August 2022
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 10, 2022 Floridians have been so hard hit by romance scams in recent years (state residents lost $40.1 million to the cons in 2020 alone, according to the FBI) that Miami has a Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams. “A critical thing to know,” the group’s founder, Tim McGuinness, told the Times, “is that virtually everyone can be scammed. It’s only a question of the [...]
August 2021
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 published and is available now! This is the SCARS Steps Program for Scam Victims! It is a Self-Help Self-Paced Scam Victim Recovery Program Guide based upon 30 years of experience assisting scam victims. This publication is to help Scam Victims recover from their scam experience - A Self-Help Self-Paced 8 Step Recovery Program From Scams & Online Fraud It was created by SCARS Authors: Tim [...]
November 2020
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 the sum of the parts. One for all - helping to help the many is what we do, but if any of us needs help we have to be there for them too, regardless of who it is. This is what it means to be determined in what we do. We are purposeful towards our goals, and all of our efforts, our volunteerism, and partnerships are oriented [...]
October 2020
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 state of nonprofit charitable incorporation helps SCARS fulfill opportunities for greater government funding and the ability to expand our reach and services for scam victims worldwide. This was delayed several months due to the state government shut down and the extreme backlog. But we are [...]
September 2020
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 training company, we explored the predominant notion that employees who fail to follow corporate policies and procedures, that lead to cybersecurity breaches are reckless, negligent, and at fault. Increasingly, we have seen that companies are holding their employees financially responsible for mistakes that allow for cyber-attacks to get through defenses, such as phishing scams, business email compromise scams, ransomware attacks, etc. However, is this view [...]
August 2020
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 immensely proud to announce that Mr. Gabriel Friedlander of Wizer Training has joined the Advisory Board of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. In addition, his organization Wizer Training has been accepted as a SCARS Victims' Education Partner. Wizer Inc. provides extraordinary cybersecurity and business employee security awareness training. Their solution is provided as a free a Multi-Tenant SaaS Platform with optional paid [...]
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 needed a dedicated Spanish language website. We have a strong presence on social media on Facebook & Twitter in Spanish, but until now not a dedicated Spanish language website www.ContraEstafas.org The goal will be to have mixed English & Spanish on AgainstScams.org - all content in English & Spanish since this is our corporate website. But in looking at RomanceScamsNOW.com it has been difficult to [...]
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 decisions will be based upon this. If you are angry then everything is through the lens of revenge and retribution - you are focused on getting even. If you are hostile then no one will want to talk to you and you can't help anyone [...]
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 new profession. This is the profession of "crime victims' assistance." It goes by many different names, such as: Victims' Support Victims' Advocacy Victims' Liaison Victims' Assistance Victims' Guidance Notice that none of these mentioned counseling or therapy. That is because those are the realm of [...]
July 2020
Published New SCARS 3 Steps For New Victims
SCARS ANNOUNCEMENT: Published New SCARS 3 Steps For New Victims PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Miami Florida - July 31, 2020 New 3 STEP Guide For New Victims SCARS is pleased to introduce our new SCARS 3 Step Guide For New Victims of Romance Scams based upon our nearly 30 years of experience. Our new guide (https://againstscams.org/for-new-scam-victims-the-3-steps/) is the result of our accumulated experience in support tens of thousands of scam victims directly over the last five years. It represents the 3 basic steps that every scam victims needs to understand and perform after they discover their scam. It [...]
