I don't have any opinion on this it's not my sector but interesting
https://infosec.exchange/@screaminggoat/113669111712232486
@SwiftOnSecurity how does it have any relation to the victims of those scams? I'm confused
@nerd7473 @SwiftOnSecurity it’s easier for people to say: “I got baited into a romance scam” than “I’m a pig, got fed a bunch of lies and then was slaughtered”.
Bit of an exaggeration, but it feels more shameful to have to explain you have been pig butchered than romance baited. Should help with reporting and detecting.
@jtig @SwiftOnSecurity ah, I though the pig butchering scam was when you are extorted for large amounts of money being promised a huge return, then they leave...
@jtig @SwiftOnSecurity Looks like my previous information was wrong? I was told by Ninjio in one of their training videos that pig butchering was a financial scam. So now, I have to wonder which attack/scam is truly accurate for pig butchering?
@nerd7473 @jtig Romance Baiting normally works by first establishing a flirty relationship via a text from a “wrong number”. Then they continue to so classic catfish stuff for a shockingly long amount of time before they say “I made all this money on crypto, lover you simply must invest”. They send you to a fake exchange, you put some Tethers in, a fake chart on the site goes up, you are convinced to put in more Tethers. This continues until you run out of either money or credulity.
@nerd7473 It's the same thing, the OP is about how they're changing the name.
@nerd7473 @SwiftOnSecurity I think you could think of pig butchering that way, only thing that the promise is love and romance, instead of cash.