Campaign
campaign:pig_butchering
Also: Sha Zhu Pan
Romance-investment scam in which a victim is groomed, encouraged to place cryptocurrency into a fraudulent investment platform, and ultimately deprived of the funds.
Romance-investment scam in which a victim is groomed, encouraged to place cryptocurrency into a fraudulent investment platform, and ultimately deprived of the funds.
“A scammer pretends to be looking for love online”
“the term ‘pig butchering’ comes from a Chinese phrase called Sha Zhu Pan”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Sha Zhu Pan | Explicit | 141 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | social engineering | Explicit | 141 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | crypto.com | Explicit | 141 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Explicit | 141 | |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | deepfakes | Uncertain | 141 |
pig butchering ASSOCIATED_WITH Sha Zhu Pan
Ronnie says the term “pig butchering” comes from the Chinese phrase Sha Zhu Pan; he is unsure of the exact translation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Ronnie Tokazowski EP 141 Details
“the term ‘pig butchering’ comes from a Chinese phrase called Sha Zhu Pan”
pig butchering INVOLVES social engineering
The scam uses emotional manipulation and relationship-building to persuade victims to send money.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 141 Details
“they social-engineered him and tricked him into sending his crypto to the scammer’s wallet”
pig butchering INVOLVES crypto.com
The described scam made its fake investment application appear to operate within the legitimate crypto.com application.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 141 Details
“they made it look like it was using a legitimate exchange. In this case, crypto.com”
pig butchering INVOLVES WhatsApp
Scammers move dating-platform conversations to WhatsApp and use the channel to groom victims.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Ronnie Tokazowski EP 141 Details
“they’ll move you up to WhatsApp and then from there they’ll start grooming the person”
pig butchering INVOLVES deepfakes
Some pig-butchering scammers reportedly use deepfake or AI-generated video messages to make remote romantic identities appear credible.
Uncertain Confidence 92% · Ronnie Tokazowski EP 141 Details
“some scammers are using that technology in order to generate video messages back and forth”