Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin · Thursday, October 1, 2026
Caitlin Sarian explains the insidious 'pig butchering' scam, which involves cultivating trust with victims over an extended period before defrauding them of significant sums. This tactic is often employed in romance scams and investment fraud, where victims are 'fattened up' with false promises before being 'slaughtered' financially.
“The reason why it's called that is because you kind of fatten the pig up for a really long period of time.”
“You kind of give them little like things to make them build your trust. And then you like slaughter them and you take them for all they have.”
“So there's a lot of romance scams like that. There's a lot of like investment scams like that.”