The U.S. Attorney's Office of Idaho released a new PSA warning Idahoans of a scam involving fake financial investments with cryptocurrency.

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Interpol: Stop calling it 'pig butchering'

The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu police have arrested four suspects, including a person who allegedly worked at a ‘scam compound’ in Cambodia, in connection with defrauding a Chennai-based senior citizen of ₹1.65 crore.

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The Hindu Group

India

Online investment scam: Four persons arrested in Chennai

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California

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Interpol says calling online scams “pig butchering”, a widely used phrase, is unhelpful as gangs “appear to have” created the phrase to describe victims

According to Interpol, the term pig butchering should be replaced with something else, because this is precisely why victims hide the fact that they have been scammed.

Az Interpol szerint a pig butchering kifejezés helyett mást kellene használni, mert az áldozatok épp emiatt titkolják, hogy átverték őket.

Annyira rossz az egyik online átverés neve, hogy emiatt nem jelentkeznek az áldozatok

Heti Világgazdaság

Hungary

This online scam has such a bad name that it's keeping victims from coming forward

Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money.

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Naspers

Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns

The term "pig butchering" has become a catchall and it's causing victims to keep quiet about crimes.

Gizmodo

G/O Media

Interpol Says People Aren't Reporting Online Scams for Fear of Being Called Pigs

Victims' feelings might get hurt, global cops contend, and that could hinder reporting

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Tegna Inc.

Boise

Ada County

Idaho

Idaho law enforcement warns of new 'pig butchering' online investment scam

Interpol urges the public to stop using the term because it dehumanizes victims, potentially discouraging them from reporting scams to police.

PC Mag

Interpol: 'Pig Butchering' Term Shames Scam Victims, Should Be Retired

Interpol calls on the cybersecurity community, law enforcement, and the media to stop using the term "Pig Butchering" when referring to online relationship and investment scams, as it unnecessarily shames the victims impacted by these fraud campaigns. [...]

BleepingComputer

Interpol replaces dehumanizing "Pig Butchering" term with "Romance Baiting"

Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money. 
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