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Information security
fromCointelegraph
1 week ago

How an AI-Fueled Romance Scam Drained a Bitcoin Retirement Fund

AI-driven deepfake romance scams can emotionally manipulate victims into voluntarily sending irreversible cryptocurrency transfers, causing total loss of retirement funds.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

8 Ways to Spot a Romance Scammer

A romance scammer uses dating tactics and emotional manipulation to gain money, status, or other resources, so watch for reluctance to meet, love-bombing, and isolation.
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fromFortune
6 months ago
Digital life

Six women thought they found love online. It was a married father of 2 scamming them out of millions

fromNew York Post
8 months ago
NYC politics

Exclusive | NYC council candidate, radio host Frank Morano admits he was duped into helping romance scam artist get out of prison

fromFortune
6 months ago
Digital life

Six women thought they found love online. It was a married father of 2 scamming them out of millions

fromNew York Post
8 months ago
NYC politics

Exclusive | NYC council candidate, radio host Frank Morano admits he was duped into helping romance scam artist get out of prison

fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

London mum left penniless by Tinder predator who posed as businessman in fake investment scam

At the start I thought he was very gentlemanly, she said. He was being flash with money. He was telling me his business was doing very well and making lots of money. He said he could help me to raise money. Using the alias Christopher Telfer, the 38-year-old convinced her to transfer 3,132money she says she desperately needed. This money was so precious to me, she said. I was naive. He said to me that whatever money I had, I could send it to him.
UK news
California
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 months ago

Bay Area widower lured to fake romance, loses $1 million in 'wrong number' crypto scam

A retired Brentwood man lost $1 million to a romance scam that exploited his grief and now faces potential loss of his home.
Artificial intelligence
fromABC7 Los Angeles
4 months ago

Woman conned out of life savings by scammers using AI to pose as General Hospital star

Scammers used AI deepfake videos and cloned voice to impersonate actor Steve Burton, duping a mentally ill woman into believing an online romance.
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