Married Mormon man out $2 million dollars after pig butchering scam
From Scammer Stories by April
March 1, 2026 · 24 min
About this episode
Micheal Breinig shares his experience of losing $2 million to a pig butchering scam despite not being active on social media.
Send us Fan Mail Micheal Breinig is a married father of three who had a great life before scammers stole $2 million dollars. The thing is… he wasn’t even looking for anything. He wasn’t even on social media before his co-workers told him he needed to be online to follow what was happening with the election, politics and whatever else was happening in the world. Click HERE to order Michael's book. Support the show
People in this episode
Host: April
Guest: Micheal Breinig
Topics covered
- scams
- personal finance
- Mormon community
- online safety
- fraud prevention
Keywords
- scammer
- pig butchering
- Mormon
- fraud
- online scams
- personal story
- financial loss
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