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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Romance Scam Victimization
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Scammer Hostility – 2017 [OBSOLETED]
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HOW TO IDENTIFY A SCAM?
HOW TO IDENTIFY A SCAM? Any of the following behaviors should raise concerns that the person you are interacting with is a scammer: ::: Long distance relationships ::: If you do come into contact with someone who is living in another city OR COUNTRY and can't afford a plane ticket [...]
100% Law & Order Politics
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ABOUT ANTI-SCAMMERS
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Who Is The Person In The Photo?
RSN Editorial: Who Is The Person In The Photo? We are constantly asked by victims to identify the person in the photo that they fell in love with. They want to save them, or tell them how they feel, or tell them their photo is being used by scammers. It doesn't [...]
Top USA Cybercrimes
The Top 30 Cybercrimes in the USA According to the U.S. Department of Justice, July 5, 2017 The top 30 Cyber Crimes in Reverse Order are: 30. Denial of Service Attacks - A cyber-attack that makes a computer or server unavailable by disrupting its connection to the internet. 29. Online [...]
New Online Safety Law
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FBI’s 2016 Internet Crime Report
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Another Enforcement Strategy
Did you know that ... In order to arrest scammers, governments need to use everything available to them. Arresting criminals in sovereign countries can be difficult or impossible. So, Western Governments use a variety of laws and statutes as the basis to extradite criminals in every way possible. Here is [...]
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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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