Table of Contents

• BlogCast: From Audio to Insight
• Introduction
• Pig Butchering Scam Overview: A Digital Slaughterhouse
• Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Scams: Are You Next?
• Emotional Manipulation in Scams: The Soft Science of Getting Scammed
• Major Cryptocurrency Scam Indictments & Money Laundering: Following the Dirty Dollars
• Scam Prevention Tips 2025: Turning the Tables
• Conclusion

This post comes straight from an episode of Behind the Scams, the true‑crime podcast from Stamp Out Scams. We couldn’t choose between writing or talking about scams—so we figured, why not both? That’s how the BlogCast was born: in a world full of scams, sometimes you need both a keyboard and a microphone to fight back.

We’ve turned this podcast episode into a full written story because the lessons in it are simply too important to miss. Scams don’t just steal money—they take away trust, security, and sometimes even lives. By turning these stories into blog posts, we make sure you can read, share, and easily search for the crucial prevention details that might one day protect someone you care about.

If you prefer to take it all in at your own pace, the full story from the podcast is right here in written form. It’s designed to let you dig into the details in whatever way works best for you.

Prefer listening over reading? The full episode is waiting for you in the player above. And if you’ve got a favorite podcast app, we’ve made it easy—just scroll click on your platform of choice. It’s like scam‑fighting, but hands‑free!