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Pig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
A Last Week Tonight segment on pig butchering scams, in which long-con romance and investment fraud is run, often by trafficked workers. It explains how victims are groomed and interviews people who lost large sums.
Offered as an accessible, well-made explainer to share in threads on scam texts, crypto fraud and scam compounds.
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