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PRESS & MEDIA INFORMATION Welcome to Romance Scams Now Background Information: Romance Scams Now is the current instance of an evolutionary process that began in 1991 by one of the founders of TigerDirect.com It began as an awareness of emerging scams appearing on America Online, and evolved to observe the expansion of these crimes with the introduction of the web. Our founder, Dr. Tim McGuinness observed the escalation of online crime [...]
SCARS Are A Partner Organization In Stop | Think | Connect Program This includes RSN Too as the SCARS Scam Avoidance Education and Scam Victims' Assistance & Support Unit Stop.Think.Connect.™ It is a national public awareness campaign aimed at increasing the understanding of cyber threats and empowering the American public to be safer and more secure online. The Campaign’s main objective is to help you become more aware of growing cyber threats and arm you with the [...]
ABOUT OUR SCAMMING SOCIETY We recently posted about a welfare abuse scam in New Orleans (see the newspaper clip or click here), but it is not just about that one scam, it is about all scams in reality. These kinds of scams were engineered to happen by people that cared only about their own vanity and vainglorious prestige. Just like the romance scams and other kinds of online fraud we see every second now. When [...]
RomanceScamsNOW.com Has Been Published Since 2000 We Remember Those That Helped Us Get Here! RSN Has Been Published Now For 21 Years Over The Years We Have Had Many Employees That We Were Very Grateful To Have This post recognizes that we could not have arrived here without them! Thank You! John, Flare, Angel, Eric, Nestor, Jane, Henry, Tom, Cynthia, Venus, Michael, Alex While we [...]
TURN OFF FACEBOOK ON 2/14 LOG OFF AND CONNECT WITH THE REAL WORLD AND THE REAL PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE! By Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, MCPO, MAnth, Chairman of SCARS One of my activities as Chairman of the Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams [SCARS][www.AgainstScams.org] (ok, you can stop laughing now), is to help guide the organization towards the development of global awareness and standards that help protect the victims of these insidious worldwide crimes. [...]
SCARS Romance Scams Podcast™ by Dr. Tim McGuinness Podcast for October 1, 2016
The Plague Of Online Fraud Every 5 Seconds Someone Is Scammed Online Online fraud is more pervasive and widespread than even the government knows. Everyone knows someone who has been scammed online. We invite you to finally understand the true dangers online and what you can do about it – to avoid, to recover, and to stop it! October 27, 2017 Thursday 6-8pm at Florida National University in Miami - 4425 W 20th Ave, Hialeah, FL 33012 Scams [...]
YOU ALL KEEP ASKING WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DOESN'T DO SOMETHING? Unfortunately, we have an African (and I don't mean black) I mean African in the White House. So he has a personal bias in favor of the African countries. As a first generation American, his father, Barack Obama, Sr., was a Luo from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya. Our President sees no reason to impose severe controls or restrictions on African countries for their failure to [...]
Romance Scams And Addiction Being Scammed is Often Also a Form of Addiction Scam Victim Recovery Psychology - A SCARS Institute Insight Authors: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, MCPO, MAnth - Anthropologist, Scientist, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Originally Published: 2016 - Article Updated: 2025 See Author Biographies Below Article Abstract Scam victimization can create a powerful psychological [...]
Other Anti-Scammer Websites Charge Fees! If you are trying to help, why charge fees? We were recently surprised to see that other anti-scammer websites are moving to a monthly fee to access their services and content. These include: Stop-Scammers.com Male-Scammers.com We think this is Despicable! Either you are providing a helping hand, or you are just greedy! Not a lot of room in the middle here! RomanceScamsNow.com was always FREE and will remain so as [...]
Welcome to The SCARS Official Encyclopedia of Scams Published Since 2000 This is an Official Website Of The Society Of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. A U.S. Nonprofit Corporation (incorporated in the State of Florida) SCARS is a crime victims' assistance, advocacy, services, and support & crime prevention/disruption organization based in Miami, Florida, U.S.A., and Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - with affiliates and partners in more than 90 countries supporting scam victims worldwide. [...]
SCAM HISTORY: 6 Years Ago - A Adult Star/Model Sues Match.com For $1.5 Billion, Says Her Picture Was Used In Fake Profiles This Groundbreaking Case Would Have Corrected Much That Is Wrong In Today's Dating And Social Media Websites Unfortunately, the selection of the plaintiff was seriously flawed. The initial plaintiff was Yuliana Avalos and it was alleged that her husband actually sold her photos to African scammers. The result is that the case [...]
SCARS™ SCAM NEWS: SCARS Announcement - Return From Saudi Arabia Official Summary & Observations From Our Visit To Saudia Arabia March 2019 VISIT THE SCARS WEBSITE WWW.AGAINSTSCAMS.ORG OR CLICK BELOW TO VIEW Click On The Title In The Content Box Below To View The Full Story [contentcards url="https://againstscams.org/news/scars-announcement-return-from-saudi-arabia/" target="_blank"] SCARS™ Team A SCARS Division Miami Florida U.S.A. TAGS: Saudi Arabia, SCARS, Dr. McGuinness, Support, Assistance, Scam Victims, Worldwide, Announcement, Communique, Press Release, END [...]
SCARS™ Advocacy Report: Saudi Arabia 2019 On March 27th 2019, an event was held by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabi. This was to kick off their 2030 National Transformation Plan » for modernization. This was attended by our Chairman and one of our Board Members. Ministry of Culture Website » The first event was met with major fanfare (here is one of their press releases » the event [...]
SCARS™ Podcast: You Can Count On SCARS - 2018 The Year That Was A SCARS Podcast A podcast by Dr. McGuinness Founder of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Copyright © 2018 SCARS SCARS Podcast with Dr. McGuinness, December 24, 2018 SCARS™ Team A SCARS Division Miami Florida U.S.A. END - - - Tell us about your experiences with Romance Scammers in our Scams Discussion Forum on Facebook » - - - [...]
SCARS Announcement SCARS Announcement / Press Release December 5, 2018 Miami Florida U.S.A. - - - SCARS IS RE-REGISTERING ITS CORPORATION TO BETTER SERVE VICTIMS SCARS is pleased to announce that it has re-registered its corporation to accommodate changes in both status and state of incorporation to better prepare for full U.S. 501(C)(3) nonprofit status. SCARS has changed its registration to the State of Delaware, United States, to facilitate completion and qualification for its new [...]
A WORD ABOUT SENSITIVITYCOMMENTARY BY DR. MCGUINNESSFOUNDER OF ROMANCE SCAMS NOWCERTIFIED REGULATORY PRIVACY & SECURITY PRACTITIONER & ONLINE PIONEER If you are visiting this page, it means you have been scammed or are concerned you are being scammed.You are visiting the official page of the world's leading anti-scam website and private organization. We have approximately 10,000 visitors daily to our website, and thousands visit our main Facebook page and our other social media pages daily.Our role [...]
Welcome To 2015 Will this be the year we put and end to large-scale online romance scams? Probably not, but through our combined efforts we are having and impact. In fact, one anti-scam website called ScammersOut.com appears to be run by scammers out of Italy. Little did they know that we live and breath copyrights, and are going after them with a vengeance! This is but one example of how you have to [...]
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