12 Step Program for Victims of Fraud
The following excellent advice for victims of a scam can be found at Fraud Aid. It is modeled on the popular 12 Step Program. For a more comprehensive version click here. Handling the aftermath of fraud. 12 steps to getting your life back on track.
1. Put the blame where it belongs – on the person who conned you.
2. Don’t beat yourself up.
3. Do not allow yourself to be casually judged.
4. Give yourself time to grieve.
5. Remember this at all times: you are the victim.
6. Get on with your life!
7. Find someone to talk to who has no ax to grind.
8. There is no such thing as a little con.
9. Don’t rack your brain trying to figure out why your “friend” did this to you.
10. Never live in the past.
11. Time takes time.
12. Learn to laugh again, with yourself but not at yourself!