Undue Influence Models - SCAM

SCAM (by Susan Bernatz, PhD)

SCAM was created to combine the issues of victim susceptibility, social influence conditions, and "active procurement" by the perpetrator. The elements are:    

1. Susceptibility of the victim

2. Confidential and trusting relationship between the victim and perpetrator

3. Active procurement of the legal and financial transactions by the perpetrator

4. Monetary loss of the victim  

Who is susceptible to undue influence?  (The answers may surprise you.) 

Other methods of assessing undue influence: 

Cult model 

IDEAL 

SODR 

Undue Influence Wheel 

Elder Abuse, Financial Loss, and Undue Influence: FAQs. 

Download articles and the "Undue Influence Worksheet" by Dr. Blum.