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#romancefraud — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. She thought she was dating a celebrity.
    They video-called, messaged, and planned a future together.
    But it wasn’t real — it was an AI deepfake.
    In 2025, a woman lost over $80,000, even selling her condo, after scammers used AI-generated videos and voice clones to impersonate actor Steve Burton.
    If this helped you, like, share, and follow — so more people don’t get fooled by deepfakes.
    #AIscams #Deepfakes #RomanceFraud #IdentityTheft #AIawareness

  2. 🎣 Ah, the noble art of scam-baiting! Our hero bravely navigates the treacherous seas of romance fraud, valiantly wielding #sarcasm as his only weapon 🏆. Meanwhile, the rest of us are left with the real question: who’s the bigger con artist — the scammers, or this guy wasting our time with his self-righteous escapades? 🙄
    bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/sec #scambaiting #romancefraud #humor #conartists #HackerNews #ngated