Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, phone scams that target psychologists in Psychology Today. “Scammers induce an emotional reaction, often fear, from victims,” Wood writes. For example, when targeting psychologists, scammers often fraudulently threaten to revoke practitioners’ professional licenses as a penalty for missing a client-related court appearance. Wood adds: “Even though these tactics are not new, the fact that psychologists are being successfully targeted raises concern that anyone can be susceptible to scams, even highly-educated professionals.”