IllegallyBlonde@kbin.socialtoTechnology@beehaw.org•US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam
4·
1 year agoA similar thing happened to me and my husband. We were out of state on vacation, and got a call and visit from the police at 3 am saying that my husband had been kidnapped for ransom. Of course he was laying right next to me, but for half a second I was terrified. It was a complete scam. They think they found my husband’s information in a data hack at his school.
Very sad. Here’s a source for this if anyone’s curious:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/10/knife-attack-at-ikea-store-in-sweden