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A couple in Canada were reportedly scammed out of $21,000 after getting a call from an AI-generated voice pretending to be their son. https://www.businessinsid

• Frondo 4y ago
  There's a podcast I listen to sometimes called "The Perfect Scam," sponsored by the AARP but, I suspect, is intended more for the kids of elderly people who are more at risk for these kinds of things: https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/ https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/ They have quite a few stories about "virtual kidnappings" and interview the people involved -- it's quite interesting, and has given me a lot of insight into how typical it would be for people to hear panic and react with panic...precisely how these scams are intended to go.