An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives
Han, Bing; Button, Mark (2025) — Deviant Behavior
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This article analyzes the hybrid romance–investment scam known as “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘) from the perspectives of Chinese victims and police officers. Unlike traditional romance scams, pig butchering fuse...
Romanssihuijaus - rakkauden varjolla tehty kyberrikos
Kanervo, Riikka; Normann, Maria; Korhonen, Helmi (2025) — Kriminologia
Type: Journal Article
Country: Finland
Tags: AI misuse
The paper analyzes romance scams as a distinct and serious form of cybercrime, emphasizing that these schemes rely on emotional manipulation rather than purely financial deception. Offenders build fabricated romantic rel...
Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims
Reiter, Jonathan; Team, Bitrace (2024) — SSRN Electronic Journal
Type: Journal Article
Country: Global
Tags: pig_butchering, romance_scam, cryptocurrency, on_chain_analysis, money_laundering, cross_border_scams, forensic_analysis, exchanges, pig-butchering, romance scam, on-chain analysis, money laundering, cross-border, forensic-research
Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims examines how fraud experiences are shaped by cross-cultural and cross-border contexts, focusing on victimization in two national settings. The work surveys how digital platfor...
Victim-offender overlap: the identity transformations experienced by trafficked Chinese workers escaping from pig-butchering scam syndicate
Wang, Fangzhou (2024) — Trends in Organized Crime
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, platform policy, AI misuse, social engineering, prevention
This study explores the intersection of human trafficking and online romance fraud within the context of the pig-butchering scam (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘). While the scam is widely recognized for combining romance and invest...
The New Technology of Financial Crime
Rebovich, Donald; Byrne, James M. (2022) — Routledge eBooks
Type: Book
Country: United Kingdom
This Routledge eBook surveys the evolving intersection of finance and technology as it relates to crime. It charts how digital platforms, automated systems, and rapid cross-border flows have transformed the methods by wh...
