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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SCARS™ Romance Scammer Gallery: Reported Male & Female Scammers #8397
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Reported Scammer Email Addresses – 2017 Part 2
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North Korean Scammers
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General John W Nicholson – Know This Guy?
Do You Know This Guy? General John W Nicholson U.S. Army 4-Star General You Have Probably Seen His Photos Before! General John W Nicholson Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner Of course you don’t really know General John W Nicholson, since these are stolen [...]
Bethany Benz Do You Know This Girl?
Do You Know This Girl? Bethany Benz Adult Actress & Model You Have Probably Seen Her Photos Before! Bethany Benz Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner Of course you don’t really know Bethany Benz, since these are stolen photos used by African Scammers, but she [...]
Bibi Jones – Have You Seen Her?
Do You Know This Girl? Bibi Jones Adult Actress & Model You Have Probably Seen Her Photos Before! Britney Maclin aka Bibi Jones Is Another Scammers Choice Award Winner Of course you don’t really know [NAME], since these are stolen photos used by African Scammers, [...]
Avoiding Scams / Evitar el Fraude
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The U.S. Govt. just wiped out your online privacy… ...and here's what you can do to protect yourself Congress and President Trump just approved a bill lifting restrictions imposed on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) concerning what they could do with information such as your browsing habits, location data, and [...]
Catie Minx – Do You Know Her?
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RSN Editorial
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Another Kind Of Scam
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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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