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Scammer Threats

Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself!

A SCARS Editorial

Being Threatened By Scammers – There Is Nothing To Fear

Many Scam Victims Have Been Subjected To Threats From Scammers

Many are still afraid of these threats!

Just remember that scammers are liars – first, last, and everything in between.

They lie about everything, even when you think they are confessing, it is a lie, designed to weaken you and make you feel sorry for them as they steal their money!

BE JUDGMENTAL

Look at them as what they are – they are Liars. Everything is a con – an attempt to manipulate you. Nothing more.

BELIEVE NOTHING

Scammers don’t want to hurt anyone. Oh, don’t mistake intent with opportunity. They would, and many in fact have killed – they are gangsters and thugs after all, and either run or work in criminal enterprises. If you were in Ghana or Nigeria, they would use violence, real violence. But you are not there.

They simply weigh the risk and reward. There is no reward in actually carrying out their threats.

There is no reward in sending someone to harm victims. And the risk is very high. They don’t have to do anything, the threat is what they use because they can if you let them.

THEY ARE REALLY JUST BULLIES

They only have power over you if you let them have power.

The distances are sufficient that they have no way to harm you, and they have no time because they have to focus on the next victim. Their focus is making money, not on victims that cannot or will not pay them more.

It is important to always contact your local police whenever you get a scammer’s threat because they need to understand the way scammers are working, but as they will tell you – the risk is nothing at all unless you believe them.

All you have to do is laugh at their silly threats and the scammer has no power over you.

Be Fearless!

Be Fearless - Fear Less!

Always Report All Scams – Anywhere In The World To:

Go to reporting.AgainstScams.org to learn how

U.S. FTC at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/?orgcode=SCARS and SCARS at www.Anyscams.com
Visit reporting.AgainstScams.org to learn more!

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    Anonymous February 19, 2018 at 6:04 pm - Reply

    I recently had a scammer but I couldn’t report it on your site because you require an email address which I did not have. He contacted me through Instagram and then through phone so I had a phone number, an instagram account, and pictures. I would love to report him here. Is there anyway to do it without an email address?

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    Holly February 19, 2018 at 10:04 am - Reply

    is there anyway to check if there really scamming. You

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      Romance Scams Now Editorial Team February 19, 2018 at 12:54 pm - Reply

      Holly, we have been helping people for 27 years, All we need is a few hints to know you are being scammed. There is nothing to be confused about. You are being scammed. You need to stop all communication with the scammer. Block all means of contact NOW! We can’t help you while you are still in contact with your scammer.

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    Levonia Johnson February 19, 2018 at 8:48 am - Reply

    When the scammers get your name and keep sending you friend request how can you. Stop them, I’ve deleted over 50 request in a week, I’m sick of them bothering me, they need to be stopped

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      Romance Scams Now Editorial Team February 19, 2018 at 12:55 pm - Reply

      Change the privacy settings on your profile so that ONLY Friends of Friends can send you new requests. That will block strangers.

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    Tammy Truesdale February 19, 2018 at 8:42 am - Reply

    I don’t see any difference between these scammers and terrorists. They causes victims to comment suicide and destroy their entire lives including their love ones. Again they are allow to come in our country and continue their terrorist deconstructions. They working in our hospitals where they can do the most harm and go unnoticed. They work in our legal and government system as well in our education system where they can target us even greater. Recently an article was published in the “Roots” claiming that they are smarter then Americans and more educated. With all the money that they are scamming from us and wiring back here to their families ocourse they can pay for the best education. These monsters have stolen our money. It make me mad as hell that America don’t have Ghana and Nigeria on a high terrorists list and not monitoring these people with a careful eye. Has our president stating ” America first”, immigration reform is a most. Put them on that terror list and destroy their weapons that they are using against us in Ghana and Nigeria. ” Americans lives matters first, second and last”.

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      Romance Scams Now Editorial Team February 19, 2018 at 12:57 pm - Reply

      Scammers do in fact engage in psychological terror to be sure in many cases, but worse, about 25-30% of scam proceeds end up funding African and Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups.

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    Steve Whipkey February 19, 2018 at 8:23 am - Reply

    they are good at it as I still get texts from them and I uncovered fake numbers and get real evidence

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