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SCARS Invited to Saudi Arabia By Ministry of Culture
SCARS Invited to Saudi Arabia By Ministry of Culture FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 14, 2019 MIAMI FLORIDA U.S.A. SCARS Is Extraordinarily Proud To Have Been Invited To Attend A Special Event In Saudi Arabia On [...]
SCARS Declaration For Victim’s Dignity
SCARS Declaration For Victim's Dignity Today is March 1st, 2019 - March Forward Day! The Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams releases its SCARS Declaration For Victim's Dignity and the Rights of Cybercrime Victims. To [...]
SCARS™ Editorial: Facebook & Dirty Tricks
SCARS™ Editorial: Facebook & Dirty Tricks Finally The Truth Will Out - As The Saying Goes. We are now seeing the extents of Facebook's retaliation against any organization that they view as being against them. [...]
SCARS™ ALERT: Scammers Using SCARS Email Addresses
SCARS™ ALERT: Scammers Using SCARS Email Addresses WARNING: We Have Learned That Scammers Are Spoofing Our SCARS Email Addresses In An Attempt To Lure Victims. Here is an example of a fake email address placed [...]
Chairman’s Voice January 2019
Chairman's Voice January 2019 By Dr. Tim McGuinness, January 22, 2019 You know, one of the challenges of building an organization is that it is never easy. When we re-registered, I had to wipe the [...]
SCARS™ – University Credit Union Educates Consumers About Scams
SCARS™ - University Credit Union Educates Consumers About Scams We thank the University Credit Union for supporting the SCARS' Mission to educate consumers about online fraud. [contentcards url="https://www.myunicu.coop/en/alert-romance-scams-recognition-and-recovery" target="_blank"] SCARS™ [...]
SCARS Announcement / Press Release: Re-registration & Corporate Changes
SCARS Announcement / Press Release December 5, 2018, Miami Florida U.S.A. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SCARS IS RE-REGISTERING ITS [...]
SCARS™ Proposed Changes To The Communications Decency Act
SCARS™ Proposed Changes To The Communications Decency Act The Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams, in an effort to reduce online fraud and the uncontrolled creation of false or fake identities online request that the United [...]
SCARS™ Is Off To China Again
SCARS™ Is Off To China Again SCARS ANNOUNCEMENT The Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams [SCARS] is once again traveling to China this weekend. The purpose of the visit will be to establish the SCARS [...]
Update From The Front Line
SCARS announcement ... We believe the 2016 surge is over and the number of new scam victims has dropped by at least 25% in 2017 2016 saw over 1,000,000 new victims of romance scams worldwide [...]
The World Needs A New Solution
For the last 8 years our Governments, Institutions, and Online Companies have told us everything was just fine! They buried theirs and our heads in the sand! In 1994, when Bill Clinton was running [...]
SCARS Approved Victims Assistance Training
SCARS Approved Victims Assistance Training OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 25, 2017 Starting in March 2017, all SCARS Approved Scam Victim's Assistance or Support Groups will be required to have all permanent personnel and volunteers [...]
February 14th Log Off Facebook Day
TURN OFF FACEBOOK ON 2/14 LOG OFF AND CONNECT WITH THE REAL WORLD AND THE REAL PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE! By Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., Chairman of SCARS One of my activities as Chairman of the [...]
SCARS To Present At The 2017 Cyber Security Forum Miami 2017
Dr. Tim McGuinness, the Chairman of the Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams will be presenting on global online fraud this Friday. The Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams will be presenting at “The [...]
Thank You Mr. President
Thank You Mr. Trump For Your Continued Commitment To The Victims Of Crime and To Justice For All Just moments ago, President Trump, during the Swearing-In Ceremony in the White House declared that [...]
Dr. Tim McGuinness, Chairman of Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams (SCARS) to speak at the iDate Conference in Miami
Dr. Tim McGuinness, Chairman of Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams (SCARS) to speak at the iDate Conference in Miami New York, NY--Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams (SCARS) will [...]
Why Are There Online Scammers?
Why Does Facebook & Social Media Largely Ignore Scammers? United States Law rules the Internet (or did until Obama gave the internet away this year) One of these laws is 47 U.S.C. § 230, a [...]
Russian Law Enforcement Relationship
Russian Law Enforcement Cooperation In Fight Against Scammers The Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams (SCARS) would like to thank the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation for their [...]
The SCARS Plan For Social Media Safety
The Society's Suggestion For How To Improve Social Media Safety The "SCARS Plan" In order to provide a greater level of security in Social Media additional safeguards and [...]
November Black Star Online Safety Month
Staying Safe Online Is No Accident! November is Black Star Online Safety Month In order to stay safe online YOU have to pay attention to the details. You have to learn [...]
Coming Together
Bringing The Community Of Anti-Scammers Together For too long, too many have been filled with suspicious and rage, and attacked other groups because of the smallest of misunderstandings. In the past they have been referred to by [...]
SCARS Seminar – Miami Florida Oct 27
The Plague Of Online Fraud Every 5 Seconds Someone Is Scammed Online Online fraud is more pervasive and widespread than even the government knows. Everyone knows someone who has been scammed online. We invite you to finally [...]
Government Agencies and Non-Profits Collaborate
Justice Department and Law Enforcement Partners Announce Civil and Criminal Actions to Dismantle Global Network of Mass Mailing FOR IMMEDIATE JOINT RELEASE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 WWW.JUSTICE.GOV Government Agencies and Non-Profits Collaborate to Launch Public [...]
Facebook Openly Deletes Scammer Data
Today Represents A Pivot Point For Facebook Today is the day that Facebook Openly Acted To Protect Scammers on Facebook over the interests of their subscribers. The UNITED STATES CONGRESS passed the Communications Decency Act [...]