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January 2019
SCARS™ Stolen Face / Stolen Identity – Sargent / Chaplain David Becker U.S. Army: Do You Know Him?
SCARS™ Stolen Face / Stolen Identity - Do You Know Him? Sargent / Chaplain David Becker U.S. Army Frequently used by scammers to fool women! You Have Probably Seen His Photos Before! The real David [...]
SCARS™ Official FBI Video: What Is A Romance Scam?
SCARS™ Official FBI Video: What Is A Romance Scam? Special Agent Christine Beining of the FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation Describes Romance Scams Christine Beining, a special agent in the FBI's Houston Division, describes [...]
U.S. Government Shutdown Update January 5, 2018
U.S. Government Shutdown Update January 5, 2018 As a result of Congress' unwillingness to fund our national security (including cybersecurity), we received this from the United States Department of Homeland Security: STC Partners, Please note, [...]
SCARS COMMENTARY: The Truth About SCARS & What Haters Say
SCARS COMMENTARY: The Truth About SCARS & What Haters Say It is a new year and it is time for some hard truths and reflection as the year begins. One of the things we are [...]
SCARS™ Insight: Romance Scammer As A Consort
SCARS™ Insight: Romance Scammer As A Consort Here Is A Head Scratcher Of A Dilemma Over the years we have seen everything, every type of scam, and every type of victim. However, there is one type [...]
Avoid Microsoft Tech Support Scams
Avoid Microsoft® Tech Support Scams Protect Yourself From Tech Support Scams Courtesy of Microsoft® - Presented by SCARS How Tech Support Scams Work Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue [...]
SCARS™ Official Video: A Victim’s Story
SCARS™ Official FBI Video: A Victim's Story The victim of a romance scam describes how she was duped out of $2 million by an online suitor she has never met. SCARS™ Team [...]
SCARS™ Psychology Of Scams: Chasing Your Money – A Psychological Trap
SCARS™ Psychology Of Scams: Chasing Your Money - A Psychological Trap Don’t Get Caught Chasing The Money - That Path Can Lead To Addiction A specific form of self-entrapment that some romance scam victims struggle [...]
SCARS™ ScamTV™ Video: SCARS Member Romance Scam Victim Lost $500,000 – Shares Story For First Time
SCARS™ ScamTV™ Video: SCARS™ Member Shares Story For First Time Romance Scam Victim Lost $500,000 - SCARS Member Julie Ericksen Lost $500,000 In A Romance Scam. She Tells Her Story For The First Time. Video Copyright WPTV [...]
SCARS™ ScamTV™ Video: Official FBI Video – What Is Social Engineering?
SCARS™ ScamTV™ Video: Official FBI Video - What Is Social Engineering? The FBI’s Protected Voices initiative provides cybersecurity recommendations to political campaigns on multiple topics, including social engineering, to help mitigate the risk of cyber [...]
December 2018
SCARS™ Editorial: A New Year’s Resolution!
SCARS™ Editorial: A New Year's Resolution PLEASE SHARE THIS Over the last four years, the SCARS' Board of Directors and their corporate sponsors have spent nearly a million U.S. Dollars on the operations of SCARS. [...]
SCARS™ Scam News Now: Six Ghanaian Scammers Arrested in the U.K. For Online Fraud
SCARS™ Scam News Now: Six Ghanaian Scammers Arrested in the U.K. For Online Fraud A Gang Of Six Ghanaians Based In The United Kingdom Have Been Busted In An Elaborate Fraud Scheme In London. The six, [...]
SCARS™ Scam News: 4 Indicted For $15 Million Romance Scams
SCARS™ Scam News: 4 Indicted For $15 Million Romance Scams FBI, Interpol declare 4 including 2 Ghanaians wanted for $15 million fraud From GhanaWeb: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and International Criminal Police Organization [...]
SCARS™ Special Report: Online Vigilantes Can Actually Hurt Criminal Cases
SCARS™ Special Report: Online Vigilantes Can Actually Hurt Criminal Cases Experts Warn Online Vigilantes Not To Share Photos Of People Accused Of Crimes A few months ago in Australia, the country was rocked by three shocking [...]
SCARS™ Scam Warning: Scammers Can Access Your Bank Accounts
SCARS™ Scam Warning: Scammers Can Access Your Bank Accounts You Opened You Entire Life To Your Scammer They probably asked all they need to access your bank and account via mobile banking. They may [...]
SCARS™ Winter 2019 Anti-Scam Campaign Ad
SCARS™ Winter 2019 Anti-Scam Campaign Ad The following is our new advertisement that will appear in English-language publications in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the U.K. during January through March 2019 Copyright [...]
SCARS™ Guest Editorial: Talking Law With Ivie Omoregie – What the Law Says About Yahoo Yahoo
SCARS™ Guest Editorial: Talking Law With Ivie Omoregie - What the Law Says About Yahoo Yahoo A Nigerian's View Of Scamming And The Harm It Does To Nigeria By Ivie Omoregie, Reprinted from BellaNaija.com A few weeks [...]
SCARS™ Insight: What Do Scam Victims Believe – Part One
SCARS™ Insight: What Do Scam Victims Believe - Part One Want To Know What Other Scam Victims Think, Feel, or Believe? The following are the results of surveys and analysis conducted by SCARS [...]
SCARS™ Podcast: You Can Count On SCARS – 2018 The Year That Was
SCARS™ Podcast: You Can Count On SCARS - 2018 The Year That Was A SCARS Podcast A podcast by Dr. McGuinness Founder of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Copyright © 2018 SCARS [...]
SCARS Insight: Current Analysis of Scammer Data Compiled by the SCARS|ANALYTICS Division
SCARS Insight: Current Analysis of Scammer Data Compiled by the SCARS|ANALYTICS Division The following it the latest edition of the scams & scammer data compiled, estimated and assembled by the SCARS|ANALYTICS™ division of the [...]
Reported Scammer Email Addresses – 2018 Part 6
Reported Scammer Email Addresses - 2018 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™ Guide: Find Scammer Photos With Google® Reverse Image Search
SCARS™ Guide: Find Scammer Photos With Google® Reverse Image Search Dedicated to Sarkresothavy Mean and Scam Survivors everywhere! Find Related Images With Reverse Image Search You can use a picture to find related images from the web. [...]
Getting Help From The FBI Victim’s Services
Getting Help From The FBI Victim's Services Government Crime Victims' Assistance A SCARS Special Report Getting Help From The FBI After You Report A Scam To The FBI (United States [...]
SCARS™ Scam News: Ukraine Fraudsters Cheated American Woman For $1.5 Million Dollars
SCARS™ Scam News: Ukraine Fraudsters Cheated American Woman For $1.5 Million Dollars As a result of the joint operation, this year by the Security Service of Ukraine and the USA Federal Bureau of Investigations, a [...]
If Your Photos Are Being Used By Scammers – Stolen Photos
If Your Photos Are Being Used By Scammers Your Stolen Photos What You Should Do? A SCARS Guide What To Do If You Find That Your Photos Are Being Used [...]


