Category: Information About Scams
Inside the Predator’s Mind: How Scammers Exploit Vulnerabilities to Trap Their Scam Victims – 2024
Inside the Predator’s Mind: How Scammers Exploit Vulnerabilities to Trap Their Scam Victims How Online Scammers Exploit Psychology to Trap Victims How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Beware of Comment Scammers Offering Money Recovery – 2024
Beware of Comment Scammers Offering Money Recovery Double Victimization: How Money Recovery Scammer Comments Exploit Desperate Scam Victims on Social Media How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Yahoo Yahoo Formats – Relationship/Romance Scam Scammer Scripts – 2024
Yahoo Yahoo Formats - Relationship/Romance Scam Scammer Scripts West African Yahoo Yahoo Scammers Use Formats/Scammer Scripts to Manage Their Scams and Systematize their Criminal Business Processes How Scammers Operate [...]
SCARS’ Law Based on Murphy’s Law – ‘If Anything Can Go Wrong It Will’ – a Primary Law of Cybercrime – 2024
SCARS' Law Inspired by Murphy's Law - 'If Anything Can Go Wrong It Will' - a Primary Law of Cybercrime As is Often Said, Murphy Was an Optimist! The [...]
Fake Passports – How To Spot Them – A SCARS Institute Guide – Updated 2024
Spotting Fake Passports A Guide to Spotting Typical Fake Passports Used By Scammers as Proof of Identity How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Guide [...]
The SCARS Logo Story – Have You Ever Wondered? – 2024
The SCARS Institute Logo Story Have You Ever Wondered? A Bit of SCARS Institute History HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED? The SCARS logo is designed with [...]
The 3 Types of Grooming That Are Hard to Spot – 2024
The 3 Types of Grooming That Are Hard to Spot Unseen Threats: Types of Grooming Even Adults Can Miss Online and How to Avoid Them Scammer Techniques - A [...]
The Explosion of Foreign Organized Crime Gangs in the U.S. and Canada – 2024
The Explosion of Foreign Organized Crime Gangs in the U.S. and Canada The Migration of International (Foreign) Organized Crime Gangs or Cartels into the U.S. and Canada Resulting from [...]
Fake Lawyers – Money Recovery Scams – 2024
Fake Lawyers - Money Recovery Scams Fake Lawyers and the Dangers of Money Recovery Scams for Desperate Scam Victims How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
SCARS Institute Halloween 2024 Scam Monster Identification Guide
SCARS Institute Halloween 2024 Scam Monster Identification Guide If You See Any Of These Monsters, RUN! Just For Fun - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
The United Kingdom Gets Serious About Money Mules – 2024
The United Kingdom Gets Serious About Money Mules An In-Depth Analysis of the UK Money Mule and Financial Exploitation Action Plan: Key Steps and Enforcement Strategy Government Policy - [...]
Credit Card Enumeration Attacks – Stealing From Your Accounts – 2024
Credit Card Enumeration Attacks - Stealing From Your Accounts How Fraudsters Use Credit Card Enumeration Attacks to Steal Payment Data - and How to Protect Yourself or Your Business [...]
Food Digging – A Restaurant Run Scam to Lure In Customers – 2024
Food Digging - A Restaurant Run Scam to Lure In Customers Food Digging: A New Scam Tactic Used in Dishonest and Unethical Restaurant Marketing to Lure Victims to their [...]
Brazil – An Overview of Scams Scammers & Cybercrime – 2024
Brazil - An Overview of Scams Scammers & Cybercrime Brazil is a Rising Hub for Scams and Cybercrime Organized Crime - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Website Spoofing and Typosquatting – Social Engineering and Cybercrimes – 2024
Website Spoofing and Typosquatting - Social Engineering and Cybercrimes Website Spoofing and Typosquatting: How Scammers Use Fake Domains to Trap Scam Victims through Social Engineering Techniques How Scams Work [...]
A Brief History of Ghana’s Sakawa Boys – Juju Scammers & Cybercriminals – 2024
A Brief History of Ghana's Sakawa Boys Juju Scammers & Cybercriminals A SCARS Institute History and Operations of Ghana's Juju Ritual 'Sakawa Boys' Scammers & Cybercriminals and their Scam [...]
Remembering Those Scam Victims Who Did Not Survive – 2024
Remembering Those Scam Victims Who Did Not Survive Remembering Scam Victims Who Took Their Lives: A Tragic Toll of Shame, Guilt, and Self-Blame Suicide and the Cost of Scams [...]
Subliminal Messaging: A New Scammer’s Tool Against Scam Victims – 2024
Subliminal Messaging: A New Scammer's Tool Against Scam Victims How Online Scammers May Be Using Subliminal Messaging to Control Their Victims Now and in the Future Part 1 of [...]
A Brief History of Nigerian Yahoo Boys Scammers – 2024
A Brief History of Nigerian Yahoo Boys Scammers The Rise of Yahoo Boys: Exploring the Phenomenon of Scams, Scammers, and Cybercrime in Nigeria History of Scams - A SCARS [...]
Pig Butchering Scams Sample Script Text – 2024
Pig Butchering Scams Sample Script Text The Art of Deception: How Pig Butchering Scams Crypto Scammers Use Scripts to Manipulate Victims into Fraudulent Investments How Scams Work - A [...]
Digital Arrests Scam – A Government Impersonation Scam So Crazy It Actually Works – 2024
Digital Arrests - A Government Impersonation Scam So Crazy It Actually Works Digital Arrests - Convincing Victims They Have Been Arrested by Zoom Call Using Deep Fakes How Scams [...]
Evil Corp. – A Russian Organized Crime Group – Overview – 2024
Evil Corp. - A Russian Organized Crime Group - Overview Evil Corp (aka Indrik Spider) a Major Russian Cybercriminal Organization Organized Crime - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
AI-Driven Hyper-Targeted Scams – The New Threat – 2024
AI-Driven Hyper-Targeted Scams - The New Threat The Rise of AI-Driven Hyper-Targeted Scams: How ChatGPT and Other Models Are Revolutionizing Cybercrime for the Worse! AI & Scams - A [...]
Are We Doomed? AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the United States – a Report – 2024
Are We Doomed? AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the United States National Security Commission On Artificial Intelligence (AI) Final Report - Letter from the Chair and Vice Chair Scams and [...]
Danielle Delaunay – An Analysis of Her Value to Romance Scammers – 2024
Danielle Delaunay - An Analysis of Her Value to Romance Scammers A SCARS Institute Analysis of Why Danielle Delaunay's Photos Have Been Continuously Used for More than a Decade [...]