Picture this: it’s ten minutes before a client call and someone on your team realizes they need Zoom. They type "Zoom download" into Google, click the top result, and follow the prompts. The page looks right, the installer runs cleanly, and Zoom open
You download a new app, open it for the first time, and a pop-up appears: "Allow this app to access your contacts?" Most people tap "Allow" without a second thought.
Scammers call this approach "pig butchering," borrowing from an agricultural practice: fattening the pig before the slaughter.
You fill in your details, download what appears to be a contract or project brief, and within seconds your device is quietly compromised, with no warning and no obvious sign that anything went wrong.