Do The Fake Names Scammers Use Play A Role In Luring In Victims? 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-26T03:18:43-04:00May 26th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Fake Names, Impersonation, Psychology of Scams, Scam Victim Psychology, Scammer's Names| Read More 0
Scam Victim Psychological Trauma And Weight Gain – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-22T14:45:18-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Categories: • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Insulin Production, Physical Effects, Psychological Trauma, Somatic Effects, Weight Gain| Read More 0
Why Are We More Likely To Trust Total Strangers Now? 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-19T21:18:44-04:00May 19th, 2024|Categories: • VICTIMOLOGY, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Cognitive Bias, Stranger Danger, Trust, Trusting Strangers| Read More 4
Relearning Critical Thinking And To Think Skeptically – For Scam Victims After A Relationship Scam – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-13T02:42:16-04:00May 13th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Impairment, Critical Thinking, Recovery Psychology, Relationship Scam, Scam Victims, Think Skeptically| Read More 2
Hollywood Effect – Romance Entitlement Vulnerability – Believing You Are Entitled To A Perfect Romantic Partner – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-12T02:00:30-04:00May 12th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Cognitive Bias, Disney Syndrome, Halo Effect, Hollywood Effect, Overoptimism, Romance Entitlement, Vulnerability| Read More 3
Scam Victims: The Need To Tell Their Stories – The Need For Acceptance – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-11T13:50:05-04:00May 11th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Acceptance, Human Needs, Manipulation, Psychology of Scams, Scam Victim, Scam Victim Stories, Storytelling, Trauma, Urban Legends| Read More 4
Language Scam Victim Danager: Never Date Someone When You Don’t Speak The Language Fluently – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-11T04:18:40-04:00May 11th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Cognition, Cognitive Biases, Language, Scam Danger, Scam Victims, Vulnerability| Read More 0
Labyrinth Walking and Spiral Walking Meditation for Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-10T17:48:23-04:00May 10th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Labyrinth Walking, Meditation, Mindfulness, Pattern Walking, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Spiral Walking| Read More 2
Learning And The Challenges That A Scam Victim Faces From Trauma And Related Cognitive Effects – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-09T16:16:12-04:00May 9th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Amygdala, Brain, Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Impairment, Emotional Dysregulation, Learning, Memory, Scam Victims, Trauma| Read More 2
Being A Victim – Labeling Theory & What It Means For Victims Of Scams Or Anyone! – 2023 [UPDATED 2024] SCARS Editorial Team2024-09-06T08:21:54-04:00May 9th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • CRIMINOLOGY, • VICTIMOLOGY, 2023, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Crimonology, Labeling Theory, Psychology of Scams, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Psychology, Scam Victims, Victim, Victimology| Read More 3
UK Government: Social and Psychological Implications of Fraud – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-05-01T12:28:21-04:00May 1st, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • GOVERNMENT / REGULATORY, • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, 2024, ARTICLE, DOCUMENT / PDF, SCARS Institute Editorial Team, UK, UK Government|Tags: Fraud, Fraud Victims, Government Report, Psychological Implications, Psychology, Sociology, UK, UK Government, United Kingdom| Read More 0
Psychological Trauma Or PTSD And Chronic Headaches And Migraines – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-29T10:02:54-04:00April 29th, 2024|Categories: • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Chronic Headaches, Migraines, Physiological Effects, Psychological Trauma, PTSD, Scam Victim Health| Read More 1
Residual Fear In Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-27T10:31:22-04:00April 27th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Anxiety, Chronic Fear, Persistent Fear, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Fear, Scam Victims, Victim Recovery| Read More 0
Scam Victim Resistance In Support Groups Therapy Or Counseling Can Destroy Opportunities For Recovery – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-27T03:04:29-04:00April 27th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Psychological Resistance, Recovery Psychology, Resistance, Scam Victims, Support Groups, Therapy, Trauma| Read More 3
Anxiety And Mindfulness – A Tool For Scam Victims – 2024 – [VIDEOS] SCARS Editorial Team2024-07-10T16:44:46-04:00April 26th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Anxiety, Fear, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Breathing, Scam Victims| Read More 1
Cruel Or Indifferent To Suffering – What Scammers Do And Why It Is So Important For Scam Victims To Understand – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-24T03:36:12-04:00April 24th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE|Tags: Cruelty, Indifference To Suffering, Indifferent, Scam Victims, Understanding Scams| Read More 2
Multitasking Creates Scam Victim Vulnerabilities – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-22T11:49:48-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Cognitive Overload, ichigyo-zammai, Multitasking, Scam Vulnerability, Victim Vulnerability| Read More 3
The Relationship Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) And Psychological Trauma – A Review – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-22T02:39:32-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Categories: • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, ME, myalgic encephalomyelitis, Trauma| Read More 0
Sleep Deprivation As A Scammer’s Control Technique And Its Effect On Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-21T09:42:47-04:00April 21st, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Control Technique, Manipulation, Scam Victims, Scammer Technique, Sleep Deprivation| Read More 6
