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Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams
Scam Victim Recovery Survey Fall/Winter 2023
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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 [...]
SCARS in the Press: New York Post
SCARS Mentioned in the New York Post Featuring Dr. Tim McGuinness SCARS In The Press Love scams skyrocketing, cost Floridians $40M annually New York Post by By Hannah Frishberg February [...]
SCARS Publishes Third In New Book Series
SCARS Publishes Third In New Book Series SCARS Publishes GREEN BOOK By SCARS SCARS PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT We are very excited to announce our SCARS GREEN BOOK has just been [...]
We Are A Community
We Are A Community. One of the things we have learned over the years is that we are all part of a community. By recognizing that, it makes it possible to be greater than [...]
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 [...]
SCARS Position Statement: Are Corporate Employees That Fall For Scams Victims Or Negligent?
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 [...]
Wizer Training Is Now A New SCARS Victims’ Education Partner
SCARS ANNOUNCEMENT: Wizer™ Training Is Now A New SCARS Victims' Education Partner PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Miami Florida - August 27, 2020 New SCARS Victims' Education Partner & Advisory Board Member SCARS is [...]
SCARS New Strategy For Spanish Language Victims’ Support
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 [...]
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 [...]