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Nafnlaus 🇮🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦
@nafnlaus.bsky.social

It'll be a surreal world if scammers start of phone calls with, "this is going to sound weird, but bear with me: in the phrase 'Looking at my wet newspaper, I wondered if the newspaper will survive its editorial staff cuts', can I grammatically replace 'the newspaper' with 'my wet newspaper'?"

Jeff Haluska
@jhaluska.bsky.social

Kitboga has been playing with something similar. They often do catch on, but they do struggle with it because scammers love to target people with failing mental facilities which blurs the line a lot. Even the scammers who are good at it take two to three minutes.

FortAngel
@fortangel.bsky.social

My late father gave away all his money to one of these scams. My brother sometimes tries to keep them on the line as long as possible like this AI to keep them from reaching someone more gullible.

Carol P
@pinkcap325.bsky.social

I try and keep these people on the line as long as I can. A caller wanted to “fix” my computer. I pretended I didn’t know anything about computers. He had to explain everything to me. Eventually, he got mad when I wasn’t seeing the correct screen and said, are you kidding me? I said yes and hung up

Patrick Bleeder
@patrickleder.bsky.social

About a year ago I asked one if we can skip the formalities and I'll just give him my credit card. I then proceeded to give him impossible credit card numbers for 20 minutes. The indignation he had when when he figured it out was worth it.

jbaileywrites
@jbaileywrites.bsky.social

The year is 2883, AI Granny loses her glasses for the 100 millionth time. “I had them right here just a minute ago…” AI Scammer: “Try looking on your side table like last time…” AI Granny: “I can’t read my credit card number without my glasses… wait, this card is expired.” AI Scammer sighs…

Dena
@upholddemocracy.bsky.social

Using an AI granny to waste the time of phone scammers is a brilliant innovation! Imagine if more companies in the U.S. invested in tech like this to protect the public. Small steps can make a big difference in fighting scams!

Bobby G
@bobby-rg.bsky.social

Many scammers require victims to call phone numbers, but some call directly. Can the phone company properly intercept phone calls with these bots before reaching victims?

Doc Sedition
@rogermarshallmd.bsky.social

I've tried that sort of thing here by conversing with bots that follow me and then immediately DM me. However, after a few pleasant exchanges, they invariably lose interest in me when I politely refuse to install WhatsApp or Telegram on my phone. I wonder if the AI granny uses that tactic?

Patricia (PK) Hammel
@pkhammelwis.bsky.social

A former coworker kept one of the “grandpa I’m in jail and need money” scammers on the phone for quite a while berating him about his bad behavior and how “I told you to stop drinking” in the most annoyed grandpa way