Very interesting articles from TROY
QUESTION: real or AI?
INSTRUCTIONS of scamming: interesting documents
An elementary foundation of scammers:
Telephone numbers
GOOD INVESTIGATION
PIG BUTCHERING
A criminal organization
ABUJA / NIGERIA
A good country for scammers
The scam
HOW DOES IT WORK?
About a specific case of pig butchering
the past 3 years. In this case, the scammers targeted a 61-year old man, a retired government employee, through a dating site. But the scam was different than previous pig butchering operations we had documented. It leveraged parts of another type of scam we had seen previously—a fake passive income scheme based on the concept of liquidity mining.
This week we published the conclusion of that investigation. I found that there were over 90 victims hit by a cluster of three scam operations using the exact same smart contract and fake “DeFi” website code. The groups took $1.2 million from victims that we identified, and $2.9 million total from all sources.
You can read the conclusion here:
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A remarkable work of investigation and analysis
https://news.sophos.com/en-us/author/sean-gallagher/
Well done!
FROM JIM BROWNING
He explains very clearly the process of the Pig butchering Scam in an incredible video
Please tune in to Jim Browning's latest...
Here's why it matters:
1)
These scammers are located in Dubai.
But run by the same Chinese organized crime syndicates.
2)
They are targeting South Americans.
I've been jibber jabbering about this for a while now, but this video makes it crystal clear that the scammers are increasing their worldwide footprint both in the locations of scammers and the locations of targets.
It's time for worldwide collaboration.
And that's what #operationshamrock is all about.
Stand by for more information on 3/17.
And in the meantime,
educate.seize.disrupt
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by ANONYOME LABS, INC.
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Pig Butchering Scams
According to a recent study at The University of Texas at Austin, from January 2020 to February 2024, people lost more than $75 billion around the world to the scam of pig butchering.
In this episode of Privacy Files we speak to Troy, a private investigator who specializes in exposing pig butchering scams.