Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 3 months ago

Hundreds rescued from love scam centre in the Philippines

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Hundreds rescued from love scam centre in the Philippines

Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 3 months ago

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Young and tech-savvy victims are trapped and then forced into running illegal operations online.

Young and tech-savvy victims are trapped and then forced into running illegal operations online.

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4•3 months ago
Odd the BBC choose to clarify here

… Love scams. The latter are also known as “pig butchering” scams, named after the farming practice of fattening pigs before slaughtering them.

Some fat English gammon editor maybe got a bit uncomfortable by the name possibly…

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