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SCARS Partners With Global Cyber Alliance

SCARS Partners With Global Cyber Alliance The Global Cyber Alliance™ Partners with The Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams!™ This is professionalism! We are proud to have reached a partnership between GCA the Global Cyber Alliance™ and SCARS™ - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams™ Inc. - to increase [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-11-06T15:06:44-05:00November 6th, 2023|2023, From The SCARS Board of Directors, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, SCARS Partner / Affiliated Organizations, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments

SCARS Announces Certified Mentors

SCARS Announces Certified Mentors New SCARS Certified Mentors SCARS Certified Mentors have completed the 40-hour training program in trauma-informed online crime victims care and support. We are extraordinarily pleased to announce that Vianey Gonzalez and Janina Morcinek have completed the required training and examination to become SCARS Certified Mentors. [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2023-09-28T16:15:14-04:00September 6th, 2023|SCARS Ethics & Standards, 2023, ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM, SCARS Mentors & Volunteers|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

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 Announcement: Transfer Of Incorporation To Florida

SCARS Corporate Announcement SCARS Completes Nonprofit Incorporation Transfer To Florida PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Miami Florida - October 24, 2020 SCARS™ CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENT We are very pleased to announce that we have moved our nonprofit incorporation to the State of Florida. SCARS was founded in February 2015, but this move of the official [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2020-10-24T21:45:08-04:00October 24th, 2020|♠ About SCARS, ♦ SCARS in Public, SCARS Announcements & Press Releases, SCARS Corporate Members / Organizational Sponsors|0 Comments

An Insight On Being A Volunteer

An Insight On Being A Volunteer In order to help others effectively, you have to be stable yourself We mean emotionally stabilized. This means that you are not afraid, not angry, not hostile, not defensive, not on a mission. If you are afraid you cannot help anyone. Fear will control your reactions and your [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2020-08-02T12:36:17-04:00August 2nd, 2020|SCARS Mentors & Volunteers, Victim Support & Recovery|0 Comments

Professionalizing Scam Victims’ Assistance

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 [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2020-08-03T20:50:24-04:00August 1st, 2020|♠ About SCARS, Advocating For Victims, SCARS Mentors & Volunteers, SCARS Resources, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments

SCARS Referral To Potentially Aid Scam Victims Recover Money From Western Union

IMPORTANT UPDATE NOVEMBER 12, 2020 DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, WE HAVE SUSPENDED OUR RECOMMENDATION OF THIS SERVICE DUE TO THEIR DIFFICULTIES FUNCTIONING DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE SINCERELY HOPE THEY WILL RETURN TO COMPLETE OPERATIONAL STATUS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT VICTIMS TO RECOVER THEIR MONEY. ORIGINAL POST: SCARS Scam Victim Referral To Potentially Aid Scam [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2020-11-12T07:45:20-05:00October 23rd, 2019|♠ About SCARS, SCARS Corporate Members / Organizational Sponsors, SCARS Partner / Affiliated Organizations, SCARS Press Release, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments

SCARS Editorial: Open Letter To SCARS Members & Victims

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 [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2019-07-26T05:55:06-04:00July 26th, 2019|♠ About SCARS, Advocating For Victims, SCARS Announcements & Press Releases, SCARS Membership/Friends of SCARS, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments

SCARS ANNOUNCEMENT: SCARS Signs Agreement With Donorbox.org

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 [...]

By SCARS Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|2019-06-26T01:52:36-04:00June 22nd, 2019|♠ About SCARS, ♦ SCARS in Public, Advocating For Victims, SCARS News & Updates, SCARS Partner / Affiliated Organizations, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams|0 Comments