SCARS™ Subject Focus: The Psychology Of Romance Scams
Romance Scams Are Infinitely Complex And Leave Victims With Significant Trauma
Attention is like a spotlight, which means when it’s pointing in one direction it pretty much ignores everything else. This is how a Romance Scam starts!
Except people don’t realize how little information coming in from the outside world we actually process. Naturally, you don’t notice what you don’t notice, plus the mind is designed to fill in the gaps for us. But fraudsters do know and almost every con uses some kind of distraction – a kind of social engineering to get you to do what the scammer wants you to do.
Scammers know all about social compliance and happily exploit our automatic deference to authority figures such as soldiers. People will hand over credit cards to people they think are waiters, car keys to people they think are car park attendants and give access to their house to people they think are from the water board. The best known online example is a ‘phishing attack’ where people give fraudsters their bank details in response to an email that purports to be from their bank.
These are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to social engineering scams. To truly learn how victims are manipulated and all of the mechanisms involved, we invite you to read our SCARS Library (below) on the subject of the Psychology of Romance Scams!
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New Study Shows Who Are Likely To Be Scammed
A New Study Analyzes Who Will Be Scammed Sensitive people more vulnerable to online dating scams The Study Was Conducted by the BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Per their results, sensitive and less emotionally intelligent people are more likely to be vulnerable to online dating scams. That is the finding of a [...]
The New Nightmare!
Facebook Now Competes With Western Union and MonneyGram This means Scammers will soon be switching to Facebook Money Transfers and You Are Screwed! Facebook recently launched a new money transfer service through Facebook Messenger. It's not bad enough that they want to know everything about your whole life, now they [...]
EUROPE LOVES SCAMMERS
Europe Won't Allow You To Search For Scammers Europe is moving to protect the privacy of Scammers! Recently we received a disturbing message from Google about our website: To: Webmaster of https://www.romancescamsnow.com/, Due to a request under data protection law in Europe, Google can no longer show one or more [...]
U.S. GOVERNMENT DOESN’T DO MUCH
YOU ALL KEEP ASKING WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DOESN'T DO SOMETHING? Unfortunately, we have an African (and I don't mean black) I mean African in the White House. So he has a personal bias in favor of the African countries. As a first generation American, his father, Barack Obama, Sr., [...]
Reported Scammer Email Addresses – 2016 Part 2
Reported Scammer Email Addresses - 2016 Part 2 Email Addresses That Have Been Reported To Be Used By Scammers The following email addresses have been reported by scam victims as being used by scammers through the SCARS|CDN™ Cybercrime Data Network. This information was submitted to SCARS for the specific [...]
SCAMMERS & ONLINE DATING FRAUD
2015 TRENDS AND TACTICS Global Dating Insights publishes their SCAMMERS & ONLINE DATING FRAUD Report for 2016 " All consumer businesses have a duty to protect their customers, but for an industry as personal as online dating, it is of utmost importance. Scammers and online frauds present one of the [...]
Why Online Dating No Longer Works
Here Is The Typical Scenario … Some guy or gal goes onto an online dating website, and creates a profile … They are hopeful and want the process to succeed. They want to find a great person, and be able to make a new friend, and perhaps even more. Sounds [...]
THE SCAMMER APOCALYPSE IS HERE!
IT'S ALMOST AN APOCALYPSETell you friends that they have to stop making friends with every unknown person that asks them!Tell them that when they give an unknown person access to their profile, they also give them access to your profile and your friends, and so on, and so on ...Tell [...]
SCARS Archives – Stolen Identities & Photos Off Women – RSN#2012
Stolen Identities & Photos Off Women - RSN#2012 A SCARS Archives Gallery - Originally Published 2016 Stolen Photos Appear In Billions Of Fake Profiles On Social Media And Dating Websites It is impossible to catalog all of them, but you can see many more on www.scammerphotos.com - a [...]
