About

SCARS Institute of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. a Worldwide Nonprofit Cybercrime Victims’ Assistance, Support, and Advocacy Organization focused on the support of relationship scam victims worldwide; and the detection, deterrence, and eventual elimination of global online scams in all its forms.

SCARS stands for the ‘Scientific Center for the Analysis and Research into Scams’ studying Victimology and Criminology. We are an organization dedicated to fully understanding the scam victimization process and the victim’s experience.

Our principal goal is to assist traumatized scam victims and aid in their recovery and avoidance of future victimization and educate the public about socially engineered cyber-enabled crimes in all of their forms to prevent further cybercrime.

The Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. was founded in 2015 by an international team of dedicated professionals and is led today by an extraordinary group of leaders who know firsthand the devastating effects that scams can inflict on victims. SCARS is here to help victims become survivors!