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AI Romance Scams: How to Tell If Someone Is Scamming You Online

Online scams hit us from every angle: financial fraud, phishing, and fake shopping sites. But the most devastating scams are the ones that hit the heart. This is the truth about romance scams—and how to avoid them. Read more about AI romance scams on CNET.com Look for These Red Flags to Avoid Falling Prey to…

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Online scams hit us from every angle: financial fraud, phishing, and fake shopping sites. But the most devastating scams are the ones that hit the heart. This is the truth about romance scams—and how to avoid them.

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Look for These Red Flags to Avoid Falling Prey to AI Scams

Timecode Chapters:
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1:07 How Scammers Build Fake Personas
2:18 The Long Game: Chatbots and Pig Butchering
3:52 A Real $1.3 Million Scam Case
4:55 Red Flags and How to Protect Yourself
7:12 What to Do If You’ve Been Scammed

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Host: Kara Tsuboi
Scripted by: Kara Tsuboi
Producer: Celso Bulgatti
Camera: Celso Bulgatti
Video Editor: Chris Monroe
Thumbnail Designer: Zooey Liao

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20 Comments

  1. @JonathanJollimore-w9v

    September 29, 2026 at 8:01 am

    It simple you abused me and don’t show up or plan to kill me you are on the exile list

  2. @chimaamanambu6067

    September 29, 2026 at 8:03 am

    It’s a trap!

  3. @pumpthewater419

    September 29, 2026 at 8:06 am

    I figured out how to tell 100% of the time when it’s a scam. They are talking to you

    • @e3vL1

      September 29, 2026 at 8:31 am

      True. Unless you make a fake account that makes you look like a Hollywood celebrity and put yourself as over 6ft tall

  4. @PhxFSD

    September 29, 2026 at 8:19 am

    I bet this video is A.I 🤔

    • @DisasterMaster3K

      September 29, 2026 at 8:40 am

      @PhxFSD lmao the irony

  5. @DisasterMaster3K

    September 29, 2026 at 8:41 am

    Romance scams been around long before Ai existed

    • @e3vL1

      September 29, 2026 at 9:35 am

      ASL?

  6. @Harriet-d2j

    September 29, 2026 at 8:42 am

    I bet this video is A.I 🤔 ….

    • @Docfly62

      September 29, 2026 at 12:06 pm

      @Harriet-d2j Can’t fool you

  7. @unrealtechn0

    September 29, 2026 at 9:13 am

    So is all B-roll just going to be slop now?

  8. @martinomovies

    September 29, 2026 at 9:19 am

    This is the most AI looking news piece I’ve ever seen.

  9. @moviestars6720

    September 29, 2026 at 10:47 am

    is this girl an AI?. or a human?

    • @Docfly62

      September 29, 2026 at 12:08 pm

      If you can’t tell then, ironically, you are the target audience for this video

  10. @Oldaker

    September 29, 2026 at 11:29 am

    I pity the fool.

  11. @OecherTuppes

    September 29, 2026 at 11:42 am

    I always thought that AI creates beautiful women.

  12. @Oldaker

    September 29, 2026 at 11:45 am

    We see with iPhone, giving great technology to very ordinary people is not wise. Such terrible taste also.

  13. @Docfly62

    September 29, 2026 at 12:07 pm

    Since when does one need AI to fool a lonely person looking for romance? 🤷🏿

  14. @Puppyjans

    September 29, 2026 at 1:53 pm

    also if you tell them your address boom like that they in a near by city huge red flag

  15. @msbud3618

    September 29, 2026 at 2:32 pm

    Cool, she is back on Cnet !

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