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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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The 4-month-old pigs, named after the good and wicked witches in the musical “ Wicked,” will live out their expected 12 to 15 years at an animal sanctuary south of Miami. Glinda and Elphaba didn't seem too interested in the ceremony or the crowd surrounding their makeshift pen outside the Latin Cafe 2000, the restaurant that created and ...