Thousands have lost huge sums after being lured into fraudulent online investment schemes by seemingly attractive strangers who strike up online conversations with them. Here’s a guide to spotting the telltale signs.
I watched a documentary about how people are enslaved and forced to commit these scams. It's even worse for them than it is for the people being scammed. I keep trying to tell people about things like this, but it's like they don't believe me. I even had a co-worker who was in a pig butchering scam for years, but refused to believe it because she was "in love" with "him." It finally got to a point where she saw through it, but she had already lost a lot.
You can't blame the victims for being scammed any more than you can blame the other victims for being forced into slavery. Also, a lot of these scams succeed with elderly people who are no longer able to make the best judgments.