How scammers use psychology to pull off internet cons – ‘pig butchering’ to fake app alerts | #lovescams | #datingapps

Recently, consumer protection magazine Which? identified some of the most convincing scams of 2023. These scams all have one thing in common – they insidiously take advantage of people’s cognitive biases and psychological blind spots. They included “pig butchering” a way of fattening up victims with affection, the missing person scam…

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China-Born “Romance Scam” Spread Overseas: Cyber-Forensics.net Alerts Dating App Users | #lovescams | #datingapps

Cyber-Forensics.net MELBOURN, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, November 14, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — China-Born “Romance Scam” Spread Overseas: Cyber-Forensics.net Alerts Dating App Users Codenamed “Romance Scam,” the massive global “pig butchering strategy” in China is now spreading to Japan, the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. As reported by FTC, the faulty investment…

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