Interpol urges the public to stop using the term because it dehumanizes victims, potentially discouraging them from reporting scams to police.

Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money.

The term “pig butchering” has successfully raised public awareness of online scams that can drain people of their savings and financial livelihood. Unfortunately, the term has failed to get people to come forward and report these crimes, in part because no victim wants to be called a “pig,” according to Interpol.

INTERPOL is calling for a linguistic shift that aims to put to an end to the term " pig butchering ," instead advocating for the use of "romance baiting" to refer to online scams where victims are duped into investing in bogus cryptocurrency schemes under the pretext of a romantic relationship.

Interpol wants to put an end to the online scam known as "pig butchering" – through linguistic policing, rather than law enforcement. The international police agency announced it will no longer use the term because it makes victims feel bad, which in turn discourages reporting of the crime.

FBI Norfolk is putting out the warning about a scam called called “pig butchering.” It has to do with scammers first building trust with a victim and using that trust to clean out bank accounts. “[The] victim is contacted,