Avoid Pig-Butchering Follow-Up and Recovery Scams

    Pig-butchering victims are aggressively re-targeted by 'recovery' scammers — be ready.

    What to do

      • Report the contact's profile to Tinder/Hinge/WhatsApp/Instagram/LinkedIn so they take it down
      • Sign up to FCA ScamSmart / Scamwatch / FTC alerts and your country's national fraud reporting line
      • Expect a 'recovery agent' or 'crypto-tracing lawyer' to message you within 30 days — they are scammers; never pay them
      • Talk to a victim-support service (Victim Support UK, IDCARE in AU/NZ, FightCybercrime US) — pig-butchering trauma is well documented

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