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. Victims Lose Money & Need Help To Recover It!
After the scam financial control is vital, plus there are real opportunities to recover!
The first step after your scam ends is to lock down and control your financial situation. Here are articles that may help you with those efforts and provide guidance for things to consider.
In addition, there are real opportunities to recover money – some have come and gone, and some may still be options. You will have to review the statuses with the entities involved to determine if they are still active or if you qualify.
We present this information to help you explore topics with your financial professionals and law enforcement. We can make no warranty about the specifics of each since we present the information as we understand it and as presented by reliable sources. In all such cases, you should consult law enforcement, a financial professional or an attorney before taking any specific action.
Remember, this information is presented as is and can become dated and obsolete
We will update this from time to time as new information becomes available.
The First Step – Get Organized
Get organized. We strongly recommend that you organize all of your transactions before talking to anyone.
You have 2 choices to help you get organized:
- SCARS free organization information here: https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/a-scam-victims-checklist-interacting-with-the-police/
- SCARS publishes a complete online crime organizer (the SCARS RED BOOK) that is available at shop.AgainstScams.org at a small cost.
MONEY RECOVERY
Please note that it is possible to recover money after a scam ends, but speed is important. The longer you wait to report to your LOCAL POLICELocal Police The Local Police is your first responder in most countries. In most English-speaking countries and in Europe report to them first. In other countries look for your national cybercrime police units to report scams to. In the U.S., Canada, & Australia, you must report to the local police first. the less chance you have of getting your money back.
DO NOT listen to amateurs, most are spreading false information. Here are the FACTS!
Bank Wire Transfers
According to Interpol, it is possible to “claw back” or recall bank wire transfers.
- Contact your bank immediately and ask them to do it. Many times they will not because they may end up losing money in this process.
- File your local police report and get the police report number. Ask the local police to contact your bank and get the wire reversed.
- If the bank will still not do it, read the following and give your police the Interpol link contained in the articles. It is a process that has been established worldwide to recall wire transfers up to a year after the transfer takes place. https://romancescamsnow.com/dating-scams/according-to-interpol-it-may-not-be-too-late/
- If the bank still refuses to reverse the wire, we encourage you to explore litigation against your bank.
Cryptocurrency Transfers
One of the unique properties of cryptocurrency is that it can be easily traced and tracked and recovered. Once again, urgency is the critical factor, but crypto can be traced for a long time.
- File your local police report and get the police report number. Ask the local police to trace the crypto and recover it. They have access to the tools to do this – though many agencies do not know this.
- They may have to contact a State/Provincial cybercrimeCybercrime Cybercrime is a crime related to technology, computers, and the Internet. Typical cybercrime are performed by a computer against a computer, or by a hacker using software to attack computers or networks. police unit to gain access to these tools, or they can obtain them directly. You will have to apply pressure if they resist and advocate for yourself.
- There are two companies that make the software to help police agencies track crypto – it is not for consumers, just for the police. But they can get it and use it immediately to recover your crypto funds:
- Chainalysis https://www.chainalysis.com/
- Blockchain Intelligence Group https://blockchaingroup.io/
- You may have to bypass the police and talk to the local district attorney’s office or state/provincial attorney’s office for support in getting this done. But Police and Prosecutors around the U.S. are recovering crypto every day now.
WARNING – FEE-BASED MONEY RECOVERY
- There is a multitude of money recovery businesses – some real and most are fake/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..
- Before using any such service always verify that they are real and incorporated in their state/province/country – you can do this online. If you do not know how to do this then avoid them altogether!
- Never do business with any money recovery business that asks for money upfront. Only do it on a contingency or commission basis after the money is recovered.
- They cannot help you with bank wire transfers or cryptocurrency – your police only can do those.
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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 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. 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 groupsSupport Groups In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic, such as romance scams. Members with the same issues can come together for sharing coping strategies, to feel more empowered and for a sense of community. The help may take the form of providing and evaluating relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to and accepting others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also work to inform the public or engage in advocacy. They can be supervised or not. SCARS support groups are moderated by the SCARS Team and or volunteers., 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 scamsRelationship 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? 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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