Scammer used Google AI summaries to impersonate NFL player
aakashgupta · x · 2026-09-01
A scammer tricked Google's AI summaries into identifying him as a San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, defrauding women of $1.3 million. When victims doubted him, he pointed to the AI-generated summary at the top of search results as proof. The unverified AI content served as a critical trust anchor for the scam.
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