When the victim attempts to withdraw their supposed profits, they are met with excuses, demands for exorbitant fees or taxes, or are simply ghosted. The website disappears, and the scammer cuts off ...

The Pig Butchering Scam is a new and rapidly growing dangerous online scam that mainly targets people using investment schemes and trust. This scam is named Pig Butchering because in this the scammers ...

Pig butchering scams have emerged as one of the most pervasive threats to cryptocurrency investors, with losses in the billions of dollars across 200,000 identified cases in 2024, according to a ...

At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into travelling to Thailand for an ...

(NewsNation) — It’s a graphic, gruesome term for what has become a worldwide scam responsible for stealing an estimated $75 billion from people worldwide: Pig butchering, so named for the practice of ...

POCAHONTAS, Ark. (KAIT) - A tradition that goes back decades. The Annual Old Fashioned Hog Butchering, hosted by the Eddie Mae Herron Museum in Pocahontas on Saturday, Feb 15. The event is chance for ...

Q: I’m trying to protect my parents from scammers. What are some scams targeting older people? A: Older adults are often a prime target for scammers, and it’s not just by chance. They tend to have ...

Meta has removed over two million accounts involved in 'pig butchering' scams, which are fraudulent schemes where scammers ...