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 ...

Chainalysis warns pig-butchering crypto scams are escalating, posing national security risks and prompting global law enforcement action.

Joe Novak was conned out of $280,000 by a stranger through a pig butchering scam. He shares his tips for avoiding similar ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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

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Police said the victim received a Facebook friend request on November 5, from a profile named Amrutha Chowdary, who claimed ...

Pig-butchering crypto scams now drive global crime using trafficking and blockchain, posing a national security threat.

(NewsNation) — The Department of Justice says it has seized the most money it’s ever recovered in one action in targeting the founder of a Cambodian conglomerate accused in a massive cryptocurrency ...

Pig butchering, a form of romance fraud in which victims are groomed into sending money to fake crypto investment schemes, has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, according to blockchain ...