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Woman loses $650k in crypto WhatsApp romance scam she ‘won’t admit’ happened
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Reddit user Due_Database916 says their 63-year-old mother has lost roughly $650k of her life savings in a WhatsApp romance scam involving cryptocurrency, a type of long-running fraud known as a “pig butchering scam,” and now refuses to accept that she was deceived.
The post details years of financial instability followed by what the user describes as the most devastating loss yet.
The WhatsApp messages startThe most recent incident began when a stranger contacted the woman through WhatsApp.
Options are limitedChina has a *huge* problem with these operations – they call it the 'pig butchering' scam.
Commenters also pointed to Operation Shamrock, a nonprofit that helps victims of pig butchering scams document cases and report them properly.