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February 2022
A New Addition To The SCARS Recovery Program Books: 8 Steps To Improvement
Scam Victim's 8 Steps To Improvement After The Scam A New Addition To The SCARS Recovery Program Books SCARS Publishing Book SCARS Wrote The Book On Scam Victim Recovery! In [...]
January 2022
KILLWARE – A New Trend In Cybercrime
KILLWARE - A New Trend In Cybercrime Malware With The Intent To Harm Or Kill Humans! A SCARS Cybercrime Insight Over The Last Two Years, We Have Seen Malware Used [...]
The 4 Myths Of Criminal Use Of Cryptocurrencies
The 4 Myths Of Criminal Use Of Cryptocurrencies Scammer Urban Legends A SCARS Insight A Lot Of Urban Legends Are Spread About Criminals Using Crypto! However, as with all things, [...]
Victim’s Paradox – The Desire For Certainty And How It Derails Recovery
Victim's Paradox - The Desire For Certainty And How It Derails Recovery How Scam Victims Often Sabotage Their Own Recovery In The Search For Certain Outcomes A SCARS Victim Recovery Insight [...]
Spotting Ghana Scammers – Ghanaian Words & Phrases
Spotting Ghana Scammers - Ghanaian Words & Phrases Understanding Scammer Culture A SCARS Guide Most Victims Stay In A Scam Far Too Long! This is because while they suspect it [...]
Spotting Nigerian Scammers – Nigerian Phrases
Spotting Nigerian Scammers - Nigerian Phrases Understanding Scammer Culture A SCARS Guide Most Victims Stay In A Scam Far Too Long! This is because while they suspect it is a [...]
Victim Expectations And Recovery Failure
Victim Expectations And Recovery Failure How Victims Can Sabotage Their Recoveries With Unrealistic Expectations A SCARS Scam Victim Recovery Insight Setting Your Expectations To Fail? Many Victims Do Just That! [...]
Common Health Scams – What You Don’t Know Can Kill You
Common Health Scams What You Don't Know Can Kill You A SCARS Insight Portions Courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission Report All Fraud to the FTC Health Scams Not Only [...]
Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home!
Nigerian Astronaut Lost In Space Believe It Or Not! Well, What Can We Say? Over the years we have seen countless Nigerian Scam Emails, but this is an award winner! [...]
New Crypto Payment Scam – A SCARS Alert
New Crypto Payment Scam A SCARS Alert How Scams Work! There's a New Spin On Scammers Asking People To Pay With Cryptocurrency. It involves an impersonator, a QR code, and a [...]
Loneliness – Before And After The Scam
Loneliness - Before And After The Scam The Psychology of Scams A SCARS Insight Loneliness Can Lead You Into Scams And Prevent You From Recovering We have noted over the [...]
Nicolette Shea – Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Men
Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Men: Nicolette Shea 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 [...]
December 2021
SCARS New Year’s 2022 Scammer Photo Galleries
SCARS New Year's 2022 Scammer Photo Galleries Helping You Avoid • Discover • Recover From www.scammerphotos.com The Internet Never Forgets! The Latest Scammer Photo Galleries From SCARS Galleries are on [...]
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Pivots In Major Change On Impersonation Scams
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Pivots In Major Change On Impersonation Scams This is the first significant action to help protect consumers since 2020 A SCARS Special Report On December 16, [...]
Clone Investment Company Scams
Clone Investment Company Scams An Old Scam With A New Face A SCARS Insight - How Scams Work For Hundreds Of Years There Have Been Investment Scams - But Today's [...]
Juan Avalos U.S. Navy Chief – Impersonation Victim
Another Stolen Identity Used To Scam Women: Juan Avalos U.S. Navy Chief Stolen Photos Appear In Billions Of Fake Profiles On Social Media And Dating Websites It is impossible to catalog all of them, [...]
A Quick Way To Understand The Brain & Trauma [Infographic]
A Quick Way To Understand The Brain & Trauma [Infographic] Courtesy of NICABM A SCARS Psychology of Scams Insight An Infographic that Provides a Quick and Simple Way to Think [...]
The Spanish Prisoner Scam – A Foundational Fraud from History – 2021 UPDATED 2026
The Spanish Prisoner Scam The Spanish Prisoner is a confidence trick originating by at least the early 19th century, as Eugène François Vidocq described in his memoirs How Scams Work A SCARS Insight Reprinted from Slate [...]
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The Interview Scam – Scammers Get Smarter
The Interview Scam - Scammers Get Smarter Fake Press Interviews A SCARS Insight Scammers Evolve Their Craft Constantly, Looking For New Ways To Capture Victims! A New Technique Has Emerged [...]
SCARS December 2021 Scammer Photo Galleries
SCARS December 2021 Scammer Photo Galleries Helping You Avoid • Discover • Recover From www.scammerphotos.com The Internet Never Forgets! The Latest Scammer Photo Galleries From SCARS Galleries are on our [...]
Money Mules & Money Laundering – An Introduction
About Money Mules & Money Laundering Information To Help Mules Understand What They Are Doing & Potential Consequences Money Mules - A SCARS Insight Romance Scams Often Transform Victims Into [...]
The Sad Tale Of Glenda Seim
The Sad Tale Of Glenda Seim The Story of a Romance Scam Victim who became a Money Mule then a Federal Convict at age 81 A SCARS Victim Story [...]
That TikTok Notification About A Settlement Payment Is NOT A Scam!
That TikTok Notification About A Settlement Payment Is NOT A Scam! A Consumer Announcement A SCARS Special Report Here Is What To Know About The TikTok Case! Parent company ByteDance [...]
Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., DFin, MCPO, MAnth talks with P.J. (Peter) Rohall [PODCAST VIDEO]
Interview With P.J. Rohal [PODCAST VIDEO] On The Debby Montgomery Johnson "Stand Up Speak Up" Podcast - December 2, 2021 - Guest Hosted By Dr. Tim McGuinness, SCARS Director A SCARS Insight Interview [...]
