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Turning the tables on online romance scammers

It's called Pig Butchering - a cruel romance scam which has victims around the world. The 麻豆官网首页入口's Cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy, was targeted online.

It's called Pig Butchering - a cruel romance scam which has victims around the world. The 麻豆官网首页入口's Cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy, was targeted online. He played along to learn about the con and then turned the tables on the scammer, known as Jessica. Joe tells us what happened. Also on Tech Life, we find out about a digital detox. And we hear about the role played by artificial intelligence in discovering an important new antibiotic.

Presenter: Chris Vallance
Producers: Imran Rahman-Jones and Tom Quinn
Editor: Monica Soriano

(Photo: A red paper cut-out of a heart shape, torn in the middle, resting on a computer keyboard. Credit: Pla2na/Getty Images)

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