Alert Mode Scam Pig Butchering Scam, from Ask Treasure to Ask for Empathy
KOMPAS.COM – People who invest cryptocurrency or money crypto, need to be more vigilant. The reason is, recently appeared the mode scam with the Pig Butchering scheme targeting crypto investors.
Literally Pig Butchering can be interpreted as cut pig. This method comes from the breeders term fattening the pigs before slaughter.
The perpetrator of a scam or fraud seems to be fattening a pig aka a victim with the lure of profit. After getting profit and sacrifice lulled, the perpetrator then slaughters by draining the property victim.
This Pig Butchering scam scheme also gets the spotlight from the Bureau United States Federal Investigations (FBI).
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HAPPENED IN INDONESIA
Fraud mode with the Pig Butchering scheme also occurs in Indonesia. One of the victims was AA (pseudonym) who lost up to Rp 550 million because of this scam . The story of AA who lost up to Rp. 500s million can be seen in the following article.
AA told the incident that he experienced to KompasTekno. The perpetrator This scam is targeting AA via Instagrams platform .
The perpetrators of the fraud allegedly came from Korea. AA and people Korea often exchanges information about daily activities, business being worked on, and other information that is often a topic discussion when meeting new people.
AA also shared that these Koreans also share sad stories with him. Then, at one point, the Korean said his success from crypto investing.
Long story short, AA registered an account on a fraudulent investment platform that given by the perpetrator. He also put in an investment of 200 US dollars for the first time.
Starting from an investment of 200 US dollars, AA was tempted to invest even more money. Even willing pawned his car, sold his jewelry, even went into debt to people and lost up to IDR 550 million.
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