Losses to romance baiting, or pig butchering, scams increased 40% year-on-year (YoY) in 2024 to comprise a third of total crypto fraud revenue, according to Chainalysis. A day before Valentine’s Day, ...

Nobody likes spam messages, but some of them contain rather fascinating scams. Case in point, [Ben Tasker] recently got a few romance scam emails that made him decide to take a poke at the scam behind ...

In some cases, the emotional and psychological harm from the attack was so great that it has led to people taking their own life. Interpol is now advocating for different terminology to describe these ...

Several cryptocurrency companies have come together to prevent nearly $50m stolen via “romance baiting” (pig butchering) scammers reaching its intended destination. Blockchain analytics firm ...

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is warning about a fake social media post claiming baiting and feeders will be allowed on public hunting lands. "It has come to our ...

Hello, is this Marta?” The man on the phone had an accent that was hard to place, but his English was clear and direct. He introduced himself as Nick. As you might expect of someone in her 80s, Marta ...

SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab said it has taken down some 8,000 so-called "celeb bait" scam ads from Facebook and Instagram as part of a new effort with Australian banks to ...