is one of hundreds — if not thousands — of Californians victimized by a long con referred to as “pig butchering,” in which networks of scammers spend weeks and months posing as prospective ...

Philippines company allegedly run by Chinese national has form running scams The US Treasury has sanctioned a Philippine ...

As long as the money keeps coming in, pig butchering will keep spreading around the world. “Fraud is not being seen as a serious crime—not like drugs, not like terrorism,” Humanity Research ...

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning of a massive cybercrime operation powering ...

They are called pig-butchering scams because the swindlers ... But it didn’t take long for her to realize the problem had ...

The ‘confidence’ game is played over a long stretch of time, leading to larger and larger ‘investments’ in crypto by the victim. Eventually, it leads to the scammers vanishing with all ...

Social Security Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony Monaco said long-con scams are “particularly heinous,” adding, “Other agencies refer to these scams as ‘pig butchering ...

Last year, the FBI estimates, pig butchering scams stole nearly $4 billion ... telling him the money didn’t matter as long as they loved each other. After Dennis took his life, his adult ...