The Issue Of Race In Scam Reporting
A SCARS Insight
A Question Of Race
We recognize that all victims, regardless of skin color share the same color of pain from being scammed and we are here to help them all, regardless of: race, nationality, origin, religion, gender, or politics
- Scammers are NOT all African – they come from almost every country on Earth. There are Latin American scammers, American scammers, Chinese scammers, Russian scammers, Jamaican scammers, Iranians, North Korean, etc. It just turns out that West Africans are more prolific than most so more people encounter them online. But if you receive scam phone calls – these are more likely Indian or Pakistani.
- African scammers rarely use stolen photos of African Americans or other African Descendants in their scams. We think this is because of their belief that most people around the world are racist against them. We also think they believe that if a victim sees an African descended face, they would believe immediately it was a scam.
- Additionally, African scammers use few Asian faces, but this is mostly because it is harder for them to find useable faces to steal – not so much from a racial perspective.
- African scammers will sometimes use their real face – sometimes their real identities – to engage in several different kinds of scams. These include fake marriage scams to lure a victim to their country and extort money from them when they have physical control of them. Or when they drain the money from a victim they may reveal themselves claiming they really did fall in love – this is just another ploy to get even more money from the victim.
- We are especially sensitive to African American and African descendants living outside of Africa that are scammed because the African scammers are especially brutal towards them for many culturally biased reasons.
- When we display REAL SCAMMERS – they are what they are. If from Africa they will be African; if from India they will be Indian; if from Asia, European, American, Latina American, Philippines, etc. The same goes for any country. Scammers in some regions are predominantly one race – it just is what it is.
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Someone I met is using pictures from a real person to scam people. Romance scam. How can I send the picture from the person that the scammer is using?
Thanks
You can report them on http://www.Anyscam.com
You should also report them as a fake profile on the platform that they appear on, such as Facebook.
Does the scammer have a personality? I have been scammed out of $18,000. The scammer is using an area code from Somali, which I know now, thanks to your information. This person (persons?) gets concerned if I’m sick, worries when I talk while driving, has a sense of humor. I think that’s why I was confused and thought it was a real person. I have given information to the local police, because scammers gave me a real address near me. I want to give info to the FBI. I’m so afraid my kids will find out what I’ve done.
Do they have a personality? Well, of course – they are human. However, most of the time they are playing a role. So nothing they say can be considered the truth. Please see our webinar on how to tell your family. You need to tell them or it will eat you alive.
I am Japanese. I am using the translation function. The profile initially says “engineer”. The scammers approached me with an Instagram message. “Chinese and British parents died in an accident at an early age and were orphans. Korean wife died of illness and two teenage children are in England. Now in China.
Akane, how can we help you?