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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 ...
He called the Santa Clara County district attorney's office, which led to criminal charges against two Southern California residents accused of helping run a "pig butchering" scam — a scheme ...
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 ...
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 ...
Last Week Tonight has a YouTube channel where video segments of the show are added after the show has aired. [47] Prior to Season 11, the main segment from each episode was posted on Monday, the day following the original Sunday airings on HBO. Beginning with Season 11, the main segment has been uploaded on the Thursday following the original ...
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:
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.
In mid-2017, Kitboga found out that his grandmother had fallen victim to many scams designed to prey on the elderly, both online and in person. [4] He then discovered "Lenny", a loop of vague pre-recorded messages that scam baiters play during calls to convince the scammer that there is a real person on the phone without providing any useful information to the scammer.