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You Won’t Believe the Absolute Brain-Deadness of People Who Just Lost $5 Million to a Pig Butchering Crypto Scam

A pig in a tuxedo stands on its hind legs, holding a briefcase filled with $5 million worth of tether cryptocurrencies, while a broken heart lies nearby amidst scattered dollar bills and shattered glass.

You’d think that by now, people would’ve learned not to fall for those sappy romance scams where some smooth-talking crypto ‘expert’ woos them into investing in fake platforms with promises of easy riches. But nope! The FBI just recovered $5 million from one such scam and I’m sure there are plenty more out there waiting to be drained dry by these scammers. It’s like they say: if it sounds too good (or romantic) to be true, it probably is.

Source: bitcoin.com

Authorities in North Carolina have seized nearly $5 million in cryptocurrency linked to an investment fraud scheme. The scheme, known as “pig butchering,” involved criminals creating fake romantic relationships to deceive victims into investing in fraudulent cryptocurrency platforms. Victims lost their life savings, with one losing an entire retirement account. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced on Thursday the seizure of nearly $5 million […]

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