--- title: "SCARS™ Scam Basics: Dead Wife" canonical: https://romancescamsnow.com/scarsrsn-scam-basics-dead-wife/ type: post author: "SCARS Institute Editorial Team" published: 2019-04-22 modified: 2020-09-05 categories: ["AFRICAN SCAMS & SCAMMERS"] summary: "SCARS™ Scam Basics: Dead Wife It Is Amazing How Many Military Soldiers Online (Strangers) Lose Their Wives To Auto Accidents! Have you ever noticed that in most romance scams that target women, the soldier or the engineer or the businessman…" organization: "SCARS Institute - Encyclopedia of Scans - World's #1 Anti-Scam Website - Romance Scams NOW" organization_url: https://romancescamsnow.com/ llms: https://romancescamsnow.com/llms.txt --- # SCARS™ Scam Basics: Dead Wife # SCARS™ Scam Basics: Dead Wife ## It Is Amazing How Many Military Soldiers Online (Strangers) Lose Their Wives To Auto Accidents! Have you ever noticed that in most romance scams that target women, the soldier or the engineer or the businessman or diplomat always has lost their wife to a serious accident, leaving them to raise their daughter or son alone? ### Being a soldier is a dangerous profession, yet if we are to believe scammers, it is far more dangerous to be married to one! ## The Purpose Of This Little Story Adaptation Is A Simple Form Of Introductory Manipulation The scammer is trying to set you up for the scam - basically to "soften" you up by pulling at your emotions and sympathy for the stranger as a way of developing a "connection." This demonstrates their vulnerability - which they believe victims will find attractive and will bring out your maternal instincts. You will feel a sense of pity for both the "stranger" and for the child - opening you up to initial feelings that can be leveraged and amplified through an Amygdala Hijack and then sustained. It is also a tool they can use to help Gaslight the victim and isolate them. It helps to drive away uncertainties that will naturally develop later on by establishing a sense of guilt. How dare you distrust someone that tragically lost his wife and is raising a child on his own with all of the problems he is facing (according to his stories.) This all plays into the overall "emergency" nature of the scam as forms of manipulation. In the end, all each victim has to remember is that it was all just lies. Nothing was true regardless of how the victim feels about it. Nothing was real - it was just a story spun to evoke useful feelings and then allow for easier manipulation over the course of the scam. **SCARS™ Team** **A SCARS Division** **Miami Florida U.S.A.** **TAGS: **Romance Scam, Romance Scammer, Manipulation, Widow, Dead Wife, Gaslighting, Amygdala Hijack, Emotions, Sympathing, Evoke Feelings, Victim Management, --- END --- # MORE INFORMATION --- - - - ## Tell us about your experiences with Romance Scammers in our [Scams Discussion Forum on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/SCARS.Avoidance.Information.Public.Group/) » --- - - - ## 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:** 1. **Local Police** - ask them to take an "informational" police report - say you need it for your insurance 2. Your **National Police or FBI** ([www.IC3.gov](http://www.IC3.gov) ») 3. The **SCARS|CDN™ Cybercriminal Data Network - Worldwide Reporting Network** [HERE](https://www.romancescamsnow.com/how-to-report-scammers-fraudsters/) » or on [www.Anyscam.com](http://www.Anyscam.com) » This helps your government understand the problem, and allows law enforcement to add scammers on watch lists worldwide. --- - - - Visit our **NEW** Main SCARS Facebook page for much more information about scams and online crime: [www.facebook.com/SCARS.News.And.Information](http://www.facebook.com/SCARS.News.And.Information) » To learn more about SCARS visit [www.AgainstScams.org](http://www.AgainstScams.org) ## Please be sure to report all scammers [HERE](https://www.romancescamsnow.com/how-to-report-scammers-fraudsters/) » or on [www.Anyscam.com](http://www.Anyscam.com) » ## **Legal Notices: ** All original content is Copyright © 1991 - 2020 SCARS All Rights Reserved Worldwide & Webwide. Third-party copyrights acknowledge. SCARS, RSN, Romance Scams Now, SCARS|WORLDWIDE, SCARS|GLOBAL, SCARS, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams, Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams, SCARS|ANYSCAM, Project Anyscam, Anyscam, SCARS|GOFCH, GOFCH, SCARS|CHINA, SCARS|CDN, SCARS|UK, SCARS Cybercriminal Data Network, Cobalt Alert, Scam Victims Support Group, are all trademarks of Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Incorporated. Contact the law firm for the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Incorporated by email at legal@AgainstScams.org