Theory of Capabilities and Scam Victims – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-01-05T16:58:57-05:00January 5th, 2025|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Theory| Read More 0
Advocates, Saviors, and Haters – Oh My – How People Respond Rightly or Wrongly to Injustice – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-01-04T16:07:30-05:00January 4th, 2025|Categories: • ADVOCACY / POLICY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, • SOCIOLOGY / POLITICAL SCIENCE, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Advocates, Bystanders, Complainers, Haters, Injustice, Psychology, Ragers, Saviors| Read More 2
New Year’s Eve Can Be a Difficult Time for Scam Victims – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-01-01T04:14:38-05:00January 1st, 2025|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Hope, New Years, Psychology, Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Awakening from the Dream of Thought for Scam Victims – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-22T16:51:47-05:00December 22nd, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2024, ARTICLE|Tags: Awakening, Philosophy of Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Suffering| Read More 0
Faith – What Is It and Why Does It Matter to Scam Victim? – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-22T07:42:24-05:00December 22nd, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2024, ARTICLE|Tags: Belief, Faith, Philosophy of Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery| Read More 0
Poiesis – The Philosophy of Building a New Life After the Scam for Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-22T15:59:05-05:00December 22nd, 2024|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Finding Purpose, Poiesis, Scam Victim Identity, Scam Victim Recovery, Transformation| Read More 0
Dark Tetrad Personality Types (Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Sadism) and Scams, Fraud, and Cybercrime – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-19T15:07:54-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, MYANMAR, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Dark Tetrad Personalities, Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Personality Types, Psychology of Scams, Psychopathy, Sadism| Read More 1
SCARS Institute 2025 Perspective on Volunteering to Help Scam Victims SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-19T06:25:11-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: • ADVOCACY / POLICY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: 'Ethics, Recovery, Responsibility, Vicarious Trauma, Volunteer, Volunteering| Read More 2
Conflict Avoidance and Its Role in Scam Victims: Before, During, and After the Scam – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-17T15:34:50-05:00December 17th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, MYANMAR, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Conflict Avoidance, Personality Types, Psychology of Scams, Relationship Scams, Scam Victims, Scammers| Read More 1
Applying Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson to the Scam Victim’s Journey Through Recovery – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-15T23:48:51-05:00December 15th, 2024|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Beyond Order, Jordan Peterson, Philosophy of Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 1
Scam Victims and Relevance of Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Interactions with the Past – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-15T16:27:58-05:00December 15th, 2024|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Nietzsche’s Philosophy, Past, Philosophy of Recovery, Ressentiment, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Übermensch| Read More 0
The Importance of Goal Setting for Scam Victims in Recovery – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-15T05:06:06-05:00December 15th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Goal Setting, Goals, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 1
Three Pillars of Happiness for Scam Victims-Survivors – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-15T21:28:45-05:00December 13th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2024, ARTICLE, Reuters|Tags: Happiness, Moderation, Philosophy of Recovery, Scam Survivors, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Virtue| Read More 1
Frequent Apologizing and Scam Victims – A Sign of Unresolved Trauma – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-11T19:19:41-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Apologizing, Fawn Response, Please and Appease, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Trauma Responses, Unresolved Trauma| Read More 0
Reflective Questioning to Help Scam Victims Transform Judgmentalism into a Safer Conversation – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-10T16:22:51-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Conflict, Judgmentalism, Reflective Questioning, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Sharing Your Story, Talking About the Scam| Read More 0
The Feeling of Defectiveness in Scam Victims – A Barrier to Recovery – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-10T02:34:58-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, U.S. Federal Trade Commission|Tags: Defectiveness, Psychological Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Shame, Unworthy, Worthiness| Read More 1
Knowledge Paralysis – Learning the Name of a Disorder or Condition Can Cause Scam Victim Recovery to Stop – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-12-05T21:30:05-05:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Analysis Paralysis, Knowledge Paralysis, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Mind Bugs and Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-30T12:43:47-05:00November 30th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Beliefs, Cognitive Biases, Logical Fallacies, Mind Bugs, Psychological Schemas, Psychology, Scam Victims, Vulnerabilities, Vulnerable| Read More 2
The Hoax of the Fake Restaurant that Never Was – Psychology Leads Us to Participate When We Should Not! – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-30T16:33:04-05:00November 29th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, UK|Tags: Fake Restaurant, Fake Reviews, Fraud, Hoax, London, Scam, TripAdvisor, UK| Read More 0
Hell Yes! Cursing Like a Pirate Can Help Scam Victims Recovery from the Trauma of Scams – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-27T11:05:12-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Cursing Like a Pirate, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Trauma| Read More 0
