🔥【【Heavy Revelation】Silicon Valley Widow Trapped in 'Pig Butchering' Scam, Losing Nearly One Million Dollars, and the One Who Exposed the Scam Wasn't Even a Person?】🔥

Last May, San Jose widow Margaret Loke met a man claiming to be 'Ed' on Facebook. The other party quickly shifted their relationship to WhatsApp, sending affectionate messages daily, gradually breaking down her psychological defenses.

'He greets me every morning and says he likes me.' — Margaret recalled.

After establishing emotional dependence, 'Ed' began guiding her to invest in cryptocurrencies. Inexperienced Margaret, under his guidance, transferred funds to a fake platform controlled by him.

Key phrase: The other party had shown a forged APP screenshot claiming 'instant huge profits' — this is a typical method of pig butchering, using fake growth to entice victims to keep investing.

Margaret transferred over $490,000 (from her personal retirement account) and even applied for an additional $300,000 home equity loan to invest more. The total loss approached $1 million.

When the fake platform suddenly froze her funds, 'Ed' demanded an additional $1 million 'unfreezing fee.' At this point, she finally turned to ChatGPT for help.

After describing her ordeal to #chatgpt , the AI responded immediately:

'This is a typical scam pattern; please report it to the police immediately!'

She confronted 'Ed' based on this and contacted the police. Investigations confirmed that the funds had been transferred to a bank account in Malaysia and had been emptied by the scammer.

John K. Hurley, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, warned:

'The online scam industry in Southeast Asia not only threatens the financial security of Americans but also forces thousands into modern slavery.'