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 traveling to Thailand for an ...

A Pig in a butcher's outfit, intensely typing on a computer. Today is Halloween, a time for ghouls, goblins and harmless pranks. But in the digital landscape, there’s a new trick with devastating ...

Federal regulators have identified two behavioral red flags that show up in virtually every “pig butchering” scam: the person ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scam called “pig butchering” gaining steam as a potent threat to Canadians almost tricked this reporter. I received a message on ...

March 24, 2026 - "Pig butchering" schemes, once considered a niche type of consumer fraud predominantly occurring overseas, have become a source of legal exposure for U.S. financial institutions that ...

With Erin West, former prosecutor (26+ years) and founder of Operation Shamrock, one of the leading global initiatives fighting pig butchering scams and the organized crime networks behind them. Pig ...

I’ve talked to lots of pig-butchering victims. One guy called my national radio show because a woman DMed him on Facebook about a crypto investment. He gave her money and did not want to believe me ...

A report by Chainalysis released Thursday estimated that cryptocurrency scams amounted to $9.9 billion in 2024, with that figure likely to be revised higher. Revenue from "pig butchering," a type of ...

There is no silver lining for a victim who suffers a financial fraud attack, but federal tax law may provide a degree of relief. Financial fraud is a serious concern for all businesses and individuals ...