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ShazzieB

(21,168 posts)

10. This sounds a lot like catfishing.

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2024, 05:46 PM

Jun 2024

Catfishing is usually romance based, but it works in a similar way: gain someone's trust (often a senior) then gradually start hitting them up for money.

With catfishing, tales of woe are often used to convince the mark that the person they think is the love of their life is in some dire situation that they desperately need money to get out of. It's ugly and horrible, and so is this "pig butchering" thing.