Victoria Advocate: Keep yourself and your money safe from these four scams
The holiday season often includes gift-giving to loved ones and charitable causes, but authorities say the threat of scammers seeking to trick victims into giving them large sums of money and personal information persists year-round.
Here are some common scams and how to protect yourself from them:
'Pig butchering'
“Pig butchering” refers to several kinds of scams where perpetrators slowly and methodically gain their victims’ trust, then steal as much money from them as possible. The name comes from a Chinese phrase, likening victims to pigs being fattened for slaughter.