ScamVictimsAdvocates.org Articles & Content

September 2025

Really Listening to Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-09-06T03:42:21-04:00September 6th, 2025|Categories: ABOUT ADVOCATES, 2025, ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, METHODOLOGIES, ScamsNOW.com, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS, Supporting Scam Victims|

Why Separate Support Groups for Women and Men Can Improve Outcomes for Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-09-05T21:09:12-04:00September 5th, 2025|Categories: ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, 2025, ARTICLE, BEST PRACTICES, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, NEGATIVE ADVOCACY, Original, Support Groups & Communities, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS|Tags: Support Groups|

Not Everyone Can Be an Advocate or Facilitator in a Support Group – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-09-04T17:28:45-04:00September 4th, 2025|Categories: ABOUT ADVOCATES, 2025, ADVOCATE MOTIVATION, ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, Being a Volunteer Advocate, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, NEGATIVE ADVOCACY, Original, Support Groups & Communities, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS, What it Takes to be an Advocate|Tags: Advocacy, Advocates, Providing Support, Scam Victim Advocacy, Scam Victim Advocates|

Co-Dependency and Scam Survivor Groups – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-09-04T01:01:57-04:00September 4th, 2025|Categories: ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, Being a Volunteer Advocate, BEST PRACTICES, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, ETHICAL STANDARDS, Original, Support Groups & Communities, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS, Supporting Scam Victims|Tags: Support Groups|

Imperfect Advocacy – Good Advocates are Not Perfect – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-09-02T18:59:01-04:00September 2nd, 2025|Categories: ABOUT ADVOCATES, 2025, Advocate Ethics, ADVOCATE MOTIVATION, ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, Being a Volunteer Advocate, BEST PRACTICES, ETHICAL STANDARDS, ScamsNOW.com, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS, Supporting Scam Victims|Tags: Advocacy, Perfection|

The Advocates’ Burden: Advocacy Bias, Emotion, and the Shadow of Vicarious Trauma – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-09-02T18:46:52-04:00September 2nd, 2025|Categories: ABOUT ADVOCATES, 2025, Advocate Ethics, ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, BEST PRACTICES, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, ETHICAL STANDARDS, Original, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS, Supporting Scam Victims|Tags: Advocacy, Advocates, Bias, Projection, Vicarious Trauma|

June 2025

How to Talk About Scams with the General Public – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-06-29T21:03:28-04:00June 29th, 2025|Categories: ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, 2025, ARTICLE, BEST PRACTICES, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, METHODOLOGIES, RomanceScamsNOW.com, What it Takes to be an Advocate|Tags: Talk About Scams|

Advocates Need to Be Sure They are Helping for the Right Reasons – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-06-10T06:33:22-04:00June 10th, 2025|Categories: ABOUT ADVOCATES, 2025, Advocate Ethics, ADVOCATE MOTIVATION, ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, BEST PRACTICES, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, ETHICAL STANDARDS, NEGATIVE ADVOCACY, Original, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS, Supporting Scam Victims, What it Takes to be an Advocate|Tags: Messiah Complex, Savior Syndrome, Saviorism, Saviors, Scam Victim Advocacy, Scam Victim Advocates|

May 2025

Gresham’s Law – How Bad Forces Out Good – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-05-20T17:46:56-04:00May 20th, 2025|Categories: ABOUT ADVOCATES, 2025, Advocate Ethics, ADVOCATE MOTIVATION, ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, Being a Volunteer Advocate, Crime Victim Advocate Professionalism, ETHICAL STANDARDS, NEGATIVE ADVOCACY, Original, Supporting Scam Victims|Tags: Advocates, Bad Advocates, Crime Victims, Gresham’s Law, Support|

April 2025

Volunteering to Help Others – Psychological and Emotional Benefits and Negatives – 2025

SCARS Institute Team2025-04-07T22:57:12-04:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: ABOUT ADVOCATES, 2025, ADVOCATE PREPARATION & TRAINING, ARTICLE, Being a Volunteer Advocate, Original, SUPPORTING SCAM VICTIMS, Supporting Scam Victims|Tags: Helping Others, Support, Supporting, Volunteer, Volunteering|