Pig butchering scams—which involve building an intimate relationship, establishing trust, and manipulating the victim into ...

At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into travelling to Thailand for an ...

This type of scam began attracting attention in China around 2019 and is typically carried out by Chinese organized crime groups. At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking ...

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 are getting more sophisticated — and more costly — by the day. One report found criminals have swindled an estimated $75 billion from victims. And just recently, a criminal ...

The ring allegedly had operations in Brooklyn and Cambodia and operated a phone farm with 76,000 social media accounts.

In recent years, a new type of scam has been targeting cryptocurrency users called the “pig-butchering scam.” Has anyone been really interested in getting to know you via dating apps or any of your ...

Pig butchering scams have emerged as one of the most pervasive threats to cryptocurrency investors, with losses in the billions of dollars across 200,000 identified cases in 2024, according to a ...

Some major tech companies including Meta are taking steps to combat “pig butchering” scams, which trick Americans out of billions of dollars each year through fake online friendships and romances. Pig ...

This week, U.S. authorities took coordinated action against Cambodian multinational conglomerate Prince Holding Group and its ...

As digital scamming explodes in Southeast Asia, including so called “pig butchering” investment scams, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued a comprehensive report this week with ...