What is 'pig-butchering'? Scam trend costs Americans millions

A massive bust in New York is making national headlines this month. Prosecutors in Brooklyn seized nearly two dozen web domains associated with a scheme known as "pig butchering." But what is "pig butchering?" In short, it's when scammers strike up online conversations with unsuspecting victims, gain their trust, and then manipulate them into making bogus cryptocurrency investments.

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