b9_1155what is pig butchering?
a long-con investment scam built on a fake friendship or romance.
the scammer builds trust for weeks, shows fake profits on a fake platform, then blocks withdrawals until more money is paid. the balance was never real.
related words
- sweeper an automated script that moves funds out of a compromised wallet the moment they arrive.
- recovery scam a second scam aimed at victims, offering to get lost crypto back for a fee.
- address poisoning sending tiny or zero-value transfers from a look-alike address so the victim later copies the wrong address from their history.
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