Telecom Builds AI ‘Grandmother’ Bot to Talk to Phone Scammers and Waste Their Time

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A couple got shocked messages from friends asking if they were moving. Nope, a scammer had put their home on Zillow.

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Romance scammers are now building trust with AI-generated deepfakes. Here's how to spot them.

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Romance scammers are using deepfakes to defraud people online.
Romance scammers are using deepfakes to defraud people online.

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My immigrant parents were scammed out of their entire life savings. I learned the hard way how it could have been avoided.

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Eric Jiang with his parents, Amos and Yan, who came to the US in the 80s.

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A Wells Fargo customer lost $68,000 after being tricked into making a wire transfer by a scammer, report says

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Wells Fargo said it had handled the matter appropriately.

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'I do TikTok to rip people off.' Videos produced in China are hawking scam products to millions, FT reports

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There is a cottage industry of scammers using TikTok to promote dubious products, the FT reported.

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Gen Z is radically reshaping dating

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Instead of relying on dating apps or meeting a stranger, Gen Z is increasingly finding romance in their friend groups.

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Young people are adopting an old-fashioned solution for the humiliation and hassle of dating apps

Ohio woman gets prison time after 'romance scam' led her to swindle over $500,000 from family members, officials say

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Linda Matson's situation isn't unique. Months before her guilty plea, a pair of Missouri men were sentenced for operating a similar scam.

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