‘Pig butchering’ crypto scam: Americans taking their lives after losing savings to international criminal gangs | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/17/asia/pig-butchering-scam-southeast-asia-dst-intl-hnk/index.html
@guinnessphil Phil, thanks for sharing. Deeply and horrifyingly disturbing.
Money Quote: “I realized I had been scammed at that point. And I broke down,” Carina says. “It was all fake. It was a fake profile. It was a fake story. The amount of time that he spent grooming and getting to know me was incessant.”
We will all need to brush up on this event as more and more people realize how far they have fallen for the scam.
@guinnessphil Second Money Quote:
“Pachara Naripthaphan of the Thai National Broadcasting Transmissions Commission has since told CNN that in May they instructed all telecom operators to shut off wireless services in proximity to any areas bordering Myanmar, Laos or Cambodia. Despite that, their data shows that illicit activity has continued at a baseline level as criminals adjust to using other means of connecting to the internet such as Starlink.”
Thanks, Elon.