Love Scam 2.0: AI Empowering Crooks on Dating Sites
Buckle your seatbelts, folks! If you thought random Nigerian Prince spam emails were annoying, wait until you hear this. According to some smarty-pants at Europol – the European policing intel hub, artificial intelligence (cue: dramatic music) is making it way easier for fraudsters to empty your pockets. And they’re especially finding a comfortable scamming ground on dating and social media apps. Whoop, remember when finding a good date was the only problem? Good times.
Key Points AKA This Just Got Real
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AI + Crime: A match made in cyber hell
Pity heartbreak wasn’t enough, dating is now becoming a financial nightmare too. AI-powered scripts are allowing internet bad-guys to target, not one, but thousands of lovelorn victims simultaneously. Jerks level up!
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Geopolitical turmoil aiding fraud
The constant shenanigans in Ukraine and the Middle East are apparently fueling this fraud boom as well. I don’t know about you but if I were a criminal mastermind, I wouldn’t mix dating and geopolitics. That’s just bad table manners.
Final Thoughts AKA The Silver Lining (Sort of)
Well gang, technology can be a pretty double-edged sword. On one hand, we got self-driving cars and virtual personal assistants (Pshh, not that we’re bragging), and on the other, we got AI-powered love scams. Yikes!
Remember, next time someone super attractive messages you out of the blue and offers you an irresistible financial opportunity – it might be a supercomputer at the other end trying to charm your pocket empty. Stay smart, stay skeptical, and keep your love life and personal finance separate, unless we’re talking about shared Netflix accounts — that’s just common sense.
As part of this experiment I would like to give credit where credit is due. If you enjoy these, please take a moment to read the original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/09/ai-wars-dating-social-media-fraud-eu-crime-artificial-intelligence-europol
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