Indoctrination Of Scam Victims By Their Scammers? Yes! – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-19T01:03:29-04:00April 19th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Brainwashing, Indoctrinate, Indoctrination, Relationship Scams, Scam Victims, Scammers| Read More 3
The Zeigarnik Effect On Mind And Perception – Have You Ever Noticed? A Cognitive Bias – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-16T06:52:04-04:00April 16th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Cognitive Bias, Psychology of Scams, Scam Victim Recovery, Victim Psychology, Zeigarnik Effect| Read More 1
Entitlement Mentality And How Scam Victims Often Lose Their Path To Recovery – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-14T04:06:15-04:00April 14th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Cognitive Biases, Entitlement, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Victim Mentality| Read More 2
Understanding Psychological Trauma: Insights For Scam Victims From Carl Jung – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-14T02:31:26-04:00April 14th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Archetypal Dynamics, Carl Jung, Psychological Trauma, Scam Victims, Trauma| Read More 0
Mindfulness Breathing For Scam Victims Recovery 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-07T19:49:10-04:00April 7th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Mindfulness Breathing, Scam Victim Recovery| Read More 2
‘I Just Want To Forget It’ – Denial & Avoidance Are Natural But Will Not Help Scam Victims On Their Path To Recovery From Scams – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-05T01:47:39-04:00April 5th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Avoidance, Denial, I Just Want To Forget, Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 3
Susceptibility To Deception/Scams/Fraud With Victims Who Also Suffer From Mental Disorders – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-04-04T11:58:48-04:00April 4th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Deception, Fraud, Mental Disorders, Scam Victims, Scams, Susceptibility| Read More 2
Scam Victims Avoid Or Escape The Aftermath Of Scams – How Denial And Distraction Avoid Confronting Reality – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-31T05:06:56-04:00March 30th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Avoidance, Denial, Distraction, Escape, Scam Victims, Trauma, Victim Recovery| Read More 2
Comparisons – The Dangers Of Scam Victims Comparing Their Suffering To Others – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-29T23:04:30-04:00March 29th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Camparing, Comparisons, Negative Coping Mechanisms, Recovery Psychology, Resentment, Scam Victims, Victim Recovery| Read More 5
Scam Victims And The 9 Circles Of Hell After The Scam Ends – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-28T15:53:33-04:00March 28th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: 9 Circles of Hell, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 3
Transference And Emotional Danger After The Scam – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-29T23:44:01-04:00March 28th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, VIDEO / AUDIO|Tags: Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Transference, Video| Read More 2
Helping Scam Victims Understand The Social Isolation Risks After A Relationship Scam – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-29T23:45:36-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Social Isolation| Read More 3
Substance Abuse Susceptibility And Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-30T22:28:14-05:00March 24th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • SCAM VICTIM HEALTH, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Use, Scam Victims, Substance Abuse, Trauma| Read More 2
‘Mental Defeat’ – The Unique Condition Of Giving Up – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-24T07:51:33-04:00March 24th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Freeze Response, Mental Defeat, Psychological Shock, Recovery Psychology, Relationship Scams, Resilience, Scam Victims| Read More 2
Having An Identity Crisis Because Of The Scam And Loss – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-13T10:15:29-04:00March 18th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Existential Crisis, Identity Crisis, Loss, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Self-Worth| Read More 5
The Butterfly Effect And Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-17T04:20:23-04:00March 17th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Butterfly Effect, Psychology of Scams, Relationship Scams, Scam Victims, Victim Recovery| Read More 2
Nightmares, Night Terrors, And Scam Victim Trauma – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-16T07:06:15-04:00March 16th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Night Terrors, Nightmares, PTSD, Scam Victims, Victim Trauma| Read More 2
EMDR Therapy For Scam Victims’ Trauma – A Part Of The Recovery Process For Many – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-15T00:00:26-04:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, Additional Authors, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, PTSD, Scam Victims, Therapy, Trauma, Traumatized Scam Vctims| Read More 2
CPT – Cognitive Processing Therapy For Scam Victims’ Trauma – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-14T14:23:02-04:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, Additional Authors, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Cognitive Processing Therapy, CPT, PTSD, Scam Victims, Therapy, Trauma, Traumatized Scam Vctims| Read More 1
The Unique Injury Of Betrayal Trauma On Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-09T15:35:43-05:00March 9th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Betrayal Trauma, Relationship Scams, Romance Scam, Scam Victims, Victim Trauma| Read More 4
Trauma And Grief In Scam Victims – What Is The Difference Between Them – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-03-06T21:35:56-05:00March 6th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Recovery Process, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Victim Grief, Victim Recovery, Victim Trauma| Read More 2