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Inside the scam: Atlanta woman loses $500,000 to love scammers
An Atlanta woman says romance scammers stole her life savings in a months-long fraud built on fake love, deepfake-style video calls, and emotional manipulation. Police later made arrests in the case.
Fake leather, Fake people: AI sellers are cheating shoppers
After more than three decades of artisan leather work, Grace ---smiling into the camera --- is ready to hang up her tool belt. But her face is fake. She's created by AI, designed to lure you into spending money. And it works.
Are scam callers using a Donald Trump copycat voice to trick you out of money?
Scammers are using AI-generated voices that sound like Donald Trump to trick people into fake Walmart charge alerts, pressuring victims to hand over money and personal information.