Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams
January 1, 2022
Arizona residents, especially senior citizens, are reportedly often the target of AI-driven romance scams. Between 2022 and 2023, reported losses from online romance scams in Arizona totaled over $47 million, ranking the state fifth highest in the nation behind California, Florida, Texas, and New York, according to FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center data. In 2023, it has been reported that Arizonans lost $325 million owing to these scams.
- Alleged deployer
- yahoo-boys, romance-scammers-targeting-arizonans, unknown-scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- senior-citizens-of-arizona, general-public-of-arizona
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/946
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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