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 ...

Authorities are launching strike forces, freezing funds and sanctioning facilitators as pig-butchering victims face double ...

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U.S. federal agencies are establishing a Scam Center Strike Force to counter the industrial-scale efforts to swindle money ...

When we knifed this honker sow in the South Carolina marshes, it was hot enough for short pants and an after-hunt swim. It was critical to break down the beast and get the meat cooled in short order.

Pig-butchering scams have evolved from consumer fraud into a national security concern, with crime rings targeting victims globally.

Don't trust that unexpected text or direct message from a stranger -- it might be the first step in a "pig butchering" scam. So named in reference to the practice of fattening a pig before slaughter, ...

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 ...

With the mercury dipping down to 18 degrees in this spring weather, sister Emma and her husband Jacob decided to take advantage of this late cold snap and do their hog butchering. We went to help them ...

Federal authorities say they have dismantled one of the largest crypto fraud operations in history, seizing roughly $15 ...

— -- PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Yoenis Cespedes' prize pig is headed to the butcher. The New York Mets sent a semi-official statement Wednesday announcing the 270-pound grand-champion hog, purchased ...