Lately there has been a media-driven craze in the fraud community to call every crypto-investment scam “Pig Butchering.” I hope you will join me in canceling that term after you read this article.
The term “Pig Butchering” comes from the Chinese term 杀猪盘 (Shā zhū pán or “butchering plate.”) While the term has been used in Chinese media since at least 2018, it really became famous after the courageous actions of a human trafficking victim who was caught up in the game.
Hao Zhendong (郝振东) was recently divorced and had lost custody of his daughter as he was facing personal financial challenges and could not care for her. During his time of desperation, he received a message from his uncle. The uncle told him that he should come to Myanmar and join him at his work. He claimed that Zhendong would be able to easily earn 60,000 to 70,000 yuan per month.
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| Image from “Talking to Strangers” interview |
Late in 2020, Zhendong traveled to the Yunnan province of China where he paid smugglers to help him cross in to Myanmar. After traveling with them for several days, he was forced to march through the jungle and up a steep hill for six hours. When he arrived, he found he was in a work camp. In his words, he says he realized he had “fallen into a wolf pit.” The work camp was an industrial park where various call center employees worked scams.
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