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 ...

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

The multibillion-dollar scam known as “pig-butchering,” once treated as a consumer-fraud issue, has crossed a new threshold, ...

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

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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 ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — FBI Norfolk is putting out the warning about a scam called called “pig butchering.” It has to do with scammers first building trust with a victim and using that trust to clean ...

“Pig butchering” schemes are on the rise, which refers to a type of online investment fraud. How this scheme works is a victim is lured into making increasingly large deposits, that are often in ...

Last year, the government recorded $4.57 billion in losses from investment fraud, but this figure is likely an underestimate. Crypto fraudsters are abandoning complicated Ponzi schemes in favor of ...

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

Can you lose hundreds of thousands of dollars just by answering what looks like a wrong number text? You certainly can. It ...