Comment by norgie

Come on, I think you're just looking for things to get upset about (and not engaging with the content in any meaningful way).

Assigning specific (and colorful) names to scams/cons has always been a thing. See

- Pig in a poke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_in_a_poke

- Spanish prisoner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Prisoner

- Badger game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_game

- Coin smack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin-matching_game

- Pigeon drop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_drop

And anyway, the name seems to come from the scammers themselves in China, so I don't know why the media would be to blame.