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July 2020
Reported Scammer Email Addresses – 2020 Part 6
Reported Scammer Email Addresses - 2020 Part 6 Scammer Email Addresses That Have Been Reported To Be Used By Scammers SCARS RomanceScamsNOW.com Archives The following scammer email addresses have been reported by scam victims [...]
SCARS™ Insight: Australia Reports Government Impersonation Scams On The Rise
SCARS™ Insight: Australia Reports Government Impersonation Scams On The Rise According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, governmental impersonations are exploding online! Australians are being urged to watch out for government impersonation scams with [...]
SCARS™ Insight: A Cybercriminal Study – Narratives of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Agents
SCARS™ Insight: A Cybercriminal Study - Narratives of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Agents For the first time, there has been a study of what it is like on the ground in [...]
SCARS™ Anti-Scam Training Course: Scammer Fake Passport Recognition
SCARS™ Anti-Scam Training Course: Scammer Fake Passport Recognition The Following Is An Official SCARS Training Course Designed To Help You Recognize Fake Passport Images Provided By Scammers [pdf-embedder url="https://romancescamsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SCARS-Fake-Passport-Training-Template-Ed-1a.pdf" title="SCARS Fake Passport Training - Copyright [...]
SCARS™ Insight: Cybercrime – It’s Worse Than We Thought – 2020
SCARS™ Insight: Cybercrime - It’s Worse Than We Thought - 2020 A United States Government Analysis Of How Bad Cybercrime Has Become Reprinted from NIST For Scam Awareness. Authored by Douglas S. Thomas The cyber-world [...]
SCARS™ Special Report: A Victim’s Story Of Imprisonment By A Scammer In Nigeria
SCARS™ Special Report: A Victim's Story Of Imprisonment By A Scammer In Nigeria The ‘Yahoo Boy’ Who Kidnapped & Held Prisoner An American Woman In Lagos For Over 1 Year After Luring Her To Nigeria [...]
SCARS™ Scam Alert: New Scam Targeting Teens And Young Adults
SCARS™ Scam Alert: New Scam Targeting Teens And Young Adults There Is A Rise In A New Scam Targeting Teens And Young Adults - Especially In The United States & Canada This extremely damaging scam [...]
June 2020
SCARS™ Anti-Scam Tip: Confrontation & The Scammer Dodge
SCARS™ Anti-Scam Tip: Confrontation & The Scammer Dodge Scammers are professionals and have developed techniques to stay connected with their victims at moments of crisis. An example of this is this comment left on our [...]
SCARS™ Scam News: Another Scammer Kingpin Arrested In India
SCARS™ Scam News: Another Scammer Kingpin Arrested In India Blackmail Sextortion Ring In India Broken Up And The Kingpin "Shereef" Arrested According to one Indian News source: Seven now held in the racket and two [...]
SCARS™ Urban Legends: Do Something Useful With Their Lives!
SCARS™ Urban Legends: Do Something Useful With Their Lives! We hear it almost every day. A victim will comment as though asking a scammer "Why don't you do something useful for others?" This is not [...]
SCARS™ Scam News: Major Nigerian Scammer Cartel Shutdown In Dubai [UPDATED]
SCARS™ Scam News: Major Nigerian Scammer Cartel Shutdown In Dubai UPDATED June 27, 2020 Hushpuppi, the infamous Nigerian Kingpin of his own Scammer Cartel has been arrested. He and Woodberry were planning a US$435,000,000 cyber [...]
SCARS™ Special Report: FBI Report To The U.S. Congress On Scams
SCARS™ Special Report: FBI Report To The U.S. Congress On Scams On June 9th, 2020 the FBI's Assistant Direct Calvin Shivers delivered a report to congress on the state of online fraud during the Coronavirus [...]
Stop Local Government Data Incompetence – A SCARS Commentary
Stop Local Government Data Incompetence A SCARS Commentary SCARS Commentary How Much Longer Are We Going To Tolerate Incompetence And Neglect? Local governments are allowed to get away with [...]
SCARS™ Irony: Ghana Scammer Demolishes Nigerian Embassy!
SCARS™ Irony: Ghana Scammer Demolishes Nigerian Embassy! In an incredibly bold move, a Ghana scammer claimed to own the property where the Nigerian Embassy stood - ignoring Diplomatic Sovereignty completely. The Ghana president was forced [...]
SCARS™ Victim Alert: U.S. DoJ & FBI Internet Fraud Victims’ Notice
SCARS™ Victim Alert: U.S. DoJ & FBI Internet Fraud Victims' Notice Important Notice to Victims of Internet Fraud from the United States Department of Justice The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of [...]
Reported Scammer Email Addresses – 2020 Part 7
Reported Scammer Email Addresses - 2020 Part 7 Scammer Email Addresses That Have Been Reported To Be Used By Scammers SCARS RomanceScamsNOW.com Archives The following scammer email addresses have been reported by scam victims [...]
For Iris Münzel – Today is a day of loss
Today is a day of loss. It brings us great sadness to announce the passing of our friend and partner Iris Münzel today at 4pm Central European Time. Iris was a romance scam victim [...]
SCARS™ Insight: Helping & Evaluating Older Scam Victims
SCARS™ Insight: Helping & Evaluating Older Scam Victims SCARS strives to help scam victims and their families at the same time. Some of our articles are oriented towards victims, but some victims need broader help [...]
Criminal Crack Down On Money Mules Worldwide
Law Enforcement Is Hunting Down Money Mules Criminal Crack Down On Money Mules Worldwide A SCARS™ Special Report Now is the time to report this while you can still be innocent! [...]
SCARS™ Crime Prevention Campaign: Stop Elder Abuse!
SCARS™ Crime Prevention Campaign: Stop Elder Abuse! World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was this month. But before it passes let's focus on stopping this depravity! Join SCARS, the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of [...]
SCARS™ Crime Prevention Campaign: Avoid Fakes!
SCARS™ Crime Prevention Campaign: Avoid Fakes! All scam victims know about Fakes! Especially romance scam victims! Impersonations are a central part of the African / Indian scammer tool kit. But did you think about the [...]
May 2020
Social Media News: Facebook Changes Messenger To Prevent Scams
Social Media News: Facebook Changes Messenger To Prevent Scams Facebook Messenger Launches New Feature For Scam Detection California social media giant Facebook has launched new features in its Messenger platform that would help billions of [...]
Trump Signs Historic Order To Address Flaws In Communications Decency Act [UPDATED: Revoked By Joe Biden]
Trump Signs Historic Order To Address Flaws In Communications Decency Act [UPDATED: Revoked By Joe Biden] A SCARS Insight This was an important step in the direction of protecting [...]
Reported Scammer Email Addresses – 2020 Part 5
Reported Scammer Email Addresses - 2020 Part 5 Scammer Email Addresses That Have Been Reported To Be Used By Scammers SCARS RomanceScamsNOW.com Archives The following scammer email addresses have been reported by scam victims [...]
SCARS™ Scam Basics: Cyberstalking
SCARS™ Scam Basics: Cyberstalking Cyberstalking Is The Use Of The Internet Or Other Electronic Means To Track Down, Insert Yourself, Stalk, Or Harass Another Person. It may include false accusations, defamation, slander, and libel. It [...]


