Woman Loses $3,000,000 in Crypto Pig Butchering Scam After Fake Platform Showed 80% Profits: Report
A Maryland woman reportedly lost millions of dollars after falling prey to a growing cryptocurrency scheme largely perpetrated by scammers in Southeast Asia.
CBS News reports that the victim was initially contacted by the female scammer through a Korean messaging app.
After spending several weeks gaining trust, the fraudster slowly asked for money, supposedly to invest in crypto for her, and showed an investment portfolio that looked real.
“I put in over $3 million into this, and it showed that I was making almost maybe like 80% profit.
When she got a lot more of my trust, more money would be poured in. Unless you know what you’re doing, you’re not going to be able to tell—especially if you’ve never done crypto…
