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April 2024
Military Impersonation Scams – A New Money Mule Variation Scam Victims Must Be Aware Off – 2024
Military Impersonation Scams - A New Money Mule Variation Scam Victims Must Be Aware Off Scammers are Using the Lure of Being Repaid and Commissions to Hook More Money Mules to do their Money [...]
Volt Typhoon – Chinese State-Sponsored Cybercriminals Targeting The United States And The World In Cyberwar – 2024
Volt Typhoon - Chinese State-Sponsored Cybercriminals Targeting The United States And The World In Cyberwar Looking at how Chinese State-Sponsored Cybercriminals Operate Cyberwarfare - A SCARS Insight Authors: • SCARS [...]
March 2024
Relative Deprivation – A Cognitive Bias That Makes Scam Victims Believe They Are Unfairly Disadvantaged – 2024
Relative Deprivation - A Cognitive Bias That Makes Scam Victims Believe They Are Unfairly Disadvantaged Cognitive Biases Play a Role in Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility to Scams and Create Difficulty Recovering from Them! The [...]
Negative Contrast Effect – A Cognitive Bias That Makes Things Worse Than They Are – 2024
Negative Contrast Effect - A Cognitive Bias That Makes Things Worse Than They Are Cognitive Biases Play a Role in Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility to Scams and Create Difficulty Recovering from them! The Psychology [...]
Social Comparison Bias – A Cognitive Bias That Causes Psychological Challenges – 2024
Social Comparison Bias - A Cognitive Bias That Causes Psychological Challenges Cognitive Biases Play a Role in Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility to Scams and create Difficulty Recovering from them! The Psychology of Scams - [...]
Availability Heuristic Bias – A Cognitive Bias Shaping Scam Victim Decision Making – 2024
Availability Heuristic Bias - A Cognitive Bias Shaping Scam Victim Decision-Making Cognitive Biases Play a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight [...]
Sunk Cost Bias or Chasing The Money – A Cognitive Bias Affecting Scam Victims – 2024
Sunk Cost Bias or Chasing The Money - A Cognitive Bias Affecting Scam Victims Cognitive Biases Play a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight [...]
Anchoring Bias – A Cognitive Bias Shaping Scam Victim Decision Making – 2024
Anchoring Bias - A Cognitive Bias Shaping Scam Victim Decision Making Cognitive Biases Play a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight [...]
QR Codes Are The New Phishing Attack Method – Quishing – 2024
QR Codes Are The New Phishing Attack Method - Quishing Understanding These New Phishing Scams How Scams Work - A SCARS Insight Author: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society of [...]
A Brief History of Malware, Malicious Code, And Computer Viruses – 2024
A Brief History of Malware, Malicious Code, and Computer Viruses Helping Everyone Understand the Cybersecurity Nightmare's Beginnings Criminology - A SCARS Insight Authors: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, MCPO, MAnth [...]
The Age Of AI (Artificial Intelligence) And New Fraud Patterns – 2024
Fraud Patterns In The Age Of AI (Artificial Intelligence) Exploring the Continuing Impact of AI on Fraud, Scams, and Cybercrime Criminology - A SCARS Insight Author: • SCARS Editorial Team [...]
Tech Support Scams Offering Free Computer Scans – Just Say No! – 2024
Tech Support Scams Offering Free Computer Scans - Just Say No! Understanding This Type of Tech Support Scam How Scams Work - A SCARS Insight Authors: • SCARS Editorial Team [...]
Shemar Moore – Stolen Photos – Impersonation Victim – 2024
Shemar Moore - He Is An Impersonation Victim Stolen Photos Appear In Billions Of Fake Profiles On Social Media And Dating Websites It is impossible to catalog all of them, but you can see [...]
Preserving The Evidence Of Scams And Safeguarding Justice For Scam Victims – 2024
Preserving The Evidence Of Scams And Safeguarding Justice For Scam Victims Reporting Scams Fraud & Cybercrimes and What to Do Next! Reporting Scams - A SCARS Insight Author: • Tim [...]
Airlords/Air Lords African Crime Group Organization – Violent Crime & Cybercrime Gang – 2024
Airlords/Air Lords African Crime Group Organization Violent Crime & Cybercrime Gang Organized Crime - A SCARS Insight Author: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. [...]
Check Washing Scams And How To Protect Yourself – 2024
Check Washing Scams And How To Protect Yourself Nothing is Safe Anymore, Not Even the Mail! How Scams Work - A SCARS Insight Author: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society [...]
A Romance Scam Victim’s Story: The Story of a Romance Scam Victim [Video] – 2019/2024
A Scam Victim's Story: The Story of a Romance Scam Victim [Video] Helping Other Victims Understand That They Are Not Alone! A Scam Victim's Story - Presented by SCARS Author: [...]
COVID Fraud Enforcement Scam – 2024
COVID Fraud Enforcement Scam A Government Impersonation Scam How Scams Work - A SCARS Insight Author: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. [...]
SCARS In-The-Moment Questions Intervention Technique For Scam Victims – 2024
SCARS 'In-The-Moment'™ Questions or Prompting Intervention Technique for Scam Victims Helping Financial Institutions, Businesses, or Even Families Intervene with Scam Victims During the Scam Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Guide [...]
Cognitive Biases: Authority Bias – 2024
Cognitive Biases: Authority Bias Playing a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Psychologist, Certified [...]
February 2024
Metacrime: Crime And Violence In The Metaverse – 2024
Metacrime: Crime And Violence In The Metaverse An Emerging Area of Criminology - Crimes in the Metaverse Criminology & Victimology - A SCARS Insight Article Abstract In the ever-expanding digital [...]
Urban Legend: Being Smart Does Not Save You From Scams! 2024
Urban Legend: Being Smart Does Not Save You From Scams! People Believe Far Too Many Urban Legends & Myths Urban Legend - A SCARS Insight Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., [...]
Cognitive Biases: Dunning-Kruger Effect – 2024
Cognitive Biases: Dunning-Kruger Effect Playing a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, MCPO, MAnth [...]
Cognitive Biases: Rational Actor Fallacy – 2024
Cognitive Biases: Rational Actor Fallacy Playing a Role In Your Vulnerability & Susceptibility To Scams The Psychology of Scams - A SCARS Insight Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, MCPO, [...]
Urban Legend: I Am Not Worth Scamming Or Hacking! 2024
Urban Legend: I Am Not Worth Scamming Or Hacking! People Believe Far Too Many Urban Legends & Myths Urban Legend - A SCARS Insight Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, [...]


