Pig-Butchering Scams: How to Identify & Avoid

About this episode

This episode discusses Pig Butchering scams and features a conversation with financial planner Yuvarajan Periyan about a specific case.

This week on Ringgit & Sense, producer Jake Lim zooms into ‘Pig Butchering’ scams - where scammers build up trust over a long period of time with their victims - in light of recent news, and he will be joined by Yuvarajan Periyan, licensed financial planner and co-founder of Uno Advisers to talk about a case he’s seen about this. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jake Lim

Guest: Yuvarajan Periyan

Topics covered

• scams
• financial planning
• trust building
• Pig Butchering
• fraud prevention

Keywords

• Pig Butchering
• scams
• financial planner
• trust
• fraud

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Uno Advisers

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