He was a soldier of misfortune.
As artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, so do the scams utilizing it. A UK woman who fell for a “US army colonel” she met on Tinder discovered later that he was a romance scammer after he swindled her out of over $20,000 by deploying hyperrealistic AI videos.
“I’ve never been conned like this in my life,” the 60-something victim, who goes by Mary, told National Fraud Helpline while recalling this romantic false flag operation.
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