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November 2025
Yangyang Sweet / 阳阳 Sweet – Impersonation Victim – Used By Scammers – 2025
Yangyang Sweet / 阳阳 Sweet - An Impersonation Victim Often, her Stolen Photos Are Used To Scam Men & Women Stolen Photos Appear In Billions Of Fake Profiles On Social Media [...]
Elicitation – A Scammer’s Manipulation Technique – 2025
Elicitation - A Scammer's Manipulation Technique Elicitation in Relationship Scams: A Manipulation Technique to Extract Information from Targeted Victims Manipulation Technique - A SCARS Institute Insight Author: [...]
SCARS Institute’s New Survivor Community – www.SCARScommunity.org – 2025
SCARS Institute's New Survivor Community: www.SCARScommunity.org ❤️ SCARS Institute Commentary on Facebook Primary Category: SCARS Institute Announcements Author: • SCARS Institute Encyclopedia of Scams Editorial Team - Society of Citizens [...]
October 2025
WARNING: AI-Enabled Browsers Pose a Cybersecurity Risk – 2025
WARNING: AI-Enabled Browsers Pose a Cybersecurity Risk - 2025 A Cybersecurity Risk: The Hidden Dangers of AI-Enabled Web Browsers Cybersecurity / AI-Artificial Intelligence - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
New United Nations UNODC Report on Corruption and Cybercrime – 2025
New United Nations UNODC Report on Corruption and Cybercrime Corruption - Cybercrime Feedback Loop: How Bribery, Complicity, and Digital Tools Supercharge Transnational Fraud Criminology - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
SCARS Institute – 12 Years of Service to Scam Victims/Survivors – 2025/2026
SCARS Institute - 12 Years of Service to Scam Victims/Survivors - 2025/2026 A Decade and Beyond of Dedication to Scam Victims and Survivors A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Protecting the People: The Role that Governments are or are not taking in Combating Cybercrime – 2025
Protecting the People: The Role that Governments are or are not taking in Combating Cybercrime Governments' Stance on Crime in General and How This Might Impact Cybercrime: A Critical Factor in [...]
Cybercrime Losses Pass US$9.5 Trillion Dollars in 2024 – Per Cybersecurity Ventures/MasterCard – 2025
Cybercrime Losses Pass US$9.5 Trillion Dollars in 2024 - Per Cybersecurity Ventures Striking New Data from Cybersecurity Ventures shows that Cybercrime has exceeded US$9.5 Trillion Dollars in 2024 Crime Analysis / [...]
Logistics and Cargo Theft Scams & Fraud – 2025
Logistics and Cargo Theft Scams & Fraud The Evolving Threat of Logistics & Cargo Theft Scams: Strategies and Solutions Catalog of Scams / How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
“Pao Fen” Payment Laundering and What It Means – 2025
“Pao Fen” Payment Laundering Understanding “Pao Fen” Payment Laundering and What It Means for Scam Recovery How Scams Work / Criminology - A SCARS Institute Insight & Analysis [...]
Lawyer-Based Money Laundering Scam – 2025
Lawyer-Based Money Laundering Scam Attorney/Law Firm/Lawyer-Based Money Laundering Scams: A Practical Guide For Attorneys And Business Leaders Catalog of Scams / How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Student Tuition Payment Phishing Scams – Catalog of Scams – 2025
Student Tuition Payment Phishing Scams Catalog of Scams - A SCARS Institute Insight Author: • SCARS Institute Encyclopedia of Scams Editorial Team - Society of Citizens Against [...]
Victor Lustig – The Classic Con Man – 2025
Victor Lustig - The Classic Con Man Victor Lustig: the Con Artist Who Sold the Eiffel Tower and Outfoxed Al Capone Bio of a Fraudster - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
According to Recent Research Americans are Targeted by Scams More than Any Other Country – 2025
According to Recent Research, Americans are Targeted by Scams More than Any Other Country Americans Get Twice as Many Scam Calls as Everyone Else Criminology / Scam Analysis - A SCARS [...]
Your Mother is in a Romance Scam – Now What Do You Do? – 2025
Your Mother is in a Romance Scam - Now What Do You Do? A Teen's Guide to Helping Their Mother Escape from Her Scam and What To Do Next! For Family [...]
September 2025
Russia/Ukraine Cybercriminal Profile – Scammers & Fraudsters – 2025
Russia/Ukraine Cybercriminal Profile - Scammers & Fraudsters Criminal Profile: Typical Russian/Ukrainian Online Cybercriminal/Scammer/Fraudster Criminology / Cybercriminal Profiles - A SCARS Institute Insight Author: • SCARS Institute Encyclopedia of [...]
FBI Warning – IC3.gov Government Impersonation – 2025
FBI Warning - IC3.gov Government Impersonation IC3.gov Impersonation: The Rising Threat of Law Enforcement & Government Impersonation Scams Scampedia - Catalog of Scams - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
AI is Deceiving You – Essay by AI Warning You About AI – 2025
AI is Deceiving You - Essay by AI Warning You About AI The Art of AI Deception: How AI is Mastering the Craft of Manipulation & Lies AI (Artificial Intelligence) / [...]
The Permission Structure that Accommodates Scams and Online Criminality in Africa – 2025
The Permission Structure that Accommodates Scams and Online Criminality Permission Structures and West African Online Fraud: Social Scripts, Moral Economies, and Paths to Prevention Criminology - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Scam Victims’ Fear of Being Judged Incompetent – 2025
Scam Victims' Fear of Being Judged Incompetent Elderly Scam Victims and the Fear that Their Family Will View Them as Incompetent Scam Victim Recovery - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Grandparent Scams – Crime Typology Overview / Victim Impact Analysis – 2025
Grandparent Scams/Emergency Scams A Manipulated Extortion Crime Typology Overview / Victim Impact Analysis CRIMINOLOGY & VICTIMOLOGY - A SCARS Institute Insight Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, MCPO, MAnth - [...]
Dead Internet Theory – An Urban Legend – 2025
Dead Internet Theory - An Urban Legend Online Scams and the Dead Internet Theory: How Automation Fuels Distrust in the Digital World Urban Legends - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Cash-For-Play Smartphone Games – Are They Scams? – 2025
Cash-For-Play Smartphone Games - Are They Scams? Exploring Cash-for-Play Smartphone Games: Scams, Legitimate Options, and How to Spot the Difference How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
Identifying Fake Crypto Investments (Pig Butchering Scams) – 2025 Edition
Identifying Fake Crypto Investments (Pig Butchering Scams) - 2025 Edition Spotting Fake Crypto “Investments” (Pig-Butchering): A Practical Guide How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight Author: [...]
Identifying Fake U.S. Soldiers – 2025 Edition
Identifying Fake U.S. Soldiers - 2025 Techniques to Spot Fake Soldiers How Scams Work - A SCARS Institute Insight Author: • SCARS Institute Encyclopedia of Scams Editorial [...]


