The Anatomy of a Pig Butchering Scam

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On this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick provides some of the ways to identify connection requests or private messages from potential "pig-butcherers" on social media. By recognizing their characteristics, you can decline their requests & educate friends & family about these methods, as they're often on all public social media platforms.

She then reads a report written by recent Fraudology guest, Assaf Kipnis, former Engineering manager at Facebook/Meta. Because Assaf has a little more free time, he decided to engage with a prospective pig butcherer when "she" reach out to him.

What follows is a rare & interesting behind-the-scenes play-by-play of how these specific type of scams can build trust, create intrigue, and then run off with thousands of dollars per victim. By understanding the scam and how these scammers build a rapport, it may be easier to identify these fraud attacks targeting consumers sooner than after money has exchanged hands.

To read along, or just to look up the (AI generated) pictures of "Tina", you can find Assaf's full report here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pig-butchering-scam-victim-journey-analysis-assaf-kipnis%3FtrackingId=fLB5AJyealr8SUNfQMAUjg%253D%253D/?trackingId=fLB5AJyealr8SUNfQMAUjg%3D%3D

Fraudology is hosted by Karisse Hendrick, a fraud fighter with decades of experience advising hundreds of the biggest ecommerce companies in the world on fraud, chargebacks, and other forms of abuse impacting a company's bottom line.

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She brings her experience, expertise, and extensive network of experts to this podcast semi weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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