Thanksgiving and its Meaning for Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-28T08:33:15-05:00November 25th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2024, ARTICLE, Debby Montgomery Johnson, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Gratitude, Holidays, Scam Victims, Thanksgiving| Read More 1
Never Forget the Past – But Lose the Emotional Attachment to It! Avoid Toxic Positivity – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-22T18:14:33-05:00November 22nd, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Past, Recovery, Scam Victims, Toxic Positivity, Trauma| Read More 0
Scam Victims and the In-between Place of Liminality While Struggling for Recovery – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-19T03:38:12-05:00November 19th, 2024|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Limen, Liminality, Philosophy of Recovery, Purgatory, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Twilight Zone| Read More 0
Continuing Communicating with the Scammers Part 2 – Stop That! – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-16T06:32:08-05:00November 16th, 2024|Categories: • DO IT YOURSELF RECOVERY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM'S STORY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Baiting, End Game Scams, Scam Baiting, Scam Victims, Scammers, Scams| Read More 0
Continuing Communicating with the Scammers Part 1 – Why Would Scam Victims Do That? – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-16T06:33:42-05:00November 16th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • DO IT YOURSELF RECOVERY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • VICTIM'S STORY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Baiting, End Game Scams, Scam Baiting, Scam Victims, Scammers, Scams| Read More 0
Limit Situations and their Effect on Scam Victims-Survivors – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-14T05:18:05-05:00November 14th, 2024|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Limit Situations, Philosophy of Recovery, Psychology, Scam Survivors, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
The Overoptimism of Gen Z Youth Almost Assures More Scams – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-13T03:09:03-05:00November 13th, 2024|Categories: • VICTIMOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • ONLINE SAFETY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Fraud, Gen Z, Millennials, Online Safety, Overconfidence, Overoptimism, Scams| Read More 0
Ask Yourself Why? Would the United States Allow Scams? 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-10T23:16:47-05:00November 10th, 2024|Categories: • ADVOCACY / POLICY, 2024, EDITORIAL / COMMENTARY, Tim McGuinness PhD, USA|Tags: Government Policy, President Biden, Scams, United States| Read More 0
Perfectionism Can Destroy a Scam Victim’s Recovery – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-10T06:17:57-05:00November 10th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Perfectionism, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Quick Guide to Scam Victims’ Grief – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-08T16:08:56-05:00November 8th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Grief, Psychology, Relationship Scams, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Trauma| Read More 0
A New Requirement in the UK’s Fight Against Fraud: Criminal Charges for the Failure to Prevent Fraud – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-06T12:39:56-05:00November 6th, 2024|Categories: • GOVERNMENT / REGULATORY, 2024, ARTICLE, SCARS Institute Editorial Team, Tim McGuinness PhD, UK|Tags: Failure to Prevent Fraud| Read More 0
The Bouba-Kiki Effect and the Psychology of Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-11-06T00:41:20-05:00November 6th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Cognitive Biases, Perceptions, Psychology of Scams, Scam Psychology, Scam Victim Vulnerability, Scam Victims, Scammer Lures| Read More 2
A Compassionate Perspective on Justice – a SCARS Institute Editorial – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-30T19:54:26-04:00October 30th, 2024|Categories: • CRIMINAL JUSTICE, • ADVOCACY / POLICY, • CRIMES & CRIMINALS, • CRIMINOLOGY, 2024, EDITORIAL / COMMENTARY, GHANA, NIGERIA, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Justice| Read More 0
Chatbots ARE a Relationship Scam – Chatbot Part 5 – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-30T17:23:05-04:00October 30th, 2024|Categories: • ADVOCACY / POLICY, • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AI, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIMOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbot, Deception, Neurological, Psychological, Romance Scam| Read More 0
The Case Against Character.AI Chatbot and the Terrible Death of a 14 year old Boy – Chatbots Part 4 – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-30T17:19:21-04:00October 30th, 2024|Categories: • ADVOCACY / POLICY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM'S STORY, • VICTIMOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE, DOCUMENT / PDF, Tim McGuinness PhD, USA|Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Character.AI, Chatbot, Google, Law Suit| Read More 0
The Battle for the AI Future Has Begun! It Starts with Chatbots – Part 3 – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-30T17:20:39-04:00October 29th, 2024|Categories: • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AI, • ADVOCACY / POLICY, 2024, EDITORIAL / COMMENTARY, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Editorial, Psychological Dangers, Victim Psychology| Read More 0
Symbols in Our Minds – Icons, Symbols, and Logos Trigger Automatic Responses in Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-28T17:42:11-04:00October 28th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Icons, Logos, Manipulation, Psychology of Scams, Scammers, Signs, Symbols| Read More 0
For Family & Friends of Scam Victims: Unintentional Toxic Comments to Avoid – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-28T12:28:29-04:00October 28th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2024, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Family and Friends, Scam Victims, Toxic Comments| Read More 2
FTC’s New Regulation Against Fake Reviews Take Effect – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-27T20:53:00-04:00October 27th, 2024|Categories: • GOVERNMENT / REGULATORY, 2024, NEWS, SCARS Institute Editorial Team, Tim McGuinness PhD, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, USA|Tags: Fake Reviews, Federal Trade Commission, Government Regulation, United States, USA| Read More 0
For Advocates: Using Forthright Confrontation to Support Scam Victims – 2024 SCARS Editorial Team2024-10-30T00:57:37-04:00October 26th, 2024|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, ARTICLE|Tags: Advocace, Forthright Confrontation| Read More 0
