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Ai scamming (lemy.lol)

submitted 10 months ago by King@lemy.lol to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] gastationsushi@lemmy.world 84 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Are we sure it's AI?

I've heard of this scam happening maybe a decade ago with my extended family. The voice was a real person overseas with a lot of exp tricking grandparents. Scammers only had basic information.

They act as a freaked out kid and the victim gets roped in. They scam for thousands of dollars each time, even succeeding a few times a day would net a big profit. Also cell connections are low fidelity, I bet that aids their ability to trick the victim.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this happened to my grandparents, they just say “I sound like shit because I’ve been crying”

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

A former colleague’s parents were scammed; their “kid” (the scammer) had a “broken nose”.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 15 points 10 months ago

Same. Years ago my grandfather received a call from a guy claiming to be my younger, male cousin saying he was in jail for something and needed bail. Luckily (?), my grandfather was an asshole and told him to call his mother.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah, my dad called me one day asking if my brother was out if the country because our grandma got a call saying he was kidnapped in Mexico and she needed to put up money for his release.

It's wild.