All Scam/Financial FraudFraud In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain (money or other assets), or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compensation) or criminal law (e.g., a fraud perpetrator may be prosecuted and imprisoned by governmental authorities), or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong. The purpose of fraud may be monetary gain or other benefits, for example by obtaining a passport, travel document, or driver's license, or mortgage fraud, where the perpetrator may attempt to qualify for a mortgage by way of false statements. A fraud can also be a hoax, which is a distinct concept that involves deliberate deception without the intention of gain or of materially damaging or depriving a victim. Victims Need Support
Unfortunately, studies show that only about 12% of crime victims seek out professional support from either real support providers or therapy professionals.
All too often, victims turn to family & friends, or worse, self-proclaimed experts!
Victim support groups can be an important source of emotional support for people who have been the victims of 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. or financial fraud. These groups can provide a safe and supportive space for people to share their experiences, discuss their emotions, and receive encouragement and advice from others who have been through similar experiences. Being part of a victim support groupSupport Group 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. can help people feel less isolated and alone, and can provide them with a sense of community and belonging. Victim support groups can also be a helpful resource for people who are looking for information about how to recover from financial fraud and scams, and for ideas about how to move forward and protect themselves in the future.
Why Haven’t You Applied To Join A SCARS Support & Recovery Group Yet?
We bring together small groups of people, fully screened for your safety and to keep out scammers!
SCARS Groups meet online in our dedicated Facebook groups, separated by stage of recovery.
WE OFFER GROUPS FOR:
- New Victims – Arrivers – up to 9 months from the end of the scam.
- SurvivorsSurvivor A Scam Survivor is a victim who has been able to fully accept the reality of their situation. That they were the victim of a crime and are not to blame. They are working on their emotional recovery and reduction of any trauma either on their own, through a qualified support organization, or through counseling or therapy. And has done their duty and reported the crime to their local police, national police, and on Anyscam.com – for as long as they need support
- Thrivers – social connections with recovered scam survivors
- Family & Friends – helping those the scam also touched
- Lite Support – for those that do not want as much
Our groups are available to its members 24/7 – there is always someone ready to help when you need it.
We have mixed (women & men) groups, and women-only groups too!
SCARS is inclusive, we never discriminate based on race, culture, religion, gender, or national origin – we support people worldwide!
Currently, we directly offer SCARS Groups in English, and separately in Spanish. However, we have partners in more than 60 countries to help in other languages too.
Each group is professionally facilitated by a real certified trauma-informedTrauma-Informed Trauma-informed care shifts the focus from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” A trauma-informed approach to care acknowledges that health care needs to have a complete picture of a patient’s life situation — past and present — in order to provide effective care services with a healing orientation. Adopting trauma-informed practices can potentially improve patient engagement, treatment adherence, and health outcomes. expert team: warm, grounded, and energizing humans that help keep members on the right path.
Our Arrivers & Survivors Groups have weekly zoom calls for face-to-face human connections, to hear each other’s stories, learn about these crimes, and how to overcome them. Moderated by our professional team.
SCARS Support & Recovery groups are always FREE are engineered to help you feel understood and feel less alone. To help educate you about why these crimes happened – that it was not your fault – it was a violation, something that was done to you without your consent!
We give you a place to share, vent, and process life—outside of friends and family. We provide a true, competent level of support that no amateur anti-scam hate group can.
Our group members give you multiple, diverse perspectives on these crimes, life, and each person’s path to recovery.
Our groups are designed to give you “me” time when you need it.
WHAT WE DO IN OUR GROUPS:
- SCARS Groups are about digging *deep*
- SCARS Groups are all about sharing openly, as you are ready
- SCARS Groups are all about asking curious questions and learning
- SCARS Groups are all about active listening
- SCARS Groups are about being honest and upfront, even if it’s uncomfortable
- SCARS Groups are about challenging each other
- SCARS Groups are to get better at being human, together.
WE NAVIGATE TOPICS SUCH AS:
- Finding answers
- Understanding your emotions
- How to navigate through the recovery & life transitions
- New life chapters
- Relationships challenges, with family & friends
- Finding purpose
- Work-life recovery balance
- Managing stress, focusing on processing grief and working with mental healthcare professionals on 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.
- Loneliness after the scam ends
- How to get the most from your 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. & therapy
- And much, much more
To get started, just visit support.AgainstScams.org and answer a few questions to help us understand the kind of help you need, and if SCARS is right for you!
It’s not hard, and you know you need it! Plus they are always free,
We hope to see you in a SCARS Support Group soon!
ABOUT SCARS (www.AgainstScams.org)
SCARS is a government-registered crime victims’ assistance and crime prevention nonprofit organization (NGO) based in the U.S. (with a satellite office in Mexico) supporting scam victims worldwide. We provide support services and recovery programs, as well as being a primary educator for scam avoidance, discovery, and recovery. You can visit our corporate website at www.AgainstScams.org You can also learn more about our education at www.RomanceScamsNOW.com
SCARS provides support & education for financial fraud victims worldwide.
Please NOTE: that while the SCARS Team is certified in trauma-informed care and grief counseling, and many other disciplines, we are not a mental healthcare provider. We do not provide counseling & therapy directly. But we do offer counseling & therapy benefits through our partnership with BetterHelp.com as a benefit of our SCARS Membership (http://membership.AgainstScams.org)
SCARS does recommend to every victim of financial fraud that you not only report these crimes 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. but that you also obtain trauma counseling or therapy to help you overcome these crimes.
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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 trauma counseling or therapy, qualified support groups, 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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By the Society of Citizens Against Relationship ScamsSCARS SCARS - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. A government registered crime victims' assistance & crime prevention nonprofit organization based in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. SCARS supports the victims of scams worldwide and through its partners in more than 60 countries around the world. Incorporated in 2015, its team has 30 years of continuous experience educating and supporting scam victims. Visit www.AgainstScams.org to learn more about SCARS. Inc.
A Worldwide Crime Victims Assistance & Crime Prevention Nonprofit Organization Headquartered In Miami Florida USA & Monterrey NL Mexico, with Partners In More Than 60 Countries
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