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August 2022
The Dangers Of Phone Sex In Romance Scams
The Dangers Of Phone Sex In Romance Scams The Risks Of Romance Scam Behaviors A SCARS Insight Many Scam Victims Are Pressured Into Having Phone Sex With Their Fake Relationship! [...]
July 2022
Trouble Paying Your Mortgage or Facing Foreclosure?
Trouble Paying Your Mortgage or Facing Foreclosure? Financial Education for Scam Victims A SCARS/FTC Insight The following provides financial education and is not intended to provide financial or legal advice. We [...]
How To Recognize, Avoid, and Report Phishing Scams
How To Recognize, Avoid, and Report Phishing Scams How Scams Work A SCARS/FTC Insight Scammers Use Email Or Text Messages To Trick You Into Giving Them Your Personal Information But [...]
Scam Warning: New Type Of Crypto Investment Scam – Liquidity Mining Crypto Scam
New Type Of Crypto Investment Scam Liquidity Mining Crypto Scam A SCARS Scam Warning An Important Warning About A Cryptocurrency Scam Using An Investment Strategy Called Liquidity Mining Scammers may [...]
The Role Curiosity Plays In Being Scammed
The Role Curiosity Plays In Being Scammed The Psychology of Scams A SCARS Insight Curiosity Is Well Recognized As A Human Blessing. Is It Also A Human Curse? Curiosity—the desire [...]
Urban Legends: JuJu/Voodoo – Hypnosis – Brainwashing
Urban Legends: JuJu/Voodoo - Hypnosis - Brainwashing The Psychology of Scams A SCARS Insight Why Do Victims Want To Believe They Were Hypnotized Or Bewitched? Because It Can Be More [...]
Signs of Good & Bad Scam Victim Emotional Health
Signs of Good & Bad Scam Victim Emotional Health The Psychology of Recovery A SCARS Insight After The Scam Ends, Victims Show Emotional Changes - Some Good And Some Bad [...]
Victim Psychology – Managing Your Emotional 5 Saboteurs
Managing Your Emotional 5 Saboteurs Understanding Ways Victims Sabotage Their Recovery The Psychology of Recovery A SCARS Insight Scam Victims Often Sabotage Their Own Recovery After The Scam Ends - [...]
Kim Perell – Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Men – Impersonation Victim
Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Men: Kim Perell 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 [...]
Major General John R. Evans, U.S. Army – Impersonation Victim
Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Women: Major General John R. Evans, U.S. Army Stolen Photos Appear In Billions Of Fake Profiles On Social Media And Dating Websites It is impossible to catalog all [...]
Three Main Causes Of Anger In Scam Victims – 2022 [Updated 2025]
Three Main Causes Of Anger In Scam Victims Scam Victim Recovery - A SCARS Insight Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Psychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of [...]
Forgiveness For Scam Victims: Letting Go Of Hate And Bitterness
Forgiveness For Scam Victims: Letting Go Of Hate And Bitterness Scam Victim Recovery A SCARS Insight Learning To Forgive Is Essential For Scam Victim Recovery When someone you care about [...]
How To Report Facebook For Product Safety Violations
How To Report Facebook For Product Safety Violations Facebook Is A Consumer Software Product A SCARS Insight Facebook Is A Product! Even if it is FREE - it is [...]
Western Union Refund Program (Remission) Phase 2
Western Union Refund Program (Remission) Phase 2 Recover Money Sent To Scammers By Western Union A SCARS Special Report Deadline August 31, 2022 Justice Department Announces Phase Two of Compensation [...]
Hacked Passwords/Bad Passwords
Hacked Passwords Common Passwords That Hackers Already Know Is Yours In The List? A SCARS Insight Most Hacked Passwords Revealed Exposed as UK cyber survey exposes gaps in online security [...]
Scammers Still Love Gift Cards
Scammers Still Love Gift Cards An Analysis Of Scammer Gift Card Use A SCARS Insight Scammers prefer gift cards, but not just any card will do Gift cards are an [...]
New Abortion Phone Scam
New Abortion Phone Scam A New Phone Scam A SCARS Special Report A Warning To Women Across The United States In the wake of the Supreme Court Decision to return [...]
Brushing Scam – What Is That?
Brushing Scam - What Is That? A person receives packages or parcels containing various sorts of items that were not ordered or requested! A SCARS Insight Into How Scams Work [...]
Zelle Payment Scams
Zelle Payment Scams An Exploration Of How Banking Has Gone Bad A SCARS Special Report What To Know About Zelle Scams And How To Spot Behavioral Red Flags From Scammers [...]
June 2022
FTC Goes After Walmart – Like It Did Western Union & MoneyGram
FTC Goes After Walmart - Like It Did Western Union & MoneyGram U.S. Federal Trade Commission Enforcement Action A SCARS Special Report This Is A Perfect Example Of Why You [...]
Remote Control Scams
Remote Control Scams Also Known As Tech Support Scams A SCARS Insight How to Avoid and Recover from Remote Access Scams Also Known As Remote Access Scams Remote access scams [...]
Why Scammers Get Short Sentences
Why Scammers Get Short Sentences Understanding The Crimes Scammers Do! A SCARS Insight Why Are They Not Jailed For The Rest Of Their Lives? Many victims ask this simple question. [...]
Social Media Money Flipping Scam
Social Media Money Flipping Scam How Scams Work A SCARS Insight Social Media Scams Come In Every Imaginable Kind! This IS Just One More! In this case, scammers are using [...]
SCARS Webinar: Panic & Urgency Scams – May 21, 2022 [VIDEO]
Panic & Urgency Scams [VIDEO] SCARS Webinar May 21, 2022 In this edition of our SCARS Webinar Series, we talk about short-term scams where the scammers place the victim in panic and create a [...]
Impersonation of Law Enforcement and Government Officials
Impersonation of Law Enforcement and Government Officials Government Impersonation Scams - How Scams Work A SCARS Insight Government Impersonation Scams Are Widespread And Expanding! The ongoing widespread fraud schemes in [...]


