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The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

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AI chatbots are already being used to write scripts and converse in multiple languages for other types of fraud.

But with the vulnerable population growing, researchers believe there is real potential for automation to provide a boon to scammers.

People in the US have reported losses of nearly $4.5 billion to romance and confidence fraud over the past decade .

A core tactic used by romance scammers is to make their heartthrob personas seem hapless and vulnerable.

When it comes to extorting money from their victims, this vulnerability is crucial.

Attackers may even go so far, at first , as to argue with victims and try to dissuade them from sending money.