AI used to scam someone out of $850K (original) (raw)

January 14, 2025, 7:03pm 1

I thought this was interesting. I was trying to learn how they actually did it. It just states AI was used to create messages and pictures.
I am sill baffled how people fall for these scams.

MSouthworth (MSouthworth) January 14, 2025, 7:24pm 2

So a person never met Brad Pitt in person but believes they are dating because of online conversations and then gives money to who they think is Brad Pitt, worth over 400milliondollars,400 million dollars, 400milliondollars,850k

janice777 (Janice777) January 14, 2025, 7:33pm 3

The part that truly baffled me was the fact that she divorced her husband when “Brad Pitt” wanted to marry her.

The photo of the AI Brad Pitt getting operated on was sort of comical.

titusovermyer (Gorfmaster1) January 14, 2025, 8:48pm 5

Shows that money can’t buy brains.

thedatamaster (The Data Master) January 14, 2025, 9:45pm 6

Shows that money can’t buy brains.

Reminds me of that scene in Dawn of the Dead 1978

“The only person who could miss with this gun, is the sucker with the bread to buy it.”

Michael232048 (Michael232048) January 14, 2025, 10:07pm 7

So are you saying Elon Musk doesn’t need a 100k from me, like his text says?

joshuagriffin (RedBeardedGriff) January 15, 2025, 12:13pm 8

There’s being gullible, and then there’s this. The pictures of Brad Pitt in the hospital don’t look convincing at all, not even the slightest. Looks like her now ex-husband dodged a bullet there.

Repairatrooper (Repairatrooper) January 15, 2025, 6:53pm 9

Sadly in today’s society that is plagued by isolation and depression, people will grab onto the most tenuous strings, just like a losing gambler plugging in one more dollar in the slot machine cause the big win is right around the corner.

edt (EdT) January 15, 2025, 9:44pm 10

The first time I ever gambled in a casino, I was just learning blackjack and at the first table I played at, a guy was playing hand after hand and muttering to himself, “I can’t lose this money, I can’t lose this money…” When he ran out of money, tried to get an advance on his credit card but they sent him to the ATM around the corner. He came back with more cash, and went back to playing more and muttering, “I can’t lose this money, I can’t lose this money…”

He lost that money too.

I promised myself I’d never be that guy, and so far thirty years later it’s held up.

Penny or Nickle slots only for me.

Repairatrooper (Repairatrooper) January 15, 2025, 9:59pm 12

Every time I feel like gambling I simply use a twenty as toilet paper, same result.

Or 20 in the scratch offs. Same result. 0

Repairatrooper (Repairatrooper) January 15, 2025, 10:04pm 14

No because there is the remote chance of winning $2.00 and that just sets up the cycle and then you are no different than the rat pushing the button for a food pellet.

clarabloom2000 (Clara Bloom) January 15, 2025, 10:10pm 15

Your kidding! That"s gross and funny at the same time!

clarabloom2000 (Clara Bloom) January 15, 2025, 10:12pm 16

Oh my gosh that is crazy!!

edt (EdT) January 16, 2025, 1:33pm 17

Nah, the fun part is that there’s the chance that you’ll win!

I remember a few years back my roommate and his girlfriend and I went to a concert at a local casino here in San Diego. The casino had a promo where if you signed up for their frequent player card, you’d get 20inscriptoplayatthetables.SoweallthreesignedupandtheygavemetheirscripsoIhad20 in scrip to play at the tables. So we all three signed up and they gave me their scrip so I had 20inscriptoplayatthetables.SoweallthreesignedupandtheygavemetheirscripsoIhad60 to play with at blackjack.

I sat down at a 10table,gotallthescripconvertedto10 table, got all the scrip converted to 10table,gotallthescripconvertedto5 red chips, and started playing. Lost the first hand. Lost the second hand. My friends laughed and said to me, “We’ll be over watching the music in the lounge. Come find us when you’ve lost the rest.”

About half an hour later I wandered over and found them and said, “Well, I got down to just two chips and cashed out.” Held up two black chips. $100 each.

And I got half an hour of entertainment out of it, which is what I always consider the real win even if I lose!