Pig butchering

Part of an online scam technique (e.g. romance scam or Nigerian prince fraud). Refers to the process of fattening up a pig (in this context, means getting someone well and truly hooked) before killing it. Also a verb, to pig butcher someone.

From a crypto currency forum: “Anyone here fallen victim to pig butchering and willing to share details of how it happened?:

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