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It was probably a Chinese slave in a Myanmar boiler room. Romance scammers and “pig butchering” scams are usually run by Asian gangs. Nasty folks. The “good”

It was probably a Chinese slave in a Myanmar boiler room. Romance scammers and “pig butchering” scams are usually run by Asian gangs. Nasty folks. The “good” news, however, is that AI is likely to make a big impact, here, and reduce the need to kidnap poor folks.

netsharc 2y ago
Ha, with AI scammer traps (e.g [1]), it'll be AI lying to other AI, trillions of CPU cycles wasted accomplishing nothing other than speeding up the destruction of the planet. I suppose one can then declare the mission accomplished: zero scammers left on the planet. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_SdCfZ-0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_SdCfZ-0s
- Nextgrid 2y ago
  > trillions of CPU cycles wasted accomplishing nothing other than speeding up the destruction of the planet. Also known as "advertising".
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  > Ha, with AI scammer traps (e.g [1]), it'll be AI lying to other AI, trillions of CPU cycles wasted accomplishing nothing other than speeding up the destruction of the planet. Reminds me of a small part of Neal Stephenson's "Anathem". Or maybe a bit of Peter Watts' Rifters trilogy.
martin_a 2y ago
Man, not even slaves are needed for scams anymore. Sad to see job losses even there... /s
znpy 2y ago
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- inexcf 2y ago
  I find it strange that you seem to think he called them nasty because they are Asian an not because of the slavery and scams.
  - deadbabe 2y ago
    Americans seem more comfortable with slavery and scams
- heraldgeezer 2y ago
  Yes, let us focus on virtue signalling instead of the scammers stealing people's hard-earned money.
  - znpy 2y ago
    you didn't read my other comment, sigh.
brohee 2y ago
The fact that the scammer was in Russia was pretty credible. It'd be pretty odd for a scammer in Myanmar to alter the metadata to appear as to be from Russia and not from Kazakhstan as the "woman" claimed to be.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
  Good point.

netsharc 2y ago

Ha, with AI scammer traps (e.g [1]), it'll be AI lying to other AI, trillions of CPU cycles wasted accomplishing nothing other than speeding up the destruction of the planet. I suppose one can then declare the mission accomplished: zero scammers left on the planet. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_SdCfZ-0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_SdCfZ-0s

Nextgrid 2y ago
> trillions of CPU cycles wasted accomplishing nothing other than speeding up the destruction of the planet. Also known as "advertising".
pavel_lishin 2y ago
> Ha, with AI scammer traps (e.g [1]), it'll be AI lying to other AI, trillions of CPU cycles wasted accomplishing nothing other than speeding up the destruction of the planet. Reminds me of a small part of Neal Stephenson's "Anathem". Or maybe a bit of Peter Watts' Rifters trilogy.

martin_a 2y ago

Man, not even slaves are needed for scams anymore. Sad to see job losses even there... /s

znpy 2y ago

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inexcf 2y ago
I find it strange that you seem to think he called them nasty because they are Asian an not because of the slavery and scams.
- deadbabe 2y ago
  Americans seem more comfortable with slavery and scams
heraldgeezer 2y ago
Yes, let us focus on virtue signalling instead of the scammers stealing people's hard-earned money.
- znpy 2y ago
  you didn't read my other comment, sigh.

brohee 2y ago

The fact that the scammer was in Russia was pretty credible. It'd be pretty odd for a scammer in Myanmar to alter the metadata to appear as to be from Russia and not from Kazakhstan as the "woman" claimed to be.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
Good point.