What is a Pig Butchering Scam?
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A pig butchering scam, also known as “sha zhu pan” (杀猪盘), is a sophisticated cryptocurrency fraud where scammers “fatten up” their victims by building a fake relationship over weeks or months.
The scammer gains the victim’s trust and then convinces them to invest in a fake cryptocurrency scheme. Once the victim has invested a significant amount, the scammer disappears with the funds, leaving the victim with nothing. Learn how to spot and avoid these scams to keep your crypto assets safe.
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Some readers of our blog have asked us to create a post that talks about how to identify if you are a potential victim of a pig butchering scam.
Today someone in the CryptoScams Reddit sub contacted me because he wanted to share his story about how he was scammed 6 months ago
I went into Reddit a few days after I became a victim of this scam, and I found the sub CryptoScams and the first post that I saw talked about the Pig Butchering Scam



