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A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as killing pig game) [1] is a type of long-term scam, which usually but not always combines the various forms of romance scams and investment frauds, in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent ...
During HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver on Sunday, February 26, host Oliver, 46, took aim at the Vanderpump Rules star, 41, during a discussion about the concept of “pig butchering ...
Prosecutors said they were unable to recover the $170,000 the San José man lost in the scam, but they aim to bring a measure of justice to the victim by prosecuting the two suspects.
The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million — which he sent to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had ...
Here's how “pig butchering” scams work: you meet someone online or via text. Sometimes, scammers "accidentally" text the wrong number and then try to initiate a conversation.
Yeah, seems like it's used both specifically as a narrow classification of scam (e.g. "I run the pig butchering scam, we all run the pig butchering scam") and as a sort of umbrella term referring to multiple scams (e.g. "I run a pig butchering scam, we all run pig butchering scams"). Some examples from the article:
The State Theatre Center for the Arts has been known to have very popular entertainers and productions hosted throughout the past 90 years. The most notable names are jazz musicians Paul Whiteman and Glen Gray, The Dorsey Brothers, popular musicians Johnny Cash, Slim Whitman, Waylon Jennings, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, Chubby Checker and the Statler Brothers.
She promised huge returns. He sold property and liquidated his 401(k), sending the woman more than $500,000 — his life savings. An account on a website appeared to show his holdings.