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SCARS was established in 2015, but its leadership has been educating and assisting scam victims since 1991.

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🔷 SPEAK OUT

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◾️️Send victims' Impact statements for every case! Make a template and send them over and over. You can make a difference! Learn more here: https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/victims-impact-statements-what-they-are-and-how-to-prepare-them/

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◾️️ If you are a victim make sure you read our 3 Steps Guide for New Victims here: https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/scars-3-steps-for-new-scam-victims/

◾️️ Remember that SCARS offers free support & recovery programs. You can apply to join at: http://support.AgainstScams.org (Spanish language support is also available).

◾️️ In addition, SCARS publishes a complete line of low-cost Scam Victim Self-Help Books at http://shop.AgainstScams.org

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This is a serious conversation about very difficult topics.

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🔷 SPEAK OUT

◾️️ Every current and past scam victim MUST SPEAK OUT to help new victims understand that they are not alone and that there is hope! Speaking out saves lives, and the life you save might be a family member or a friend.

◾️️Send victims' Impact statements for every case! Make a template and send them over and over. You can make a difference! Learn more here: https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/victims-impact-statements-what-they-are-and-how-to-prepare-them/

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🔷 DO YOU NEED HELP?

◾️️ If you are a victim make sure you read our 3 Steps Guide for New Victims here: https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/scars-3-steps-for-new-scam-victims/

◾️️ Remember that SCARS offers free support & recovery programs. You can apply to join at: http://support.AgainstScams.org (Spanish language support is also available).

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At the request of Elliott's family, the SCARS Managing Director Dr. Tim McGuinness intervened to help him break free of the scam that he was still involved with.

Doing an intervention is never easy but the alternative is to allow the victim to continue to be victimized by scammers. After 2 & 1/2 years in the fake relationship, it was going to be hard to come out of it.

Men and women are quite different in the way they are approached and how they respond. The approach with women is more emotional and empathetic, but for men, it needs to be much more blunt and factual.

We have a different intervention video available for women here: https://youtu.be/-gw3a4Y3bAY

It is quite different when a victim already realizes and accepts that they are the victim of a crime, but in these cases, the victims have not come to that acceptance, so it is necessary to present more forcefully to get them to that point. Being able to convince someone that the love of their life is fak in just an hour is no small thing.

We hope this video gives families one more tool they can use to help victims still trapped in their denial.

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2. U.S. Federal Trade Commission at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/?orgcode=SCARS - the FTC will send a copy of your report to the FBI, so you don't have to bother.
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♦ NEVER REPORT YOUR CRIME TO ANY PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY - THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN EXPLOITING YOU

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◾️️Send victims' Impact statements for every case! Make a template and send them over and over. You can make a difference! Learn more here: https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/victims-impact-statements-what-they-are-and-how-to-prepare-them/

◾️️ If you are interested in telling your story, please contact us to provide guidance on how to do it, and allow SCARS to interview you. You can email us at Contact@AgainstScams.org

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