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What's the solution to dealing with the ineveitable flood of scammers using AI to rob your grandparents? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The problem with this is that they would have to be suspicious in the first place to ask for it. If they are already suspicious then the scam will likely fail anyway, they tend to only really work when the assumption of who they are exists and they get that by raising stress levels by claiming some kind of emergency.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

"Grandma, there are lots of scammers around, if anyone calls and claims to be me, ask for the password"

Yes, it only works if we also appropriately educate our at risk family members and instill a healthy level of caution. But if we aren't willing to do that, then there is nothing that can be done.