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November 2024
Halsey – An Impersonation Victim – Photos Used by Scammer – 2024
Halsey - An Impersonation Victim Often Her Stolen Photos Are Used To Scam Women Stolen Photos Appear In Billions Of Fake Profiles On Social Media And Dating Websites It is impossible to catalog all [...]
The 20 Essential Axioms of Scam Victim-Survivor Recovery – 2024
The 20 Essential Axioms of Scam Victim-Survivor Recovery The SCARS Institute's 20 Essential Axioms for Successful Scam Victim-Survivor Recovery Philosophy of Scams & Recovery - A SCARS Institute Insight Authors: [...]
Nigerian EFCC Unveils Cybercrime Rapid Response Service – 2024
Nigerian EFCC Unveils Cybercrime Rapid Response Service The Nigerian EFCC has Created a New Cybercrime Rapid Response Service to More Rapidly Respond to Scams, Fraud, and Cybercrime Cases and Complaints Law Enforcement - A [...]
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 Author: [...]
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 Author: [...]
October 2024
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 - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
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 SCARS' Laws of Scams and [...]
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 Authors: • SCARS Institute Encyclopedia [...]
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 simplicity and boldness, conveying a [...]
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 SCARS Institute Insight [...]
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 the Biden/Harris Open Border Policy [...]
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 Author: • SCARS [...]
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 - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
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 How Scams Work - A [...]
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 Venue Catalog of Scams - [...]
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 Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., [...]
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 SCARS Institute Guide [...]
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 Victims History of Scams - [...]
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 - A SCARS Institute Insight [...]
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 2-Part Series - Part [...]
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 Institute Insight [...]
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 SCARS Institute Insight [...]
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 Work - A SCARS Institute [...]
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 Authors: • SCARS [...]
