Hacker News with Generative AI: Scams

Daisy, the 'AI Granny' Outwitting Scammers (forbes.com)
Amid heated debates about the potential pitfills of artificial intelligence, the technology has finally taken a form we can probably all get behind — an “AI granny” created expressly to waste scammers’ time.

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Scams, Security

20 points by alvis 5 days ago | 5 comments

Daisy, an AI granny wasting scammers' time (virginmediao2.co.uk)
It’s a bad day to be a phone scammer.

Artificial Intelligence, Scams, Technology, Humor

706 points by ortusdux 7 days ago | 262 comments

The truffle industry is a scam (tasteatlas.com)
You may be familiar with the truffle oil scam, but everything else you think you know about truffles is probably a lie too.

Food, Scams, Truffles

65 points by fanf2 15 days ago | 34 comments

Google has no duty to refund gift card scam victims, judge finds (arstechnica.com)
There's nothing unfair about Google collecting fees to profit off Google Play gift card scams while refusing to refund victims who collectively lost millions, federal Judge Beth Freeman ruled Monday.

Google, Law, Consumer Protection, Scams

11 points by speckx 15 days ago | 4 comments

A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones (arstechnica.com)
It turns out you may not have needed those implants after all.

Health, Dentistry, Scams, Consumer Protection

363 points by pjmlp 20 days ago | 337 comments

Ask HN: How to tell legitimate consulting interview opportuities from scams? (ycombinator.com)
I've been getting a ton of interview requests from "expert insight" companies asking to pay me anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars for an hour long interview, as I have "expertise" that make me a good fit for it.

Consulting, Job Hunting, Scams, Interviews

12 points by charliebwrites 23 days ago | 13 comments

Banks and regulators warn of rise in 'quishing' QR code scams (ft.com)
Banks and regulators warn of rise in ‘quishing’ QR code scams

Cybersecurity, Scams, Financial Technology, QR Codes

4 points by marban 24 days ago | 1 comments

AI models fall for the same scams that we do (newscientist.com)
Large language models can be used to scam humans, but AI is also susceptible to being scammed – and some models are more gullible than others

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Scams

23 points by Brajeshwar 26 days ago | 8 comments

YouTube is letting people being scammed (twitter.com)

YouTube, Scams, Social Media

28 points by jebenois 30 days ago | 35 comments

Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam (arstechnica.com)
On Monday, Hong Kong police announced the arrest of 27 people involved in a romance scam operation that used AI face-swapping techniques to defraud victims of $46 million through fake cryptocurrency investments, reports the South China Morning Post.

AI, Crime, Scams, Cryptocurrency, Hong Kong

3 points by pseudolus 36 days ago | 0 comments

Man who scammed country out of $130M using mobile game facing 89,000 years (uniladtech.com)
One man created a virtual farming app that scammed 132,000 people out of millions of dollars - and then disappeared.

Scams, Mobile Gaming, Crime, Law, Technology

37 points by popcalc 36 days ago | 26 comments

FBI Created a Crypto Token to Bait Pump-and-Dump Scammers (gizmodo.com)
The FBI created its own cryptocurrency company and crypto token in order to bait fraudsters who would make fake trades in order to boost the price before cashing out, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Cryptocurrency, Law Enforcement, Scams, Fraud, Government

4 points by HieronymusBosch 42 days ago | 1 comments

A victim of a crypto 'pig butchering' scam just got his $140k back (text.npr.org)
Aleksey Madan never thought the day would come.

Cryptocurrency, Scams, Law Enforcement, Finance

19 points by colinprince 47 days ago | 2 comments

Timeshare owner? The Mexican drug cartels want you (krebsonsecurity.com)
The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick people into believing someone wants to buy their property.

Scams, Crime, Mexico, Telemarketing, Drug Cartels

246 points by todsacerdoti 57 days ago | 292 comments

Crypto Scams Drained $5.6B from American Wallets in 2023 (vice.com)
Americans were scammed out of billions last year—and crypto is very much to blame.

Cryptocurrency, Scams, Finance, Security

11 points by paulpauper 69 days ago | 0 comments

Fake Elon Musk livestreams promoting crypto scams keep popping up on YouTube (mashable.com)
YouTube has a big problem with scammers hijacking channels and streaming fake videos of Elon Musk in order to promote crypto scams.

YouTube, Crypto Scams, Elon Musk, Social Media, Scams

10 points by paulpauper 73 days ago | 6 comments

AI-powered music scam nets musician $10M in royalties–and federal charges (arstechnica.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Music, Legal Issues, Scams

60 points by pseudolus 77 days ago | 89 comments

Deepfake scams escalate, hitting 53% of businesses (cfodive.com)

Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Business, Scams

5 points by geox 78 days ago | 0 comments

Sextortion scams now include photos of your home (krebsonsecurity.com)

Cybersecurity, Scams, Privacy

52 points by todsacerdoti 79 days ago | 61 comments

Bitcoin ATM scams are soaring – and older adults are increasingly the victims (cnbc.com)