Maryland woman loses millions in crypto “pig butchering” scam as FBI warns of more targets
Baltimore’s FBI field office is warning about a growing cryptocurrency scam that is costing some victims their life savings.
The scammers, frequently based in Southeast Asia, slowly gain the trust of their targets and then convince them to give money to buy cryptocurrency.
Millions lost
A Maryland woman said she lost millions of dollars.
She told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren she is embarrassed about the ordeal but wanted to tell her story to protect others.
“I put in over $3 million into this, and it showed that I was making almost maybe like 80% profit,” the victim said.
WJZ disguised her voice, and we are protecting her identity at her request.
“I never thought I would actually fall into something this crazy. I was…
