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Did you just fall for AI? New AI romance scams

February 21, 2025

Romance scams are the 3rd most common type of scam we get caught in. Last year Australians lost $24 million, but authorities think the actual loss is more like $200milion as not everyone reports it. On average a person loses around loss $80000 to a romance scams with 55 years + getting hit the hardest.

The Brad Pitt scam message I talk about here ended up in my DMs immediately after a I googled “Brad Pitt scam”. Coincidence! No way. Scammers tapped into my real-time search data to deliver this. Think of it like a trigger reaction, input a search which triggers delivery of the scam message. We think scams are personally targeting us but the reality is more like an automated process.

Important to know!

There is a common process for how they work once they hit your inbox:

  1. Attempts to form a connection– They usually sound great. They’re interested, want commitment, and everything you want. It moves along very quickly.
  2. A sob story– someone is sick, they are stationed far away- on an oil rig, in the military. 
  3. An ‘ask’: invest, help me, you can trust me with your photos.

A.I. profile matching is happening every step of the way. Images, video they send to you, profile details; they even match to the language you use, the locations you’re at. It can seem very convincing and is almost impossible to detect sometimes. Here are the fake Brad Pitt photos that have led to 3 women each paying over 1/2 million to the Brad Pitt scam in recent weeks.