Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams is a nonprofit crime victims’ assistance and crime prevention organization supporting scam victims worldwide
2022 - It has been a Challenging Year for Scam Victims! A Look Back At The Year That Was A SCARS Overview SCARS Official Newsletter on AgainstScams.org It has been a challenging year for scam victims! Indeed! Overall, the quantity of new victims continues to rise, while [...]
Recommendations for President Biden's First 100 Days A White Paper Developed By the United States Of America Cyberspace Solarium Commission SCARS supports these recommendations and encourages the Biden Administration to enact them fully. "TRANSITION BOOK FOR THE INCOMING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION" CSC White Paper #5 JANUARY 2021 UNITED STATES [...]
Are Corporate Employees That Fall For Scams Victims Or Negligent? Reprinted from LinkedIn A SCARS Position Statement - September 1, 2020 In a recent conversation with a leading cybersecurity training company, we explored the predominant notion that employees that fail to follow corporate policies and procedures, that lead to cybersecurity breaches are reckless, negligent, [...]
SCARS Now Has A Formal Spanish Language Website And A Better Defined Spanish Language Coverage Plan [ENG//ESP] PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – August 16, 2020 For some time we have needed a dedicated Spanish language website. We have a strong presence on social media on Facebook & Twitter in Spanish, [...]
SCARS ETHICS: Professionalizing Scam Victims' Assistance There is something that we all must be clear on. Like it or not, all of us who are volunteering our time and energy towards helping victims of scams are engaged in a new journey. This journey is one of professional development because we are all engaged in a [...]
Our Deepest Condolences On behalf of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams we offer our most sincere condolences to the families of those that have lost been injured or their lives to criminals in the last few days. We understand the pain of loss that comes at the hands of crime. It is in [...]
SCARS™ REGULATORY ALERT: U.S. Senator goes after Socially Engineered Web Addictions Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Today Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Introduced Legislation To Curb Addictive And Deceptive Techniques That Tech Giants Use To Exploit Users. THE SOCIETY OF CITIZENS AGAINST RELATIONSHIP SCAMS SUPPORTS THIS LEGISLATION [lwptoc] Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology (SMART) Act The Social [...]
SCARS Editorial: Open Letter To SCARS Members & Victims As you all know, SCARS - the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams is a nonprofit corporation that is focused on crime victims assistance. We are registered with governments around the world. Like any business - nonprofit or for-profit - there is an organizational structure [...]
The SCARS™ Communication Philosophy Is Very Simple! It's Radical Candor! The Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams [SCARS] exists in a world of very hard truth Every day we deliver horrible news to people on the worst day of their lives. We do our best to help them, and especially those that are right on [...]
SCARS ANNOUNCEMENT: SCARS Signs Agreement With Donorbox.org For Immediate Release June 22, 2019 We are very pleased to announce that SCARS has signed a multi-year agreement with DONORBOX.org to manage SCARS' public fundraising. Donorbox is the leading fundraising provider platform for such prestigious organizations as Suicide Lifeline, the leading crisis hotline in the world, and over 20,000 [...]