Categories: Financial Scams

Romance scams on the rise with the help of cryptocurrency



A scam referred to as “pig butchering”, where online scammers use romance to find targets, is on the rise costing people thousands of dollars. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian explains what a typical scam operation looks like.

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