsight Bias! You Knew It All The Time!
Hindsight BiasHindsight Bias The hindsight bias is often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon." It involves the tendency people have to assume that they knew the outcome of an event after the outcome has already been determined.! You Knew It All The Time! Another Cognitive Bias Affecting Scam Victims The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight You Knew It Was A Scam All The Time Right? Have you ever noticed that events seem more predictable after they have already [...]
Psychology of Scams – Article Catalog
Psychology of Scams The How & Why of Scam Psychology From Approach & Selection to Capture & Grooming, to Manipulation & Containment! Learn the answers to why this happened to someone like You! A SCARS Article Subject Catalog Our Human Psychology Enables Us To Be [...]
Guilt vs. Shame – Understanding [INFOGRAPHIC]
Guilt vs. Shame - Understanding Shame has long been viewed as “the toxic cousin of guilt,” but it has benefited us over evolution. Shame and guilt are functionally designed to protect us against harming those who are dear to us and to make us behave better in the future [...]
Beware Of Scam Victim Saviors
Beware Of Scam Victim Saviors Be Careful Of Who You Trust To Help You! Instant Saviors Can Be Dangerous! The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Trust Is A Big Word! But Don't Trust Instant Saviors! We Wanted To Share Some Thoughts On Scam [...]
Understanding the Victim Complex – Psychology Of Scams
Understanding the Victim Complex Psychology Of Scams - Helping Victims To Recover A SCARS Insight An Insight Into The “Victim Complex” Or “Victim Mentality” Portions by By Robert Longley - Updated March 16, 2018 - Copyright Acknowledged It is important to understand the difference between [...]
Avoid Instant Anti-Scam Experts
Avoid Instant Anti-Scam Experts Just Being A Scam Victim Does Not Make Them An Expert The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Originally published 2016 Beware of Savior Victims One of the things that happen to some victims is they develop a kind of [...]
SCARS Printed Books For Every Scam SurvivorSurvivor A Scam Survivor is a victim who has been able to fully accept the reality of their situation. That they were the victim of a crime and are not to blame. They are working on their emotional recovery and reduction of any trauma either on their own, through a qualified support organization, or through counseling or therapy. And has done their duty and reported the crime to their local police, national police, and on Anyscam.com From SCARS Publishing
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SCARS GREEN BOOK
Self-Help Self-Paced Recovery Program Guide
LEARN HOW TO RECOVER ON YOUR OWN
This program is designed to help scam victims struggling to recover on their own and for those who want to understand the overall process. You can be using other resources, such as trauma counselingCounseling Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes. A mental health counselor (MHC), or counselor, is a person who works with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health. Such persons may help individuals deal with issues associated with addiction and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; and aging. They may also work with "Social Workers", "Psychiatrists", and "Psychologists". SCARS does not provide mental health counseling. or therapy, qualified support groups, or completely independent – on your own!
The SCARS Steps program is a complete program and is provided for the purpose of helping scam victims to overcome this experience. Throughout this SCARS Steps Program, we speak about issues and challenges that a victim may have and help guide them through their recovery. But each person is different and it is important to understand your own reasons for being vulnerable to being scammed.
After the trauma of being scammed, you need to take steps to recover and move on. This may be an alternative to counseling in the short term, but we still encourage you to seek out professional help & support. Throughout this SCARS Steps Program, we speak about issues, challenges, defects, or problems that a victim may have in a generalized way.
The SCARS GREEN BOOK will help you recover from your scam offline and it will always be there when you need it!
SCARS SLATE BOOK – Let Us Explain What Happened!
A Guide For Families & Friends Of Scam Victims
HOW TO HELP ROMANCE SCAM VICTIMS FOR FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF SCAM VICTIMS
This SCARS Publishing book represents a complete guide to help the families and friends understand how these scams work and how to help the victim.
The SCARS Slate Book should be purchased by family and friends to better understand what happened to the victim and the traumatic impact on them. But it can also be shared by the victim so that they do not have to explain to family and friends about the scam. This publication is to help others to help Scam Victims to make it through this traumatic experience and recover.
Each person is different and it is important to understand how relationship scams work and why people are vulnerable; to being scammed, how they were lured in, then groomed and manipulated. This understanding is essential in helping them through the process of ending the scam and then on to recovery. The SCARS Slate Book will provide the information necessary to help support a victim through this process.
SCARS RED BOOK
Your Personal Scam Evidence & Crime Record Organizer
ORGANIZE YOUR INFORMATION TO MAKE THE REPORTING PROCESS SIMPLE!
Helps you get and stay organized. This publication is to help Scam Victims organize their crime information. Complete this information before reporting to the police then bring this book with you
Before or after reporting to the police the RED BOOK gives you a dedicated tool to record all the essential facts of this crime. The Victim, the Scammers, the Money, and your Police interactions. Everything that really matters can be easily recorded for your immediate use and for the future!
As we have seen, money recovery/repayment programs can become available years after the scam ends and you need to keep all the details of this crime in case it is needed. We have also seen scammers being extradited to the U.S. and other countries, this will help in the event you testify or give statements, Additionally, this helps you have your information ready to qualify for victims’ benefits, compensation, or aid.
The Official SCARS RED BOOK is your way of recording all the important facts of this crime so that you do not lose essential information, Complete the RED BOOK then put it away with the confidence that you will have it if or when it is needed.
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