It's the third time this week someone has added or texted me, saying, 'Hey, I found you on Barq.' But all three of them, despite dodging questions about who they are and sending Barq profiles of other people as 'proof,' seem to act the same.
I wonder if there is some kind of botnet run by the same self-hosted AI, because it seems to have the 'on/off times' of a human and takes a lot to formulate sentences.

I'm miffed about the whole scamming in niche communities thing.

But I'm also curious how they operate so that maybe we can shut that all down together or find a foolproof way to instantly expose those without accidentally being rude to someone who is genuinely randomly texting you.

Maybe like a jailbreak prompt?
Or maybe just reasoning questions that AI cannot answer?

Anyways whatchs think that is?

#Scammers #AI #OnlineSafety #scammers

“If it feels like it's getting harder and harder to avoid being scammed, that's because it is. In the age of artificial intelligence, #scammers are using voice cloning that can sound very real, and seniors are often the target. Paul Solman reports on the problem and what you can do to protect yourself from #scams.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-to-recognize-and-block-ai-powered-scam-attempts

In Puglia summit del lusso: 5mila euro per partecipare
https://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2026/05/14/news/da_victoria_beckham_a_mister_lacoste_in_puglia_summit_del_lusso_5mila_euro_per_partecipare-425344948/

#scammers

#JustDoIt 🇮🇩🙏👏 #ZeroTolerance for unscrupulous #scammers!
詐騙集團 #ScammersGoToHell 👇

#Indonesia 👍to #review #visa #waivers after foreign scammers’ arrests
"Indonesia will review its visa-free entry #policy for nationals of #SoutheastAsian countries after a string of arrests of foreigners accused of running #illegal #gambling & #scam operations.. arrested were nationals of #Vietnam, #Cambodia, #Malaysia, #Laos and #Myanmar, which all enjoy 30-day visa-free stays" #ASEAN
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-to-review-visa-waivers-after-foreign-scammers-arrests

I may be wrong, but I think I encountered my first "pig butcher" on Mastodon not too long ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam?wprov=sfla1

#dating #scammers

https://youtube.com/shorts/hFsQ6ez5qnQ

#deepfakes #scammers #realtimevideo #haotianai #404media #informationwarfare #deception #ai

‘HELLO BOSS’: Inside the Chinese Realtime Deepfake Software Powering Scams Around the World

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.404media.co/hello-boss-inside-the-chinese-realtime-deepfake-software-powering-scams-around-the-world/