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Newly divorced mom scammed of entire $100,000 401k savings in Tinder ‘pig butchering’ scheme
NY Post ^ | 6.18.2023 | Ronny Reyes

Posted on 06/19/2023 1:38:05 PM PDT by libh8er

A recently divorced woman lost her entire 401(k) savings to a scammer she met on Tinder who convinced her to invest in cryptocurrency — the latest “pig butchering” scheme targeting lonely people.

Rebecca Holloway, 42, a mother-of-three, said she was swindled out of $100,000 by a scammer claiming to be a French entrepreneur named “Fred” after the two matched on Tinder in March, the Daily Mail reports.

She added: “Looking back, the signs are so obvious. But at the time you want to believe it’s real.”

The scam that hit Holloway is the latest example of “pig butchering,” a term that refers to a months-long scheme to “fatten up” victims with fake romance before “butchering” with fake investment advice. Holloway told the outlet that Fred urged her to invest in cryptocurrency as they grew closer in the wake of the latest crypto crash fall of Silicon Valley Bank.

The man eventually convinced her to invest all of her retirement funds.

“Single women approaching middle age are so vulnerable,” Holloway said about the incident. “We have money but we might not have met the right guy yet. And suddenly this good-looking man starts talking to you and you’re excited.”

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KEYWORDS: chad; cryptocurrency; dating; manosphere; onlinescam; pigbutchering; pua; redpill; scam; tinder; women
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To: libh8er

She’s a plumper...


41 posted on 06/19/2023 2:37:48 PM PDT by W. (biden still sucks! We want Trump back!)
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To: libh8er

I fool and her money are soon parted.


42 posted on 06/19/2023 2:51:43 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

APPROACHING middle age!? Lady you’ve done the approach and have already landed on that particular runway. You may not have come to a complete stop yet but it won’t be long. You aren’t vulnerable, you’re stupid. You’ve brushed off many good men in your life only to fall for the good looking bad boy and ignore the obvious because oooh muh lady parts!

Dishonesty, fantasy, greed and lust drive your life decisions. You cannot fool an honest woman. You got what you deserved.


43 posted on 06/19/2023 3:00:18 PM PDT by libertarian66
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To: libertarian66

Agree. She must have had hundreds of matches on Tinder. She thought with her “lady parts” and picked the hottest/younger guy. Hard to have much sympathy.


44 posted on 06/19/2023 3:04:15 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: libh8er

Hopefully she gets the money from the Nigerian Banker killed in a plane crash soon.


45 posted on 06/19/2023 3:04:37 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: libh8er

The guy is a total scumbag. Unfortunately, he will get away with it and it will not bother his conscience one bit.


46 posted on 06/19/2023 3:08:02 PM PDT by chuckee ( )
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To: Spacetrucker

Beauty is skin deep but stupid is to the bone.


47 posted on 06/19/2023 3:10:55 PM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: Red6
Women are more susceptible to these scams because they are more sensing and emotional thinkers.

Women have been scamming men out of money for centuries. We are as susceptible to a bit of cleavage as they are to tinder.
48 posted on 06/19/2023 3:17:29 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: mmichaels1970

I already submitted to that one.

I agree.

Even if you stuff them in a suit and give them a PhD, they still think with the other head.


49 posted on 06/19/2023 3:20:16 PM PDT by Red6
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To: NorthMountain

OTOH, it depends upon with which head the men are thinking.

Its amazing how easily guys can believe someone far too young and lovely for them is totally hot for them. these types are fairly easy to scam.


50 posted on 06/19/2023 3:24:16 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

It was probably his money in the first place awarded to her in the divorce


51 posted on 06/19/2023 3:34:01 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: libh8er

Rule numbers 1 through 2053: Do not accept financial advice from someone you don’t know or can’t be tied to a legitimate company.


52 posted on 06/19/2023 4:05:27 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: libh8er

Dumber than a post.


53 posted on 06/19/2023 4:11:23 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

It was probably his money she got in the divorce.


54 posted on 06/19/2023 4:35:24 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I can’t keep up with all the new lingo.

“Lingo’’. Is that word even still used?

I still don’t know what ‘’bonking’’ means.


55 posted on 06/19/2023 5:03:40 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: bankwalker

Or breed. The world certainly doesn’t need more idiots in it.


56 posted on 06/19/2023 5:04:58 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: KC_Conspirator

You’re on to something for sure.

Seems a lot of ‘’good girls’’ find bad guys attractive for some reason.

Probably because a lot of them have been in abusive relationships or abused sexually as kids.

Humans are weird.


57 posted on 06/19/2023 5:11:59 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: jmacusa
Probably because a lot of them have been in abusive relationships or abused sexually as kids.

Not necessarily. It's the survival of the fittest. Alpha Males get to pass on their genes. Everyone else ceases to exist.

58 posted on 06/19/2023 5:13:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: TalBlack
someone far too young and lovely for them

Such creatures feature prominently in good personal or personnel security briefings.

59 posted on 06/19/2023 6:36:54 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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