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I think at this point pig butchering is so famous that if you fall for it you'd fall for any scam.
by guappa 2y ago
I think at this point pig butchering is so famous that if you fall for it you'd fall for any scam.
- bell-cot 2y agoIf only that was true. In reality, outside of the more online-fraud-savvy demographics...
- Lanolderen 2y agoGetting scammed on Runescape should be part of the school curriculum.
- ConfusedDog 2y agoI was scammed out of about $4 when I was kid playing Ragnarök Online. Taught me zero trust. In hindsight, it's a cheap but effective learning experience... well, until I met my now ex-wife.
- rambambram 2y agoAt least know that I have trust in your humor and sense of smiling in the face of adversity.
- mesofile 2y agoMany years ago when advance-fee email scams [0] became common I was likewise amazed that anyone would fall for them. Then it was pointed out that the seemingly obvious warning signs were a feature and not a bug, they are there to filter out everyone with a minimum of common sense and ensure that the scammers, who are casting their nets wide, only get responses from a few people but those people who do respond are quite gullible. The pig butchering thing is just a different filter meant to trap a different kind of vulnerable person. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoI have literally never heard of it before this thread.
- Zak 2y agoThis thread is the first I've heard of it. I had to look it up. The scammer convinces the mark to put money into fake investments and escalates until the mark runs of of money or gets spooked, then disappears. It's often made more persuasive by engaging in a fake romance.