Area banks unite to warn community of holiday pig butchering and charity scams

As the holiday season approaches, four local banks—AbbyBank, Forward Bank, Northwestern Bank, and Prevail Bank—are coming together to warn their communities of two fast-growing fraud schemes: pig butchering scams and charity scams.Pig butchering scams—named for the way fraudsters “fatten up” victims before financially draining them—often start with a simple text, social media message, ...