
SCARS Institute’s Encyclopedia of Scams™ Published Continuously for 25 Years

Scammers Miss You – They Want You Back
They Especially Want More Of Your Money!
Scammers know where to find victims, all they have to do it look on the thousands of anti-scam groups on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and elsewhere. They go where there are victims looking for help and they offer it through carefully crafted messages that look like they come from other victims!
Except they are not from other victims, they are from SCAMMERS!
TWO CARDINAL RULES
- Never pay ANYONE to Investigate scammers. This is the job of law enforcement. Regardless of what you believe or have been told by amateurs, reporting to the police, FTC & FBI, or other law enforcement is effective. No “scam investigator,” as far as we know, has ever resulted in an arrest. Also, anyone that claims to be an investigator must have a private investigator’s license or they are committing a crime – you will be able to look up their license on their state, province, or country’s registry.
- Never pay ANYONE to recover your money! There are a few real companies that can go after traditional investment, but not if they are crimes. ONLY your local police or national law enforcement can get your money back from a crime. This is true of crypto losses or from other forms of money transfers – ONLY THE POLICE or their associated prosecutor’s office. ANYONE that says they can recover your money from a scam is committing fraud.
However, It Does Not Stop Them From Trying!
Scammers are effective because there are desperate victims willing to do anything to get back their money! But please do not pay attention to these offers, you are just putting yourself back in the scammer’s control again!
There are thousands of variations of these messages or comments and they appear on all social media platforms.
EXAMPLE INVESTIGATION OR MONEY RECOVERY SCAM MESSAGES OR COMMENTS
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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/