AI video scam warning: fake sob stories fuel sympathy GoFundMe fraud
churchkey · x · 2026-10-29
churchkey quotes a viral AI-generated video that moved people into offering to fundraise for its subject, warning this is the future of AI video scams: use generative AI to fabricate a heartbreaking story, launch a sympathy GoFundMe, and let the internet spread it.
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