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> Shreya Datta spent months swiping through dating apps searching for a connection when she encountered "Ancel Mali," a self-proclaimed wine trader from France, on Hinge. The context in which this sentence is presented is perfect, and I genuinely laughed my ass off upon reading it.
What’s interesting in this case is that it’s a female that got scammed. “Pig Butchering Scheme” is a strange name to call it.
> The gender gap in crime reporting has dramatically narrowed. Early in IC3’s history, men reported crime at a ratio of more than 2.5 to 1 over women. Today, men and women report crimes almost equally. In many states, a slightly higher proportion of women than men report crimes to IC3. The narrowed reporting gap between the sexes has significantly impacted the dollar loss between men and women over the last 10 years. During the course of IC3’s early history, men reported a loss of more than $2.00 for every $1.00 reported by a woman. According to the 2010 data, men now report a loss of $1.25 for every $1.00 reported by a woman. [0]
The SCMP[1] and this non-profit[2] say a majority of victim are women.
[0] https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2010_IC3Report.pd...
[1] https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/arti...
[2] https://www.globalantiscam.org/post/update-statistics-of-peo...
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I find it difficult to sympathise with her. How you entrust someone you’ve never met with $450K is beyond me.
I got contacted by a scammer via text message and trolled them for many days before tipping my hand. It was a very slick and sophisticated soft sell, a continuous invitation to ask the scammer about the opportunity to get in on their supposed inside tips and big wins.
I find it difficult to sympathise with her. How you entrust someone you’ve never met with $450K is beyond me.
> Shreya Datta spent months swiping through dating apps searching for a connection when she encountered "Ancel Mali," a self-proclaimed wine trader from France, on Hinge. The context in which this sentence is presented is perfect, and I genuinely laughed my ass off upon reading it.
I don't get it?