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California Retiree Loses $500,000 to Pig Butchering Scam, Then Falls for the Same Scam Again

California Retiree Loses $500,000 to Pig Butchering Scam, Then Falls for the Same Scam Again

Photo: The Daily Hodl

A California retiree who lost his $500,000 life savings to a romance scheme known as pig butchering has fallen for the same kind of scam all over again. Adan Look, a retired San Francisco city gardener, started chatting with a new online love interest right after the first scam wiped him out, reports ABC7 News. In the first scheme, a woman he met on Facebook who went by “Annie” said she had made millions investing in crypto and promised they would build a dream home together in Hawaii.

Source: The Daily Hodl

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