Comment by meowster
6 months ago
A new scam that I'm seeing is random text messages where the other person thinks you're a veterinarian, or play tennis (and they're oddly worded):
> Hello Manny. My customized tennis racket has arrived. I want to play a tennis match with you. I have a hunch that you are no longer my opponent. When do you have time?
I imagine they want to get you into a conversation and pitch a crypto scam.
This is exactly the so-called "pig butchering" scam.
It doesn’t have to be crypto. In Hong Kong it is more common as some gift cards or even straight bank transfers because average victims don’t know how to use crypto