A better use of AI than some things, but still not worth destroying our planet.
When I have time I can do this and better.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/04/ai-granny-scammers-phone-fraud

#AIClimateChange #PhoneScammers

‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall

Daisy’s dithering frustrates phone fraudsters and wastes time they could be using to scam real people

The Guardian

This 'lifelike' #AI #granny is infuriating #phonescammers. Here's how - and why

If you're tired of dealing with #scammers, take heart in knowing that this AI #grandma is fighting back.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-lifelike-ai-granny-is-infuriating-phone-scammers-heres-how/

This 'lifelike' AI granny is infuriating phone scammers. Here's how - and why

If you're tired of dealing with scammers, take heart in knowing that this AI grandma is fighting back.

ZDNET
Safe to say someone recently has lost a database with my phone number in it! Getting calls from Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands and United States. Each lasts two seconds and one ring!
I am not important enough to be tracked, so what else is this scam! #PhoneScamAwareness #PhoneScammers
@Christo_459 Some misguided status symbol no doubt.
Seems some of the #PhoneScammers think they're seen that way as well. I've had a couple this week, one claiming I'd won a #PublishersClearingHouse sweepstake of $15,000,000 USD plus a Ford 150 pickup, and the other a mere $990,000 plus a GMC pickup. Don't know why they think a pickup truck would be attractive; clearly they don't think their potential marks care about #GlobalHeating.
Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers
New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/07/ai-chatbots-phone-scams #CyberSecurity #phonescammers #Chatbots #defense
Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers

New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data that could help disrupt their business model

The Guardian

#phonescammers

In this brave new world a phone scammer from wherever in the world can cold call a hospital room phone, on a ward for people recovering from emergency surgery, calling whenever they want, to try to convince the person who picks up the phone to give them credit card details to reverse a supposed charge for a MacBook Pro.

I’m beyond livid.

Yeah, I know on the other end I’m just a number and a chance for a payout, but this is breathtakingly morally repugnant.

One of the weirder inventions in the Ukraine war: phone scammers tricking elderly into firebombing russian military offices.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/08/01/phone-scammers-coax-russians-to-set-fire-to-military-offices-reports-a82019
#Ukraine #russia #war #PhoneScammers
Phone Scammers Coax Russians to Set Fire to Military Offices – Reports

At least nine Russian military enlistment offices have been targeted in arson attacks linked to phone scams in recent days, media outlets reported Tuesday.

The Moscow Times
Does anyone in the UK know any body or organisation campaigning on fighting phone scam calls? I'm sick to the back teeth of getting them and Ofcom and ICO's supine attitude towards them. #UKPolitics #PhoneScammers
Fraud Fighters

We team up with a famed white hat hacker who tips us off to phone scams in progress. Watch as our team rushes to interrupt the scams, stopping elderly & vulnerable victims from losing their life savings.

CBC