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South Korea has banned dog meat production by 2027 following a vote on Tuesday (January 9), eliciting mixed reactions ranging from animal rights support to cultural concerns and debates on hygiene and international comparisons.The National Assembly passed the bill by a 208-0 vote in a move hailed as “history in the making” by activists, the DailyMail reported. Dog meat has fallen out of favor with diners over the past few decades in the East Asian nation, with the younger generation especially looking down upon it.South…

Barely a day goes without a scam of some kind popping up on our phones or in our email, trying to get us to download malware, reveal a password or pay for fraudulent goods. But there’s one bit of con artistry gaining traction that you definitely don’t want to fall for.It’s called a “pig butchering” scheme, because the perpetrators will “fatten up” a victim to gain their trust before “butchering” them — typically by persuading them to invest large sums of money into a fraudulent investment, then making off with all of it.…

Image Source : FILE Pig Butchering Scam Pig butchering scams: Every day we hear about new cases of online scams. With the increasing dependency on digital media for various activities, an environment has been created where scammers exploit vulnerabilities to carry out fraudulent activities like phishing attacks, fake investment schemes, online shopping frauds etc. Now,…

Kamath outlined the strategy used by these "pig butchers," who gain users' trust by creating phony profiles. These con artists gain users' trust by posing as "love and friends," luring them into sending money for loans with high yields and jobs and then stealing the money. Nithin Kamath, the CEO and founder of Zerodha, warned users on social media on Monday about a "pig butchering scam" that is exceeding tens of thousands of crores of rupees and is spreading throughout India. "Pig butchering" is essentially a cybercrime…

via Marvel Studios They have godly powers and some are even worshiped as deities, so it raises the question, would the Eternals fit the criteria to be on Gorr the God Butcher‘s hit list? Fans of the MCU have been pondering exactly that, as well as the potential ramifications, on the Marvel Studios subreddit. Just what would happen if Gorr were to encounter the Eternals? Surely they would be safe from his wrath as, after all, they are just an alien race with God-like powers. A good point is that Gorr targets…

A new type of online scam has surfaced recently. Known as the “pig butchering” scam (literal translation from sha zhu pan, meaning pig butchering plate), it is a type of romance scam where a scammer would connect with the victim, usually on a dating site or a social media website, and will show romantic interest in the victim. But before too long, the fraudster would scam the victim out of all their money. But this scam is getting scarier as scammers are taking the path of crypto to easily steal the money without being…

Mehul Reuben DasDec 27, 2022 11:26:50 IST2022 wasn’t a great year for the crypto industry. Investors saw a huge chunk of their wealth get wiped out in a matter of days. While the market stabilised a little towards August, the fall of crypto exchanges like FTX, and other trading platforms going bankrupt has shaken up the confidence of some of the most seasoned investors as well. However early adopters of crypto will understand, that like all asset classes, investing in crypto is a game that has to be played in the long…

In fact, it was part of a continuing scam that cost US victims more than $429 million in losses last year, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s clearinghouse for consumer complaints about online crime. Three months after beginning a conversation with the person who texted her, Ms. Yan had lost more than $1.6 million, the victim of a wave of messages that have flooded onto mobile devices this year via text message and social media,…

Bitcoin’s era is coming to an end as Ethereum options gain traction in the trade community Ethereum is one of the most well-known altcoins that is speculated to overtake Bitcoin quite soon enough. Even after the massive declination in the overall value of the cryptocurrency, analysts and experts continue to believe that by the end of 2022, the ETH price would definitely surge by 400%. Quite rightly so, Ethereum is set to prove these predictions right! The current ETH price rally has triggered a rise in the popularity of…

Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP (Getty Images)Cryptocurrency is rife with scams—we all know this to be true. Everybody’s heard the horror stories: “rug pulls,” “pump and dumps,” the typical “investment” ploy that leaves your bank account high and dry. But there’s a new type of fraud going around and it sounds pretty goddamn weird: it’s called “pig butchering” and you’re definitely going to want to steer clear of it.Also known by its Chinese translation “Shāzhūpán,” “pig butchering” is a bizarre mashup of a romance scam and an…