KNOW YOUR ENEMY: Meagan Good Is Another Favorite Of African Scammers
Do You Know This Girl?Meagan GoodHollywood & TV ActressYou Have Probably Seen Her Photos Used By Scammers Before!Meagan Good Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner Of course you don’t really know Meagan Good, since these are stolen photos used by African Scammers, but she is popular! [...]
Faking It Online
Scammers’ Tricks To Steal Your Heart & MoneyNot everyone using online dating sites is looking for love. Scammers create fake online profiles using photos of other people — even stolen pictures of real military personnel. They profess their love quickly. And they tug at your heartstrings with made-up stories about how [...]
Where We Began
This Year Marks Our 25th Year25 Years Ago We Started On America Online Warning About Online FraudWe began our quest to educate and inform about scams, frauds, and cons, 25 years ago on the old AOL.We started with an American Online forum about AOL cons.About a year and a half [...]
Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Men : Bobbi Eden
Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Men : Bobbi Eden Stolen Photos Appear In Billions Of Fake Profiles On Social Media And Dating Websites It is impossible to catalog all of them, but you can see many more on www.scammerphotos.com - a separate SCARS website dedicated to displaying [...]
Scam Basics: Love for Sale
Scam Basics: Love for Sale According To Law Enforcement Who Investigate Online Romance Scams Worldwide, These Dating Or Sweetheart Scams Follow A Surprisingly Consistent Arc Here’s how these online frauds or swindles typically unfold. 1. The Bait The scammers set up a fake profile on a social-media or dating site. [...]
Scammers Now Target Children
IT'S ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN Recently we all saw an article about a teen that committed suicide after a scammer enticed him into sexting (sending compromising photos of himself) and then the scammer blackmailed him. We have been looking into this issue and what we have discovered it truly [...]
Hostility Toward Scam Victims Is A Common Manipulative Technique Of Scammers – UPDATED 2024
Hostility Toward Scam Victims Is A Common Manipulative Technique Of Scammers Understanding Hostility as a Manipulative Technique How Scammers Operate - A SCARS Insight Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Originally Published: 2016 [...]
OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA [UPDATED 2021]
OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA [UPDATED 2021] SCARS Ends its Boycott of Nigeria The progress has been significant and meaningful! Nigeria has made great progress. We got their attention and things are improving. That was our goal! Nigerian Boycott Campaign In [...]
KNOW YOUR ENEMY: Briana Owens Is Another Favorite Of African Scammers
Do You Know This Girl?Briana OwensModelYou Have Probably Seen Her Photos Before!Briana Owens Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner Of course you don’t really know Briana Owens, since these are stolen photos used by African Scammers, but she is popular! If you see her photo on [...]
KNOW YOUR ENEMY: Do You Know Mia Khalifa
Do You Know This Girl?Mia KhalifaPorn Actress & ModelYou Have Probably Seen Her Photos Before!Mia Khalifa Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner Of course you don’t really know Mia Khalifa, since these are stolen photos used by African Scammers, but she is popular! If you see [...]
COMMENTARY :: Why?
So Many Questions …About Our FearWhy are there Victims of Romance Scams?Why do we accept scammers and liars into our life?Why do we accept the stories and open our hearts to frauds? […]
TAGS: Psychology of Scams, Romance Scams, Social Compliance, Amygdala Hijack, Gaslighting, Stranger Trust, Trauma Bonding, PTSD, Victim Syndrome, Complex, Syndromes, Victimization,
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FAQ: How Do You Properly Report Scammers?
It is essential that law enforcement knows about scams & scammers, even though there is nothing (in most cases) that they can do.
Always report scams involving money lost or where you received money to:
- Local Police – ask them to take an “informational” police report – say you need it for your insurance
- Your National Police or FBI (www.IC3.gov)
- The SCARS|CDN™ Cybercriminal Data Network – Worldwide Reporting Network HERE or on www.Anyscam.com
This helps your government understand the problem, and allows law enforcement to add scammers on watch lists worldwide.
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