Online romance and investment scams are painful enough without its victims being described as “pigs.”
And yet, for some years we’ve called fraud related to such frauds as “pig butchering.” INTERPOL has decided enough is enough and is calling for a change in the terminology, arguing that the phrase “romance baiting” is more appropriate.
“Pig butchering” is a term coined by fraudsters to describe the process by which they build a relationship with their intended victim (“fattening them up”) befo