{"id":15092128,"date":"2026-03-31T18:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/bedford-retiree-warns-others-after-losing-10k-to-pig-butchering-scam\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:33:51","slug":"bedford-retiree-warns-others-after-losing-10k-to-pig-butchering-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/bedford-retiree-warns-others-after-losing-10k-to-pig-butchering-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedford retiree warns others after losing $10K to pig-butchering scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/eeda55b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/1200x675!\/quality\/90\/?url=https:\/\/ewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com\/92\/50\/9fe3ea8b4797a6cb9cfce9c91c00\/one-photo-24.png\"><\/p>\n<div>A Bedford retiree is warning others after falling victim to a pig-butchering scam, a type of investment scam that can involve cryptocurrency.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrtv.com\/news\/wrtv-investigates\/bedford-retiree-warns-others-after-losing-10k-to-pig-butchering-scam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cryptocurrency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/eeda55b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/1200x675!\/quality\/90\/?url=https:\/\/ewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com\/92\/50\/9fe3ea8b4797a6cb9cfce9c91c00\/one-photo-24.png\"><\/p>\n<div>A Bedford retiree is warning others after falling victim to a pig-butchering scam, a type of investment scam that can involve 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