GoFundMe link: https://gofund.me/1750b499

I am posting a video on behalf of my friend. My friend had fallen for a romance scam and lost all the money she had saved up in the past. Though still recovering from this traumatic experience, she made this video to share her story and lessons learned, in order to help raise public awareness of this new type of romance scam and prevent more people from becoming victims. Please help forward this video to your communities. In addition, please support her financial recovery using the above GoFundMe link. Your kind donation will help an international student to pursue her graduate degree and receive the medical care she needs.

Pig Butchering Scheme or Sha Zhu Pan 杀猪盘 is an elaborate longterm online dating scam. Scammers steal pictures of other people from the Internet and create fake identities. They are active across social media and text messaging, wherever they can DM you. Scammers would first fatten up the “pig”/victim to gain their trust and affection, introduce themselves as a professional investor and share investment skills with the victim. Afterward, they would slaughter the “pig” by asking you to put money into a wellmade fraudulent trading website or app multiple times, until you spend all you have, and even make you in debt. They do not target a specific population group with a particular gender, socioeconomic status, or sexuality. ANYONE COULD FALL FOR PIG BUTCHERING SCHEME IF THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF HOW THE SCAM WORKS.

Learn more about Pig Butchering Scheme and crypto romance scam:
https://news.bitcoin.com/usauthoritieswa...
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA220721'>https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA220721
Video timeline:
(1) 00:00:00 00:17:00: Story about how she became a victim of this new type of Romance Scam
(2) 00:17:00 to End: Lessons learned
1) 00:17:00 00:22:00 What are common tricks that scammers use?
2) 00:22:00 – 00:23:23 How to prevent yourself from falling for a romance scam?
3) 00:23:23 – 00:24:52 What should you do if you know someone who fell for a scam?
4) 00:24:52 – 00:27:38 What should you do after becoming a victim of a romance scam?

Resources for victims:
FBI’s dedicated space to report an Internet Crime: https://www.ic3.gov/ FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3
CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission: https://www.cftc.gov/complaint
FTC Federal Trade Commission: https://www.ftc.gov/
Place a fraud alert on credit to prevent scammers from using your personal information to take out loans or open credit cards without your permission (Choose one of the three, they will notify each other):
Equifax: https://www.equifax.com/personal/creditre...
TransUnion: https://www.transunion.com/fraudalerts
Experian: https://www.experian.com/fraud/center.html

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