• TheDoctor [they/them]
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    14 days ago

    It’s not just Johnny Depp. I’ve had family get hit by celebrity impersonation scams. I still have no idea why they work on people. Like how many times do you need to have money stolen before you realize Scarlett Johansen isn’t the one asking you to buy google play gift cards?

    • SevenSkalls [he/him]
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      13 days ago

      I have a family friend dating Jennifer Aniston apparently. And a friend of a friend is "secretly" dating Jason Momoa. All on the internet of course.

      It's insane.

      • TheDoctor [they/them]
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        13 days ago

        Soon the AI bots will make this trend indistinguishable from people who are fully cognizant of what they’re doing and don’t care that it’s not a real person.

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    14 days ago

    Oh my gosh.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scams

    https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00728238&two_year_transaction_period=2024&min_date=01%2F01%2F2023&max_date=12%2F31%2F2024

    https://hexbear.net/post/3789920

    These are three unrelated links.