A BBC reporter has been given an in-depth insight into how pig butchering scams work after being targeted himself.
Scammers refer to their victims as pigs, whom they fatten up to be “butchered” – or conned, out of as much money as possible.
Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy was befriended on Instagram by fraudsters pretending to be an attractive 36-year-old woman looking for a romantic relationship.
Knowing the profile for ‘Jessica’ was fake ... Read even more
