Scammers have deployed several models to defraud victims with schemes like pig butchering gaining popularity among bad actors. Pig butchering is a confidence scam that involves luring people to send huge amounts of money, mostly through crypto to scammers.
Pig butchering is not the regular internet scamming method as it mostly involves conscious communication over time. Perpetrators build trust before the victim is exploited. The name is derived from this process as a pig (the victim) is fattened up (communication) before leading it to the butcher (scam).
Pig butchering scams are popular in South East Asia with perpetrators also victims of wider crime gangs. Most times, the scammers are lured abroad for work or other reasons and kidnapped and threatened to carry out the scam.
Models Deployed By Bad Actors
Scammers use various strategies including romance talk, and crypto investment models to sway victims to send money. A popular example of pig butchering is this sequence. The sca
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