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.
Diversions – One Of The Ways That Scammers Manipulate Their Victims
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How To Know If You Are In Scam or Recovery Denial?
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ID.me and the Government Agencies Using Them – A Guest Commentary by Brett Johnson
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UK Proposed A New Cybercrime Fighting Force!
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Crypto-Scams To Avoid In 2021
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2020 Scams Hit New Records – Millions More Victims
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How To Trace Scam Email Senders
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Scam Victim Recovery Is Not A Mystery
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Money Recovery & Investigative Scams Target Scam Victims [Updated]
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Did The FBI on IC3.gov Ignore Your Crime Victims’ Rights?
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Scammers Using Your Identity
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The True Cost of Scams by PJ Rohal
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Scam Victims Financial Survival & Money Recovery – Article Catalog 2023
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Synthetic Identity Fraud — Hurts Real People [UPDATED]
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Instagram Scam Warning: Losing Your Instagram Account
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Unemployment Identity Theft Explodes in the United States
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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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