Hong Kong woman loses nearly HK$2 million in ‘pig butchering’ romance scam
A 47-year-old woman in Hong Kong lost nearly HK$2 million (US$254,778) in two weeks to an online romance scam, according to police, despite being warned by friends that the man she was chatting with could be a swindler. Police said on Monday that the woman’s case was one of more than 50 cyber love scams…