Signs a loved one is being scammed
A woman discovered her 80-year-old mother had fallen victim to a romance scam involving advanced AI-deceptive tactics, resulting in her sending a total of £140,000 to scammers. The scam originated on Facebook, where the scammers used deepfake technology to impersonate a man and manipulate her mother into believing they had a genuine relationship. Despite efforts to intervene, including speaking to the scammer via video call and changing her mother's digital contacts, her mother remained convinced of the scam's legitimacy, making her difficult to rescue. Authorities recommend family members remain patient, ask open questions, involve banks for safeguarding, and reset digital footprints to prevent continued contact by scammers.
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