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Scams that once bilked victims out of hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars are now increasingly convincing them to move their investment and retirement accounts into phony investment schemes.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I wonder how many scammers are using chatbots and AI to scale up their operations.

The human API has clear vulnerabilities and patching is next to impossible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This is so sad. It’s a story as old as time, a pretty woman fleecing someone for their money, but it’s gotten so much easier, and less traceable - meaning scammers get away with it and continue to do it over and over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Seems like a pretty straight forward solution. If you can't immediately meet the person, then it's probs a scam. If they ask about money, needing money, investing it, etc. It's a scam