Welcome to the SCARS Institute FREE Course

Breaking Free: Overcoming Online Scams and Addictive Behaviors

A Self-Paced Written Course for Online Scam Victims

Welcome to this FREE Course

If you’ve been scammed online—whether through romance, financial ploys, or phishing—you’re not alone. Scammers exploit our trust and digital habits, leaving us vulnerable to addictive behaviors like constant checking or chasing false hope. This course provides insights into evil’s deception and offers a path to reclaim control.

This is a ONE-WEEK COURSE (plus a quiz.) Each day includes lessons, reading, reflections, and actions. Grab a notebook, and let’s begin.

But first, you must register for our course.

Once you are registered you will be able to begin immediately. The access information is in the confirmation.

REGISTER FOR THE FREE COURSE HERE

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Welcome New Student

New classes start each week. So you will first receive your confirmation email, followed a few days later with your course start information.

Name(Required)
Company, Institution, government agency, or group
We are required by U.S. Law COPPA to confirm that you are an adult. Please enter your date of birth.
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Your Location(Required)
Are You?(Required)
Are You a Member of a SCARS Group on Social Media?(Required)
Weeks, Months, or Years. Example: 10 weeks -- Enter 'None' if you have not been scammed. PUT 0 or NONE IF DOES NOT APPLY
Please enter a number from 0 to 100.
You can share information about your scam, of what you hope to do after taking the course, or anything you want SCARS to know?

Social Media

We need this to confirm your identity and spot scammers or fakes, AND that you have a Facebook Account. If you do not know how to find this link, go to your PROFILE SETTINGS - you should see your profile link on that FB page. If you are on your App and see your HOME - click on the Profile Photo, then the THREE DOTS, then at the bottom of the Profile Setting page will be your Link! If using a browser, you will find your profile link in the address bar/field.
We need this to confirm your identity and spot scammers or fakes, AND that you have a LinkedIn Account. You can get your profile link from your LinkedIn profile.

SCARS Institute Course Access

This will allow you to access student content -- an emails will be sent to you confirming your registration for our class, Please note that SCARS DOES NOT SHARE ANY INFORMATION WITH MARKETERS.

Confirm and Consent

Consent For SCARS Victim Services(Required)

AFTER YOU PRESS THE ‘SUBMIT’ BUTTON — IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE CONFIRMATION MESSAGE IT MEANS SOMETHING IS WRONG IN THE FORM – SCROLL UP AND REVIEW