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!
SCARS™ Team
A SCARS Division
Miami Florida U.S.A.
Save Me From A Life In Crime – Romance Scams
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2023 BIG Cryptocurrency Investigator’s Handbook
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How To Spot AI-Generated Profile Images
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After Discovering A Scam – What Is Immediately Important?
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More Cognitive Biases – Part 3
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Crypto Dusting Attack – Another Cryptocurrency Scam
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Are You Really The Lucky Lotto Scams Winner?
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Does Your Bank Care About You & Online scams?
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Using ChatGPT To Spot Scams
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U.S. Cybercrimes Law Enforcement & Policing Agencies
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Social Security Scams – Scam Basics
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Types Of Scams – A New Taxonomy
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Scam Victim Doomscrolling
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Lottery Scams – Scam Basics
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Scam Basics: Grandparent Scams
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Financial Fraud Terms – Scam Basics
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Synthetic Identity Fraud – Scam Basics
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Brain Fog Caused By Scam Related PTSD
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Why Victims Prefer To Believe Scammers Are Evil Demons!
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Scam Basics: Tech Support Scams
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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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Please be sure to report all scammers HERE or on www.Anyscam.com
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