The epidemic of loneliness is a security crisis
The UTA King has not evaluated whether fraudsters are using generative AI to create romance scam scripts, but has provided evidence that they are using it to create content for online dating profiles. He says he is watching. “I think it’s something that’s happened, unfortunately,” she says. “Currently, scammers are using profiles generated by AI.”
Some criminals in Southeast Asia are already under construction AI provides tools for fraudulent operationswith United Nations Report In October, organized crime efforts said that “generate personalized scripts to deceive victims while engaging in real-time conversations in hundreds of languages.” Google say Fraud emails to businesses are generated by AI. And the FBI has it It’s attracting attentionAI allows criminals to send messages to victims more quickly.
Criminals use a variety of manipulation tactics to lock victims in order to create perceived romantic relationships. This involves asking intimate questions about potential victims that only trustworthy confidants ask. For example, questions about relationships and dating history. Attackers also build intimacy through a technique known as “love bombing.” This technique uses the conditions of affection to quickly advance a sense of connection and closeness. As romance scams progress, it is very common for attackers to start saying that the victim is their girlfriend or boyfriend.
Carter emphasizes that the core tactic used by romance con artists is to make their heart-pounding persona look unhappy and vulnerable. For example, criminals hiding in dating apps may even claim that they have been previously scamned and are wary of trusting new people. This immediately names the elephants in the room, making it seem less likely that the person the victim is chatting with will become a con man.
This vulnerability is extremely important when it comes to pushing money from victims. “They do something like explaining that they have some kind of cash flow problem in their business. They don’t ask for money, they drop it, and they’ll probably get it back in a few weeks.” Carter says. At that point, the manipulated person may want to help the money and offer to actively send the money. Attackers are not only important to be safe, but also standing, even trying to discourage victims from sending funds, initially so far. You can also believe that.
“It’s never framed because the perpetrators want money for them,” Carter says. “There is a real connection between the language of fraud criminals and the language of domestic abusers and forced controllers.”
In many cases, criminals feel the success of romance fraud with people suffering from loneliness, says Brian Mason, a constable at Edmonton Police Service in Alberta, Canada. “It’s very difficult to convince people that the person they’re talking to is not in love, especially in romance scams,” he says.