Bogdan Botezatu

And if credit cards don't do the trick, then probably you're going to have to exchange real money into Bitcoins or cryptocurrencies.

Remind me.

It's Advanced Programming Interface.

It's a way that you can hook up, let's say, an instant messaging application to a computer to mass communicate

with thousands of people at the same time.

Wow.

I like the way you have split them into adversary language and good guys language.

I'll start with pig butchering.

This is a type of scam that has been going on for quite a while.

It's very popular in Southeast Asia.

That's where it got its name from.

Because it technically means fattening up the pig before you sacrifice it.

And that's what cybercriminals are doing to the victims.

They gain their trust, they keep conversations going on for weeks, maybe months, trying to gain their trust and get as close to them as possible.

And when they earn their trust, they're going to create massive financial losses because they already have that person's trust.

A very common big butchering type of attack is somebody texting you normally with an opposite sex handle.

Like if you're a man, they will impersonate a woman and they will be asking you, hey, this is Jennifer.

How far away are you from the airport?

Because I'm kind of losing patience here.

You were supposed to pick me up at 10.