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CHATBOT POLICY OF THE SOCIETY OF CITIZENS AGAINST RELATIONSHIP SCAMS INC.
SCARS Institut Policy Against The Use Of AI-Powered Chatbots The SCARS Institute Believes that the Dangers and Risks of Artificial Intelligence-Powered ChatBot Services Far Outweigh Any Potential Benefit SCARS INSTITUTE [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
U.S. Act of Congress: S.1409 – Kids Online Safety Act Position Paper
U.S. Act of Congress: S.1409 - Kids Online Safety Act Position Paper An overview and analysis of the new KOSA Law Scam Criminology – A Series A SCARS Institute™ Whitepaper By Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., [...]
SCARS Once Again Is Recognized By NOVA – National Organization for Victim Advocacy for Excellence in Victims’ Assistance and Advocacy – 2024
SCARS Once Again Is Recognized By NOVA - National Organization for Victim Advocacy for Excellence in Victims' Assistance and Advocacy with the 2024 Honorary Awardee of Tadini Bacigalupi Jr. Award [...]
Scam/Fraud Study Bias – Too Many Scam/Fraud Studies Are Excessively Biased 2024
Statement About Scam/Fraud Study Bias Understanding the Biases in Academic & Industry Scam & Fraud Victim Studies Too Many Scam/Fraud Studies Are Excessively Biased There [...]
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 [...]
Scam Victim Recovery Survey Fall/Winter 2023
SCARS Scam Anonymous Victim Recovery Study
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 [...]
Notice of Cyber Attack
Notice of Cyber Attack NO DATA WAS LOST OR ACCESSED - SCARS REMAINS 100% SECURE SCARS recently experienced a cyberattack - it was limited to our Facebook pages ONLY! It [...]
Priviledged Communications
Privileged Communications SCARS Ethical Practices Under Florida Statute Communications Between SCARS and the Crime Victims that we provide Services to are Privileged To Clarify What Prviviledged Means Privileged communication [...]
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 [...]
Vianey Gonzalez Receives Certification From The Government Of Mexico
Vianey Gonzalez Receives Certification From The Government Of Mexico SCARS Announcement The Board of Directors of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. is very proud to announce [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2022 – It has been a Challenging Year for Scam Victims!
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 [...]
Cybersecurity Training Has Failed!
Cybersecurity Training Has Failed! An Editorial by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. Certified Cybersecurity Professional & SCARS Director Cybercrime Training Does Not Work? Cybercrime training, also known as cybersecurity training, is a [...]
Dr. McGuinness To Visit SCARS Latinoamerica Division
Dr. McGuinness To Visit SCARS Latinoamerica Division Exploring New Opportunities in Mexico & Latin America Viva México! "I am very pleased to be able to visit our Latin America [...]
Vianey González obtiene Diplomado en Bienestar Familiar
Vianey González obtiene Diplomado en Bienestar Familiar Información sobre el equipo SCARS 🟥🟨⬛️️⬜️ ¡ANUNCIO DE SCARS! Estamos muy orgullosos de anunciar que nuestra miembro de la Junta de SCARS, [...]
Vianey Gonzalez Obtains Diploma In Family Wellness
Vianey Gonzalez Obtains Diploma In Family Wellness Another Certification For The SCARS Team 🟥🟨⬛️️⬜️ SCARS ANNOUNCEMENT! We are very proud to announce that our SCARS Board Member Vianey Gonzalez has [...]