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August 2020
Rationalizing Online Romance Fraud – Ghana Scammer Study [UPDATED 2024]
Rationalizing Online Romance Fraud Ghana Scammer Study - In the Eyes of the Offender Criminology - A SCARS Insight Article Abstract The study delves into the psyche of online romance [...]
SCARS™ Special Report: INTERPOL Report Shows Alarming Rate Of Cyberattacks During COVID-19
SCARS™ Special Report: INTERPOL Report Shows Alarming Rate Of Cyberattacks During COVID-19 An INTERPOL assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime has shown a significant target shift from individuals and small businesses to major [...]
SCARS™ Insight: The Young Nigerian & West African Women Scammers
SCARS™ Insight: The Young Nigerian Women Scammers Here Is The Face Of A Young Woman That Has Become Involved In Scamming She is young and lives in Nigeria. It is obvious that she has [...]
SCARS™ Legal Alert: Class Action Settlement On Google Plus
SCARS™ Legal Alert: Class Action Settlement On Google Plus Notice of Class Action Settlement re Google Plus – Your Rights May Be Affected This notice affects your rights. Please read it carefully. Reprinted without alteration [...]
SCARS 3 Steps For New Scam Victims 2024
New Scam Victims Please Read This: SCARS 3 Steps™ A Guide for New Scam Victims Help to End the Scam and Begin Again Article Abstract The aftermath of falling victim [...]
SCARS™ Support: U.K. Victims Compensation
SCARS™ Support: U.K. Victims Compensation Did You Know That Crime Victims In The U.K. Can Apply For Compensation For Being The Victim? OF COURSE, YOU HAD TO REPORT IT TO THE POLICE What service the [...]
Socio-Economic Theory of Nigerian Cybercriminals
Socio-Economic Theory of Nigerian Cybercriminals Research Paper Presented by SCARS This paper sets out with the aim of developing and improving upon existing taxonomies used in cybercrime scholarship. 1. Introduction Listed [...]
Congressman Matt Gaetz Files Criminal Referral Against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
SCARS™ News: Congressman Matt Gaetz Files Criminal Referral Against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) filed a criminal referral against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for making materially false statements to Congress [...]
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 [...]


