How Do We Meassure Success?

We estimate that 80% of the victims that pass through our support groups succeed! What does that mean? The answer is both very simple and very complicated. We can identify people who have succeeded pretty easily: Everyone that graduates to Step 2 is a success. Everyone in our Step 3 group is a success. [...]

Supporting Victims & the Ethics of Egos

Supporting Victims - SCARS Scam Victim Support Personal Egos And The Challenges Of Supporting Victims A Few Words About Helping Others - A Question of Ethics Supporting victims is never easy; we are interacting with people during the worst times of their lives. Everyone involved in helping other human beings are, themselves, a human being, and [...]

SCARS Announces New Member of the SCARS Board of Directors

SCARS Announcement We are delighted to announce a new addition to the SCARS Board of Directors effective April 19, 2023. Janina Morcinek, from Poland, a relationship scam survivor and advocate for Polish scam victims, has agreed to join the SCARS Board of Directors. On April 19, 2023, a quorum of the SCARS Board voted [...]

Change in SCARS Board of Directors

SCARS Announcement On April 18, 2023 SCARS Board Member Chris Ffromal submitted her resignation to the SCARS Chairman and Chief Executive Dr. Tim McGuinness, which he accepted. The following day, April 19, 2023, a quorum of the SCARS Board voted (4 votes, D. Montgomery Johnson, L. Zagarova, V. Gonzales, and T. McGuinness) to accept [...]

Change in SCARS Board of Directors

SCARS Announcement On January 15, 2023 SCARS Board of Directors agreed to reduce the number of members of the Board of Directors from 9 to 7 to facilitate improved manageability of our organization. The reduced Board of Directors now consists of Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer; Debby Montgomery Johnson, Director & [...]