The Online Marketplaces That Enable 'pig Butchering' Scams

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The article discusses how online marketplaces, particularly those in Cambodia, are facilitating 'pig butchering' scams, a type of romance scam that involves building trust with victims before convincing them to invest in fake cryptocurrency schemes; the single comment on the post highlights the complexity of tracing and shutting down these scams.

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