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title: "Official RSN Predictions for the Coming Year 2017"
canonical: https://romancescamsnow.com/official-rsn-predictions-for-the-coming-year-2017/
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author: "SCARS Institute Editorial Team"
published: 2016-12-28
modified: 2017-01-01
categories: ["SCAMS FRAUD & CYBERCRIME TYPES"]
summary: "It will soon be 2017 - Here Are The 11 for 17 Here are our official RSN predictions for the coming year 2017! Let's see in a year how many we get right! SCARS will meet with Facebook, begin discussions…"
organization: "SCARS Institute - Encyclopedia of Scans - World's #1 Anti-Scam Website - Romance Scams NOW"
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# Official RSN Predictions for the Coming Year 2017

# It will soon be 2017 - Here Are The 11 for 17

## Here are our official RSN predictions for the coming year 2017!

### Let's see in a year how many we get right!

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1. **SCARS will meet with Facebook**, begin discussions on the SCARS Plan, and Facebook will employ IP checking and other countermeasures
2. **Dating Industry will use SCARS / ANYSCAM Crowdsourced Anti-Scam Data Reporting Network** information as a principal check on fake dating industry fake profiles.
3. **Facebook will shutdown most major anti-scam exposing Pages & Groups** as not meeting their Community Standards and US & European Law.
4. **Remaining anti-scam Pages & Group will focus exclusively on scam avoidance education** - not exposing individual fake profiles and scammers
5. **Victim's Support Standards & Regulations** in the US, and Around the World will require certification for any online Scam Victim's Support Groups
6. **Most Amateurs will stop creating anti-scam pages and websites** because of increasing regulation and civil liability. ISP's will turn them off for failure to have proper certifications and liability insurance to avoid their own liability.
7. **Several hater groups will be successfully litigated over defamation issues**. This will result in many more being shut down since they would not qualify for litigation risk insurance.
8. **At least one major anti-scam group will be exposed as collaborating with African & Russian Scammers.**
9. The United States Department of Justice with the support of the Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams will **prototype and launch in Western Africa a completely new strategy for law enforcement** against online fraudsters by removing the profit motive from Western Africa scamming.
10. The role of **crowdsourced scam reporting finally turns the tide against online scammers** with the complete cooperation of social media networks, dating websites, online email services, and phone forwarding services under a new initiative backed by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sept. of Homeland Security, UK Home Office, and Europol.
11. For the** first time in 25 years online fraud will actually reduce** by double digit percentages.

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## WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AND PREDICTIONS FOR 2017??

### Happy New Year!

**The Whole RSN Team!**
Miami Florida USA