Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams

United Nations Proposed Convention Against Cybercrime – SCARS Institute Position Paper – 2024

United Nations Proposed Convention Against Cybercrime SCARS Institute Position Paper An overview and analysis of the Proposed Convention Against Cybercrime Cybercrime Advocacy – A Series A SCARS Institute™ Whitepaper Summary of the Draft United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime The draft United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, outlined [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2024-08-08T07:41:20-04:00August 8th, 2024|2024, ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM, Advocating For Victims, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams, Tim McGuinness Ph.D.|0 Comments

U.S. Act of Congress: S.1418 – Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act – COPPA 2.0 Position Paper – 2024

U.S. Act of Congress: S.1418 – Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act – Position Paper An overview and analysis of the COPPA 2.0 Law Scam Criminology – A Series A SCARS Institute™ Whitepaper Summarization of S.1418 The Original COPPA Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”) [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2024-08-06T00:43:49-04:00August 6th, 2024|2024, ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM, Advocating For Victims, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams, Tim McGuinness Ph.D.|0 Comments

U.S. Act of Congress: Protecting Consumers from Payment Scams Act Position Paper – 2024

U.S. Act of Congress: HR 117 PENDING - Protecting Consumers from Payment Scams Act An overview and analysis of the Revision of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act Scam Criminology – A Series A SCARS Institute™ Whitepaper Protecting Consumers from Payment Scams Act Analysis The "Protecting Consumers from [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2024-08-06T00:42:43-04:00August 6th, 2024|2024, ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM, Advocating For Victims, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams, Tim McGuinness Ph.D.|1 Comment

SCARS Partners With Global Cyber Alliance

SCARS Terminates Its Partnership With Global Cyber Alliance SCARS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCEMENT The SCARS Institute™ - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams™ Inc. - Nonprofit is hereby announcing the formal termination of our partnership agreement with the GCA - Global Cyber Alliance We are taking this action due to issues [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2025-02-18T20:58:03-05:00November 6th, 2023|2023, From The SCARS Board of Directors, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, SCARS Partner / Affiliated Organizations, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments

ICRC Organized Crime Global Conference

ICRC Organized Crime Global Conference A Conference of the International Committee of the Red Cross Addressing The Humanitarian Costs Of Organized Crime Global Conference SCARS was recently an attendee of the International Committee of the Red Cross on June 27, 2023 This event marks the launch of the International [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-07-21T07:41:11-04:00July 21st, 2023|Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams, 2023, ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM, Advocating For Victims, SCARS Supporting Organizations, Tim McGuinness Ph.D.|0 Comments

Banking Industry Proposal To Reduce Scams Through A Victim Notification & Intervention Process

Banking Industry Proposal To Reduce Scams Through A Victim Notification & Intervention Process A SCARS Proposal To The Banking Industry To Help Victims Avoid Financial Loss Through Bank Wire Transfers Background Information As of June 2023, there are approximately 4,500 new online scam victims a day that are using [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-06-27T04:24:57-04:00June 25th, 2023|ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM, 2023, Advocating For Victims, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2 Comments

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. [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-04-28T17:38:37-04:00April 28th, 2023|Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams, 2023, SCARS Programs, Victim Support & Recovery|0 Comments

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 [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-04-20T11:30:44-04:00April 20th, 2023|From The SCARS Board of Directors, 2023, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments

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 [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-04-20T11:19:40-04:00April 19th, 2023|From The SCARS Board of Directors, 2023, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments

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 & [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-04-20T11:43:39-04:00March 23rd, 2023|From The SCARS Board of Directors, 2023, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments