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My 80-year-old mom is convinced she's dating Elon Musk — and scammers took $50K from her. How do I stop her before she loses more?
AI Incident DB Blog·2 months ago

Elderly woman lost $50,000 to AI-enabled romance scam where criminals used deepfake technology or AI-generated content to impersonate Elon Musk. This represents a documented case of AI being used to facilitate elder fraud, demonstrating how generative AI tools are making romance scams more convincing and causing real financial harm to vulnerable populations.
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