Lately, folks all over the world have misplaced lots of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to on-line romance scams.
One of the profitable of those, being run by prison gangs throughout South East Asia, is named the “pig butchering romance rip-off”.
The scammers check with their victims as pigs, whom they fatten as much as be “butchered” – or conned, out of as a lot cash as attainable.
A BBC World Service investigation has spoken to former insiders, who reveal the brutal circumstances dealing with a lot of these working as scammers and the subtle strategies which might be used.
Watch the total documentary on the BBC iPlayer, and skim our earlier protection on the difficulty right here.