This is the Guardian.

Today, what are pig butchering scams?

And how are they fleeting people out of their life savings?

It began in lockdown.

Toby lives alone in his flat and he works long hours in IT.

He was using dating apps to distract from the monotony.

So I met this person on hinge. We've been chatting for good three, four weeks.

We just took one normal questions, traveling countries, what's on pivots, just stand as tough.

So far so normal.

And I mentioned Bitcoin because I had some Bitcoin and it kept fluctuating up and down and that's

where I think she got the hook.

By this point, Toby had been chatting to this person for hours a day.

They become familiar with one another.

They share jokes, memes and tips on where to invest cryptocurrency.

Toby knew what he was doing. He'd done his research and his new friend was encouraging him to

try putting his money into a well-known platform. And it all looked legit.

So I put 10,000 and I was getting certain that I've returned.

So she kept saying that you need to get to the mining pool target and then we all got

for dinner to celebrate.

Toby could see he was getting a return on his investment.

His £10,000 had already made him £6-700.

So he put more money in.

...