Tons of AI video ads out there selling everything from binoculars to dentures. Not a pure scam I guess, just a run of the mill rip-off.
I HAVE BEEN GETTING “GRANDMA, I’M IN JAIL, etc” CALLS for YEARS.
I SWEAR AT THEM IN HIGH DECIBELS.....
BEEN PRETTY QUIET LATELY.
I ALSO GET THE “WILL YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE FOR CASH? CALLS”
Told the guy yesterday-—”SURE—I WANT $3 MILLION DOLLARS ALL CASH.”
HE SAID: “IS THAT A REAL PRICE?”
I SAID “WHY WOULDN’T IT BE??? “ CLICK
Someone tried that with my mom when she was 95 saying that my nephew needed money for bail. She yelled at the caller and said, “you’re lying! My grandson would never be in jail!”
(And God help any caller representing a Democrat candidate.)
Oh, this wonderful AI is just getting started... :)
It will be such a wonderful Utopian AI world... :)
This scam has been going on, FOR decades, on the phone.
The first one we got, was early in the morning, my grand was in the lower grades, the voice of the phone was that of an adult. The kiddo was in school, didn't have an A PARENT? iPhone, and this was very obviously a SCAM, from the first "HELLO"!
If you ever get such a call, WHY ISN'T YOUR SUPPOSED GRANDCHILD CALLING A PARENT; WHY YOU?
And look at the phone #!
If the call is on your cell phone, you WILL be told it's a SCAM.
The scam involves criminals finding a vulnerable and elderly person with grandkids — then scouring social media sites like TikTok for videos of the young people speaking.
They then use voice-cloning software and spoofed phone numbers to make panicked calls pretending to be that grandchild, claiming they’ve been arrested or hurt and urgently need bail money or medical funds.
The grandkids don’t have a phone yet, but I dropped the landline years ago. I never answer a call unless I see the name. My blocked callers list is huge!
Since I don’t have any grandchildren, and never will, I’d love for one of these a-holes to call me.
“Little johnny is already in jail, so you are a scammer.”
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