Last Updated on December 10, 2020 by SCARS Editorial Team

The Face In The Photo: Leave The Real Person Alone!

We Are Constantly Asked By Victims To Identify The Person In The Photo That They Fell In Love With

They want to save them, or tell them how they feel, or tell them their photo is being used by scammers.

Trust us, they already know their photos have been stolen by scammers!

It Doesn’t Matter Who He Or She Is, His Or Her Photo Was Stolen By Scammers

You have to understand that you do not have a relationship with a real person.

That Face Is Fake!

We understand that you are fixated on that face, but the real person is a victim too and does not want to hear from anyone.

Most of the time the person in the photo already knows they are being used by scammers because they are constantly contacted by people claiming to be in love with them, or wanting them to know all about their scamScam A Scam is a confidence trick - a crime -  is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust through deception. Scams or confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, irresponsibility, or greed and exploiting that. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men' - criminals) at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')". A scam is a crime even if no money was lost. experience.

They Do Not Want To Hear From You, Because They Are Also A Victim

Anyone that does not accept this, and tries to contact the person pictured is causing just as much harm as the scammerScammer A Scammer or Fraudster is someone that engages in deception to obtain money or achieve another objective. They are criminals that attempt to deceive a victim into sending more or performing some other activity that benefits the scammer.. The people who have been impersonated do not want to hear from other victims. Their lives have been ruined by the scammer as much as yours has. All you will be doing is driving home how they have lost control of their face or their identity, causing more traumaTrauma Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless in a dangerous world. Psychological trauma can leave you struggling with upsetting emotions, memories, and anxiety that won’t go away. It can also leave you feeling numb, disconnected, and unable to trust other people. Traumatic experiences often involve a threat to life or safety or other emotional shocks, but any situation that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and isolated can result in trauma, even if it doesn’t involve physical harm. It’s not the objective circumstances that determine whether an event is traumatic, but your subjective emotional experience of the event. The more frightened and helpless you feel, the more likely you are to be traumatized. Trauma requires treatment, either through counseling or therapy or through trauma-oriented support programs, such as those offered by SCARS. in the process.

They want to be left alone. Some of them are hounded by victims constantly telling them how much they love them. Some get multiple calls a day about this.

You Don’t Even Know That Person – You Have Just Seen Their Photo

While this sounds harsh and brutal, it is a reality of romance scamsScams A Scam is a confidence trick - a crime -  is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust through deception. Scams or confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, irresponsibility, or greed and exploiting that. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men' - criminals) at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')". A scam is a crime even if no money was lost.. You fall in love with a stolen photo from a real person and proceed to develop a fantasy relationship about them.

• In reality, you were lied to by the person or scam team hiding behind the photo.
• You have to accept this and move on. Focus only on yourself and your own recovery. Obsessing on the face in the photo is a path to obsession and madness.
• You need to get over the scam, you cannot help anyone else at this stage. You need to focus on your own recovery and forget that face – hard as that is.
• Additionally, obsessing on the face (and the real person behind it) can be considered cyberstalking, which is a crime in itself, so don’t go there.

Accept That You Were Scammed

• Accept that there was no relationship

• Accept that everything was a lie

• Accept the pain and use it to recover

• Accept that you will make it through this

• Accept that it just takes time

Just don’t make it worse by tracking down another poor soul and making their life miserable in the process.