New grandparent scam using AI technology a cause for concern in Alberta | Globalnews.ca
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Police say artificial intelligence has create a new form of an old scam targeting senior citizens following two arrests in southern Alberta.

He says fraudsters scour social media to find people online, take their voice from certain posts and then track down their grandparents and begin the scam.

Maybe a good time to warn your relatives.

  • Nik282000@lemmy.ca
    5·
    2 months ago

    The ad simply was (to) go pick up money, keep a little bit of money for yourself and deposit the money into a bank account which is controlled by the scammers.

    “I didn’t know I was taking part in a crime! I was just taking money from a scared old person to a bank without asking for any names.”